The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years Vol. II - Techniques
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The Woodworker:
The Charles H. Hayward Years Vol. II - Techniques
Note - the new version of this book will be in our next delivery There is little doubt that Charles H. Hayward (1898-1998) was the most important workshop writer and editor of the 20th century. Unlike any person before (and perhaps after) him, Hayward was a trained cabinetmaker and extraordinary illustrator, not to mention an excellent designer, writer, editor and photographer. Add to all that...
£36.95 (VAT exempt)
The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years Vol. I - Tools
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The Woodworker:
The Charles H. Hayward Years Vol. I - Tools
Note - the new version of this book will be in our next delivery There is little doubt that Charles H. Hayward (1898-1998) was the most important workshop writer and editor of the 20th century. Unlike any person before (and perhaps after) him, Hayward was a trained cabinetmaker and extraordinary illustrator, not to mention an excellent designer, writer, editor and photographer. Add to all that...
£38.50 (VAT exempt)

The Anarchist's Design Book: Expanded EditionThe Anarchist's Design Book: Expanded Edition
The Anarchist's Design Book:
Expanded Edition
Why is this book on sale? Basically Lost Art Press need some storage space as the floors are creaking in their new Anthe Building. Please visit the Lost Art Press Blog for more information. By Christopher Schwarz Most of the American furniture we celebrate as the pinnacle of design is overbearing, over-embellished and a monument to waste and excess. These high styles of furniture took hold...
£49.75 (VAT exempt)
By Hound & Eye
By Hound & Eye
By Geo. R Walker & Jim Tolpin, Illustrated by Andrea Love "By Hound & Eye: A Plain & Easy Guide to Designing Furniture with no Further Trouble" is an illustrated cartoon journey through the world of pre-industrial design geometry. It stars Journeyman and his pizza-loving dog, Snidely, as they untangle the world of points, segments, arcs and the three-dimensional world using...
£26.75 (VAT exempt)

Chairmaker's Notebook - Full-size Plans
Chairmaker's Notebook - Full-size Plans
For those woodworkers who prefer full-size plans, we now offer plans for the two chairs featured in Peter Galbert's book "Chairmaker's Notebook". The plans feature handmade full-size drawings of the following components of the fan-back and balloon-back chairs: Full-size turning patterns of legs, stretchers and posts - both bobbin and baluster forms. Full-size drawings of...
£22.00 inc VAT
Virtuoso: The Tool Cabinet and Workbench of Henry O. Studley
Virtuoso:
The Tool Cabinet and Workbench of Henry O. Studley
By Donald C. Williams. Photographs by Narayan Nayar In a space of just 10" x 39" x 19½", H.O. Studley managed to arrange - with perfection - more than 250 of his tools into a dovetailed mahogany cabinet that has captivated tens of thousands of woodworkers since it was first unveiled in 1988 on the back cover of Fine Woodworking with a single shocking photograph. After a...

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£51.95 (VAT exempt)

Chairmaker's Notebook
Chairmaker's Notebook
By Peter Galbert Some words about Chairmakers Notebook from Chris Schwarz of Lost Art Press... Whether you are an aspiring professional chairmaker, an experienced green woodworker or a home woodworker curious about the craft, "Chairmaker's Notebook" is an in-depth guide to building your first Windsor chair or an even-better 30th one. Using more than 500 hand-drawn illustrations,...
£56.95 (VAT exempt)
Campaign FurnitureCampaign Furniture
Campaign Furniture
By Christopher Schwarz For almost 200 years, simple and sturdy pieces of campaign furniture were used by people all over the globe, and yet this remarkable furniture style is now almost unknown to most woodworkers and furniture designers. The latest book from Lost Art Press seeks to restore this style to its proper place by introducing woodworkers to the simple lines, robust joinery and ingenious...
£43.25 (VAT exempt)

With The Grain
With The Grain
By Christian Becksvoort July 2023 - Note the change in cover colour. A little knowledge about trees goes a long way toward improving your woodworking. You don’t need a degree in dendrology to build a desk. But you do need intimate knowledge of how our raw material grows and – more importantly – how it responds to its environment after it has been cut and dried. This knowledge...
£32.95 (VAT exempt)
Doormaking and Window-Making
Doormaking and Window-Making
As the Industrial Revolution mechanized the jobs of the joiner - building doors and windows by hand - one anonymous joiner watched the traditional skills disappear and decided to do something about it. That joiner wrote two short illustrated booklets that explained how to build doors and windows by hand. And what was most unusual about the booklets is that they focused on the basics of construction,...

