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Chris Schwarz is the former editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine and one of the geniuses behind Woodworking in America. He is considered by most to be the authority on Workbenches and is responsible for the popularization of the Roubo design. His latest book, The Anarchists Toolchest is taking th...
This past April, we had to good fortune of visiting with the folks at Popular Woodworking in Cincinnati, OH. We got a bunch of footage at the Pop. WW’ing headquarters (including a quick interview with Glen Huey) as well as a tour of Chris Schwarz’s home. We capped the day off with an ...
Nicole is on a business trip this week and that can only mean one thing: I’m watching woodworking DVD’s every night! haha! Well last night I fell asleep watching one of my favorites: “Coarse, Medium, Fine” by “The Schwarz”. Prior to dozing off, the weirdest t...
Can you feel the disturbance in the force? The calm before the storm? That’s what it feels like just days before hundreds of woodworkers from all around the country converge in one place. That place is Cincinatti, OH at Woodworking in America. What I want to know is who is going to be th...
Many of you may already know Chris Schwarz. He is an editor for Popular Woodworking Magazine and a self-confessed hand-tool and workbench enthusiast. His most recent work is a book called Workbenches, truly a modest title for what is contained within those 144 pages. Perhaps it was just great tim...
...alled Fine Woodworking Live and it will be held August 2-5 at the State University of New York at New Paltz. From the announcement: “It’s your chance to enjoy the company of other passionate craftspeople as you learn from the experts whose work you’ve seen in our pages. Live demon...
rly having more fun than they were supposed to. Walking to White Castle with a bunch of goobers all wearing “May the Schwarz be with You” shirts was a sight to see! Watching them all scramble back to the convention center to address the resulting bowel issues was even funnier! The ver...
...ost every other design out there ? so it’s easy to build ? yet it excels at all of the workholding tasks in a woodshop. In this DVD, Christopher Schwarz shows you how to build the Roubo workbench using only hand tools (though you can use power tools if you wish). Schwarz, the author of Workben...
from Southern California to Quebec Canada shows hard maple ranging in price from $4-$10 a board foot! There are cheaper options for some, such as the Schwarz-approved Southern Yellow Pine. This may be available at every corner drug store back East, but for the rest of the country, our standard bui...
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Let us know what you think! * Check out Dave Noftz’s website and podcast at modernwoodshop.com. * Matt signed up for a handsaw class with Chris Schwarz. * There are lots of new blogs and podcasts about woodworking starting up. – The Teenage Woodworker (http://lumberjocks.com/teenagewo...