The unfiltered, PG-13 substack of woodworker and writer Christopher Schwarz. Posts cover folk furniture, running a woodworking business and generally pulling down the pants of craftsmen who have a giant stick up their butts. Two posts a week.
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50 Percent Female
Below the paywall: New workwear in the works.
Earlier this year, a good customer named Jim asked me a sharp question: Why are all the people working for you in the workshop women?
Earlywood: … Whether the English Magician had Gone Mad Because he was a Magician, or Because he was English
Publisher’s note: Good morning and welcome to Earlywood, a weekly excerpt from the thousands of pieces I’ve worked on since 1996. Sometimes, it’s from a magazine article. Or a book. Or (in this case) a blog post from 2015. Many of these ent...
Swag Week No. 6: ‘Mechanic’s Companion’ & Chair Playing Cards
Chris is busy building a chair (shocking, I know), so you’re stuck with me for this Swag Week Giveaway – but that’s appropriate, because this time, we’re giving away a set of Frederick Parker Collection chair playing cards, courtesy of Dere...
Beware! Hurrah! Chair Chat is Back
After a long hiatus, Klaus Skrudland, Rudy Everts and I started doing our Chair Chats again. These descents into silliness began during the pandemic and became difficult to do once we had to actually perform our day jobs.
Now Rudy has quit...
Maybe We Went Too Far
Below the paywall: The 9 benches of Workshop Covington.
Planemaker Larry Williams once told me the thing he disliked most about teaching woodworking classes.
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