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£27.50 (VAT exempt)

Roubo on Marquetry
Roubo on Marquetry
By Donald C. Williams, Michele Pietryka-Pagán & Philippe Lafargue "To Make as Perfectly as Possible: Roubo on Marquetry" is the first English-language translation of the most important woodworking book of the 18th century. A team of translators, writers, woodworkers, editors and artists worked more than six years to bring this first volume of A.-J. Roubo's work to an...
£49.95 (VAT exempt)
Mouldings in Practice
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Mouldings in Practice
By Matthew Sheldon Bickford Words from Chris Schwarz of Lost Art Press After years of publishing woodworking information, you often hear that there is nothing new in the craft. Everything has been done before, written before and fully figured out. I used to believe that was true, until I read the manuscript that was to become “Mouldings in Practice” by Matthew Sheldon Bickford....
£41.95 (VAT exempt)

The Joiner & Cabinet Maker
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The Joiner & Cabinet Maker
The Joiner and Cabinet Maker" has more than 370 pages of detailed handtool instruction, including many processes that have not been covered before in the early woodworking literature. In 1839. In that year, an English publisher issued a small book on woodworking that has – until now – escaped detection by scholars, historians and woodworkers. Titled "The Joiner and Cabinet...

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£34.95 (VAT exempt)
The Essential Woodworker
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The Essential Woodworker
By Robert Wearing Robert Wearing's hand-tool masterwork. This book contains every skill you need to get into hand-tool woodworking. And it is explained with a minimum of fuss, using accepted traditional practice and with the assistance of more than 500 beautiful hand-drawn illustrations. “The Essential Woodworker” is one of the best books on hand-tool usage written in the post-Charles...

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£28.95 (VAT exempt)

By Hand & Eye
By Hand & Eye
By Geo. R Walker & Jim Tolpin "By Hand & Eye" is a deep dive into the world of history, architecture and design. Instead of serving up a list of formulas with magical names (i.e. the Golden Section, the Rule of Thirds) that will transform the mundane into perfection, George R. Walker and Jim Tolpin show how much of the world is governed by simple proportions, noting how ratios...

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£41.95 (VAT exempt)
The Anarchist's Tool Chest
The Anarchist's Tool Chest
By Christopher Schwarz "When I am too exhausted, ill or busy to work in my shop, I will shuffle down the stairs to my 15' x 25' workshop and simply stand there for a few minutes with my hands on my tools. To be sure, I thought I was a touch nuts because of this personality quirk. But after reading the oral histories and diaries of craftsmen from the last 300 years, I found it's...
£43.95 (VAT exempt)

Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 18Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 18
New
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 18
The Table of Contents for Issue 18 of Mortise and Tenon Magazine is "All for the Best: An Interview with Chairmaker Andy Glenn" Peter Hudson – “The Maker’s Eye” Marsha Wilson-Johnson – “Pyrography: Writing by Fire” Joshua A. Klein – “With Sleeves Rolled Up: Planing a House-worth of Floorboards” Michael Updegraff –...

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£22.50 (VAT exempt)
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 17Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 17
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 17
The Table of Contents for Issue 17 of Mortise and Tenon Magazine is Andrew Hunter – “Finding a Path” Michael Updegraff – “The Light Within: Restoring Wooden Sash Windows” Edward Bouvier – “A Communal Legacy: Handcraft as Part of a Holistic Education for Life” Narelle Freeman – “Secrets Beyond Our Reach” Joshua A....
£22.50 (VAT exempt)

Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 16Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 16
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 16
The Table of Contents for Issue 16 of Mortise and Tenon Magazine is Michael Updegraff – ''Gathered in Reverence: Kezurou-kai in the United States'' Ted Ingraham – ''The Whittier House Windows: Sash-making in Early America'' Joshua A. Klein – ''House By Hand'' Stefan Wolf – ''A Life of Its Own: The Practice of...
£22.50 (VAT exempt)
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 15Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 15
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 15
The Table of Contents for Issue 15 of Mortise and Tenon Magazine is “Ambulance for Monuments: Saving Romanian Heritage” – Dragos Nuta “Making the Versatile Hutch Table” – Joshua A. Klein “The Traveling ‘Ukulele” – Aaron Keim “Accustomed to Handle the Hammer: The Nail Making Specialty in Pre-industrial Manufacture” –...
£22.50 (VAT exempt)

