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Christopher Schwarz, Megan Fitzpatrick, Kale Vogt, 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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Sterling 22° Honing Guide Jaws
A good jig for a difficult job.
These Sterling Toolworks 22° Honing Guide Jaws flashed up on my Instagram feed, and I immediately sent the post to Chris with a note: “We should buy those for testing.” So we did.
New Pencil Lead is Great for Woodworking
Colored leads for mechanical pencils suck. They aren’t made from carbon. Instead, they are usually some sort of gummy ceramic stuff that is fragile and can’t be erased.
Now Uni has a new line of leads for 0.5mm pencils that come in several...
Prison Blues Jeans & Work Pants
Made in Oregon & well-priced.
We have entered the phase of civilization where quality clothing made in the U.S. is expensive. Sometimes even a luxury item. Paying $100 for a pair of domestic-made jeans is normal.
Kokuyo Book Weight
If you need an open book handy as you work at the bench, kitchen counter or desk, this review is for you.
There are lots of unsatisfying ways to hold a book open, and then there is the Kokuyo book weight. It is 7 ounces of mustache-shaped...
Fulton ‘Deluxe Shelf Pin Jig’
There are lots of commercial options when it comes to shelf pin jigs – and there’s always pegboard.1 There is, of course, also the option of using fixed shelves…because how many times have you actually changed the pin location on your kitch...
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Editor and furniture maker at Lost Art Press. Covington, Ky.
Editor, woodworker, lover of Shakespeare and cats.
Beginner woodworker, furniture nerd, cat petter(in no particular order)
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