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Come See the Chair Show on Nov. 23

date: 2024-10-06, from: Lost Arg Press blog

I’ve never shown my work in a gallery. I’ve been asked a few times, but my problem is this: I don’t want to give up 50 percent of the sales price to the gallery. I’d rather skip the glory of cheese and boxed wine in plastic cups and sell my work direct. But gallery shows…

https://blog.lostartpress.com/2024/10/06/come-see-the-chair-show-on-nov-23/


New Class with Jerome Bias

date: 2024-10-02, from: Lost Arg Press blog

We’ve added a new class: Build an 18th-century Southern Table with Jerome Bias – it’s Feb. 17-21, 2025, in our Covington, Kentucky, shop. You can read more about it (and register now) at our ticketing site – but if you’re interested, don’t dally. Space is limited! – Fitz

https://blog.lostartpress.com/2024/10/02/new-class-with-jerome-bias/


Sharp Angles & End Grain

date: 2024-10-01, from: Lost Arg Press blog

This is an excerpt from “Euclid’s Door” by Geo. R Walker and Jim Toplin. The book teaches how to make the tools from “By Hand and Eye.” At this point in chapter 7, a meter square that has a 15-degree tip is being constructed. This fragile corner of the tool has to be taken into…

https://blog.lostartpress.com/2024/10/01/sharp-angles-end-grain/


Another Dang Drilling Trick

date: 2024-10-01, from: Lost Arg Press blog

I cut dovetails pretty much the exact same way I did 20 years ago. Same layout, same sawing, same chiseling, same fitting. But when it comes to my chairmaking, things seem to change every day. I’ve been building stick chairs since 2003 (and frame chairs since 1997). So it’s not like I am new to…

https://blog.lostartpress.com/2024/09/30/another-dang-drilling-trick/