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Christopher Schwarz, Megan Fitzpatrick, Katherine SchwarzTool reviews written by furniture makers Christopher Schwarz and Megan Fitzpatrick. All products are purchased with our own money and at full price. Reviews are honest and brutal. Praise when it's warranted. Damnation when it's not.
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Our Favorite Dry Lube (Non-salacious, I Promise!)
Yes, we keep our machine beds clean and we wipe them down with a woobie after heavy use, but we still use a spritz or two of dry lube on them, just to keep wood running across and through them easily and smoothly. That’s particularly true f...
A Good Screw
GRK R4 #8 x 1-3/4" screws – look at that sharp “Zip-Tip!”
For fine (and fine-ish) furniture work, when a screw is called for, I prefer to use slot-heads.1 But when it comes to kitchen cabinets, shop furniture, rot strips on the underside o...
3 Great Ideas from Other Workshops
Inexpensive and easy stuff to make your life easier.
One of the unexpected benefits of teaching in other people’s shops is picking up their clever workshop ideas and bringing them back to Kentucky. If I were a jerk, I’d submit these three...
Lie-Nielsen Tapered Dovetail Saw
Editor’s note: Reviewing saws is difficult work, especially when you examine saws at the top end.
Editor’s note: Reviewing saws is difficult work, especially when you examine saws at the top end. For many years, Lie-Nielsen saws were the m...
Plastic Circle Templates
Though I rail against the plastic in our lives, I think polymers have two good uses: medical equipment and transparent circle templates.
I bought these inexpensive transparent templates years ago when I got frustrated trying to draw small-...
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Editor and furniture maker at Lost Art Press. Covington, Ky.
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