Greenwood Spoon CarvingGreenwood Spoon Carving
Greenwood Spoon Carving
By: Emmet Van Driesche Carving a spoon from a piece of freshly harvested wood is a rewarding – and challenging – pastime. Tremendous knowledge about the properties of wood, and grain, and the use of sharp edge tools can be gleaned through this seemingly simple practice. There is more to it than meets the eye. But many would-be spoon carvers don’t know where to begin. What...
£35.00 (VAT exempt)
Worked: A Bench Guide to Hand-Tool EfficiencyWorked: A Bench Guide to Hand-Tool Efficiency
Worked:
A Bench Guide to Hand-Tool Efficiency
By: Joshua A. Klein There is a gap in most woodworking instruction. Somewhere in between tool descriptions (what they are and what they do) and step-by-step project tutorials, we are missing something vital. We may understand what a backsaw is, or what a hatchet is capable of… but how do we actually do it? How do we engage the wood with these tools? And how do we confidently proceed through...
£21.00 (VAT exempt)

Joined: A Bench Guide to Furniture JoineryJoined: A Bench Guide to Furniture Joinery
Joined:
A Bench Guide to Furniture Joinery
By: Joshua A. Klein Many woodworking how-to books have a distinctly clinical feel to them, taking a formulaic approach (complete with exploded computer-drafted imagery) to describe a woodworking process from start to finish. This method works well for conveying precise measurements and details for replicating a specific piece of furniture, but falls short when it comes to capturing the whole point...
£21.00 (VAT exempt)
Hardback Book - The First Three IssuesHardback Book - The First Three Issues
Hardback Book - The First Three Issues
A hardbound republication of the Issues 1-3 with additional essays from M&T editors Michael Updegraff, Jim McConnell, and Joshua A. Klein. Foreword by Christopher Schwarz of Lost Art Press. +450 pages, matte-coated paper, sewn binding. Printed in the USA. TABLES OF CONTENTS Issue One "The Mortise & Tenon Magazine Manifesto" - Joshua A. Klein "Imbued With Story:...
£52.00 (VAT exempt)

Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 14Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 14
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 14
Issue Fourteen is no chronicle of the “good old days” – it’s an invitation to personal participation. The authors in this issue have crafted their words to inspire, but their aim is to inspire to something: namely, action. Mortise & Tenon Magazine want to see you roll up your sleeves at the bench, seek to cultivate personal skill, and enjoy the work of your hands. TABLE...
£22.50 (VAT exempt)
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 13
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 13
TABLE OF CONTENTS “The Fiddle’s Unfolding: Tracing a Folk Tradition” – Kerry Lambertson “Fruitful Efficiency: On the Cultivation of Skill” – Joshua A. Klein “A Blacksmith’s Contribution to Woodworking” – Kenneth Schwarz “Root & Branch: Rediscovering the Uttermost Parts of a Tree” – Brendan Gaffney “From...
£22.50 (VAT exempt)

Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 12
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 12
Volume 12 Table of Contents: “The Last Boatbuilder of the Nagara River” – Douglas Brooks “The Simple Art of Wooden Planemaking” – Joshua A. Klein “For the Love of History: A Journey into Practical Blacksmithing” – Jordan Goodwin “Risk & Reward: Skill as a Safety Net” – Michael Updegraff “The Van Gogh Chair”...
£22.50 (VAT exempt)
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 11Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 11
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 11
Volume 11 Table of Contents: Nevan Carling – “Restoration of an 18th-century Loom” Jeremy Tritchler – “Discovering The Trade, Art, And Mystery of 18th-Century Cabinetmaking” Gustave Remon – “The Versatile Socket Axe” Joshua A. Klein – “Finding The Groove: The Value of Batch Production Woodworking Elia Bizzarri –...
£22.50 (VAT exempt)

Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 10Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 10
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 10
Table of Contents: Will Wheeler - “An Unexpected Gift: Discovering Calm in a Modern Apprenticeship” Jeff Miller - “An Exercise in Precision & Randomness: Replicating David Pye’s Fluting Engine” Al Breed - Book Recommendation Joshua Klein – “Ready Hands: A Letter to My Sons” John Ruskin - “Savageness” George Walker –...
£22.50 (VAT exempt)
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 9Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 9
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 9
Table of Contents: “The Sacred in the Common: Making an Icon Panel”– Symeon van Donkelaar “Making the Sussex Chair” – Abdollah Nafisi “The Legacy of Cesar Chelor” – Steve Voigt “Scribes of Nature: Dendrochronology & the Deeper Story of Wooden Objects” – Michael Updegraff “Examination of an 1815-1830 New...
£22.50 (VAT exempt)

Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 8Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 8
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 8
Table of Contents: “A Sense of Place” Amy Umbel “Intermediate Technology in the Shop” Harry Bryan Examination: Grain-Painted Chest Over Drawers “Crafting an Education: Recreating Henry David Thoreau’s Desk with Eleventh Graders” – Cameron Turner “The Legend of the Jimmy Possum Chair” – Mike Epworth “Subversive...
£22.50 (VAT exempt)
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 7Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 7
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 7
Table of Contents: "Partnership with Nature: An Interview with Peter Lamb" "A Fresh & Unexpected Beauty: Understanding David Pye’s 'Workmanship of Risk'" - JOSHUA A. KLEIN "The Weight of the Past" - BILL PAVLAK "Freedom From Vises: Workholding Solutions From Three Traditions" - MICHAEL UPDEGRAFF "A Good Day’s Work:...
£22.50 (VAT exempt)

Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 6Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 6
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 6
Table of Contents: The Good Life: Discussing Slöjd with Jögge Sundqvist Cutting-edge Technology: Rediscovering the Double-iron Plane - Steve Voigt A Chair Called Henry - Nathaniel Brewster William Morris and George Nakashima: Finding the Middle Landscape - David Lane Examination: 1804 Painted Cupboard A Tale of Two Trees: The Radical Efficiency of Green Woodworking - Michael...
£22.50 (VAT exempt)
Another Work is PossibleAnother Work is Possible
Another Work is Possible
By: Joshua A. Klein with Charpentiers Sans Frontières Since 2002, Charpentiers Sans Frontières (CSF, 'Carpenters Without Borders') have travelled around the world to build, using the old ways. With axe, saw, plumb bob, and chisel, this diverse group of skilled craftspeople restored a medieval bridge at a castle in France, built a new hewn-truss roof system on a blacksmith shop...
£45.00 (VAT exempt)

Quercus Magazine - May/June 2022
Last Ones!
Quercus Magazine - May/June 2022
QM12 May/June 2022 The May issue of Quercus features an extract from Christopher Schwarz’s significant book on the making of Stick Chairs. The article will focus on the choosing of timber for chairmaking, written by one of the most well-known and influential of woodworkers worldwide. There will be more about router planes, featuring the making Paul Sellers’ toolmaking kits. Quercus...
£4.50 (VAT exempt)
Quercus Magazine - March/April 2022
Last Ones!
Quercus Magazine - March/April 2022
QM11 March/April 2022 The Quercus March/April 2022 issue (QM11) pays homage to the famous chairmaker, and the magazine’s co-founder, John Brown, with tributes from well-known woodworkers worldwide, including Christopher Schwarz, Chris Williams, Drew Langsner and Kenneth Kortemeier, and the lessons they learned from John. In the second instalment of our exclusive interview, Paul Sellers shares...
£4.50 (VAT exempt)

Quercus Magazine - January/February 2022
Last Ones!
Quercus Magazine - January/February 2022
QM10 January/February 2022 Summary Woodworking’s most influential author, tutor and maker gives an exclusive interview in the latest issue of Quercus Magazine. Paul Sellers has had a most significant impact for beginners and enthusiasts keen to develop new skills and techniques, arguing that you only need to learn three joints to make anything. We test an innovative new honing guide, for...
£4.50 (VAT exempt)
Quercus Magazine - September/October 2021
Last Ones!
Quercus Magazine - September/October 2021
QM08 September/October 2021 Summary The latest issue of Quercus is dedicated to toolmaking. Rex Krueger enthuses how he makes simple tools using chisels instead of plane irons to make toolmaking simple and inexpensive. You’ll be inspired by the travishers produced by Claire Minihan and the marking tools by Derek Jones. Doug Stowe makes his own hook knives for carving spoons. Michelle Mateo...
£4.50 (VAT exempt)

