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The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill: Daedlab Commandment 3
You wasted life, why wouldn’t you waste the afterlife? – IB/MM DAEDLAB floor 1, MK II. Note the ‘patina’ on the floor from the month’s worth of machine disassembly and cleaning… Daedlab Commandment #3:...
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Epic Problem
Hold my coffee, I got an idea.For at least 5 or 6 years in the ’00s, my new year’s resolution was short, simple, and elusive: Get the %@&* off the internet. I don’t mean wikipedia, the US patent...
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Some comments on The Anarchist’s Design Book
Chris Schwarz’s staked desk, photographed by Narayan Nayar. While everyone should have a Narayan to make them look this good, the piece is even better in real life. I rarely review or comment here on...
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Hammering so Hard
Treen, baby. Coffee mug turned on reciprocating pole lathe, and hand carved spoon by Jarrod Stone Dahl Last year at Handworks, I bought a spoon from Jarrod Stone Dahl, a craftsman whose work I admire...
View ArticleOne line blog post no. 1: Cap irons, tight mouths, or high pitches?
Yes. (but it turns out all work better with a plane in your hand than a keyboard or tablet)
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The Drama You Crave: Crucible Tool
Over at Lost Art Press, Chris Schwarz has posted several blog entries in the past week about Crucible Tool – the company he, John Hoffman and I are launching next month. As one of them was a total...
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Sometimes love just aint enough.
Wave goodbye to the crucible improved pattern dividers Today at 5 PM, I’m going to start up something I’ve never had before. Im adding a simple shopping cart system to my website. And while it...
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One-off tools: custom-handled hammers
One the past year, I’ve been making some pretty significant changes to the basic way Daed Toolworks operates – everything from the range of things it makes to the way it sells them. Some of these...
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Finally – back to planemaking
DT-0M index planes from the last run, shown with boxwood and Bois de Rose infills It’s been quite a year here at the lab. ‘Busy as ____’ doesn’t come close – but it’ll have to do, because I really...
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Simplifying my life sale
It’s almost exactly a year since I decided to add an online store to my website and the way I do business. Has it been successful? Well – yes and no. It’s done what it promised, but the truth is...
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