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Join us Nov. 1-2 at the London Woodworking Show
There are just a couple of weeks to go before the 2024 London International Woodworking Festival( LIWF), so Chris I are are busy working on our presentations for the LIWF Bazaar on Friday, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 2. (Now just where ...
Come See the Chair Show on Nov. 23
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. ...
New Class with Jerome Bias
Note: This class is now sold out but you're welcome to join the waitlist. 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 ...
Sharp Angles & End Grain
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 consideration ...
Another Dang Drilling Trick
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 ...
Lost Art Press Chore Coat
The Lost Art Press Chore coat is an American-made shop jacket that is based closely on French coats worn by woodworkers during the 20th century. This coat is proudly stitched by Sew Valley of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Designed by woodworker Tom Bonamici, the chore coat is ideal for shop work and is nice enough to wear to a restaurant. It moves easily when planing and sawing and has room in its pockets for a variety of small tools.
This is a three-season jacket and is designed to be worn over a single layer of clothing. We recommend you order one size larger if you wish to layer a shirt or sweater under it. Or if you like to have more room in the body of a jacket – these are cut a little slimmer than typical commercial jackets.
The jacket is available in sizes small, medium, large, extra large and XXL. (For more on sizing, please read this. To read more on the history of this coat, read this.)
Because of the tight margins on this coat and the fact that we are not a high-volume clothing maker, these jackets can be returned within 30 days. (If there is a defect in manufacturing, you can return it at anytime, of course.)
The jackets are made from pre-shrunk English cotton twill. It's a lot like a soft denim. Flexible and hard-wearing. The coat can be washed in cold water and dried with low heat.