Quercus Magazine - July/August 2021
Last Ones!
Quercus Magazine - July/August 2021
QM07 July/August 2021 Sharpening and workbench design are key features of the July/August issue of Quercus. Richard Wile offers tips on setting up a stone station for quicker, better sharpening and honing of chisels and plane irons. John Lloyd shows how to sharpen a carving gouge with ‘in-cannel- bevel, while Sean Hellman saves time and pennies by mending a broken bandsaw blade. Then there...
£4.50 (VAT exempt)
Quercus Magazine - May/June 2021
Last Ones!
Quercus Magazine - May/June 2021
QM06 May/June 2021 Outline This issue of Quercus features a profile of Mike Abbott, an icon and pioneer of greenwoodworking, who has inspired and taught so many professionals and enthusiasts, particularly making chairs. Elsewhere you will learn how Greenwood Days has adapted its courses to meet Covid-19 guidelines; how in the USA Maplewoodwoodshop has created a system for bringing woodwork &...
£4.50 (VAT exempt)

SharpSharp
Sharp
Sharpening for all - green woodwork, workshops, bushcraft, gardening, carepentry, forestry, builders, cooking and craft Sharp is a book that will guide the reader through the principles and practice of sharpening. From definitions and requirements in the chapter 'What is Sharp?' and through chapters explaining edge geometry, how to observe the edge to determine correct sharpening procedures required,...

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£25.00 (VAT exempt)
Shaving Horses, Lap Shaves, and Other Woodland Vices
Shaving Horses, Lap Shaves, and Other Woodland Vices
By Sean Hellman Sean's book contains over 400 colour photographs and illustrations to demonstrate all stages and processes of making, using, and celebrating these traditional wood-braking devices. It also provides plans and techniques that span instructions for beginners, to more complex designs, tool use and repair, and contemporary variations on traditional designs. From the foreword written...
£16.95 (VAT exempt)

Make a Folding Spoon
Make a Folding Spoon
By Jane Mickelborough Make a Folding Spoon is a comprehensive 'how to' guide on carving your own wooden, folding, spoon. It includes plans to help you develop and design your own style as well as old spoons that you can learn from. Written and illustrated by Jane in a unique, comic book style. "I am so pleased to introduce you to this wonderful book Make A Folding Spoon by Jane Mickleborough......
£12.00 (VAT exempt)
How to Make a Coracle
How to Make a Coracle
by Sean Hellman The 3rd edition of How to Make a Coracle has 24 pages with full colour photographs detailing each step involved in making your first coracle. This book tells you everything you need to know about how to make a coracle and how to paddle your coracle. Each step is illustrated with a photograph, with text to explain each of the photographs. Please note that this book descrbes how...

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£6.00 (VAT exempt)

A Sharpening HandbookA Sharpening Handbook
A Sharpening Handbook
by Richard D. Wile There are many books available on sharpening, however as Richard Wile points out, “sharpening has evolved.” He has directed his book towards the novice to intermediate sharpener, with the aim of enhancing their experience with advice on guides, new and traditional media, and techniques. Techniques cover the primary hand tools in most woodworkers’ workshops...
£14.00 (VAT exempt)
Burn
Burn
by Ben Short
£16.99 (VAT exempt)

Sharpening - A Woodworker's GuideSharpening - A Woodworker's Guide
Sharpening - A Woodworker's Guide
by Randall A. Maxey Sharpening - A Woodworker's Guide is aimed at both those new to woodworking as well as the experienced woodworker, is broken down into three main sections: sharpening by hand, machine sharpening and putting the theory into practice. Traditional sharpening techniques and tools are covered as well as those using the latest innovations for both hand and machine sharpening. Areas...
£16.99 (VAT exempt)
The Tool Chest of Benjamin SeatonThe Tool Chest of Benjamin Seaton
The Tool Chest of Benjamin Seaton
This important publication describes a unique set of over 200 tools from the late eighteenth century, giving an extraordinary insight into the trade practices of the time. The tools were bought by Joseph Seaton for his son Benjamin but were hardly used - instead they survive intact, with an original inventory recording the prices paid at Christopher Gabriel's London toolshop, and can be seen in...
£20.00 (VAT exempt)
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