Yeeesss!!! Mike’s new instructional video Apprenticeship: Greenwood is now in our store for immediate streaming and download! We are also offering a DVD version, but please note that those are still in production and will not be shipping for at least a few weeks. Mike’s been working his tail off on the production of this third installment in our Apprenticeship series for the past couple months, and the filming has taken place over the past few years. (We wanted to cover all four seasons.) He’s made an incredible film that we are delighted to be offering to you all. It’s not only a totally new type of content from us (working outdoors, bucksaws, shaving horses, using carving knives, steam bending,...
The new t-shirts have just arrived, and this might be our favorite design yet! The front features a large ripsaw in action taken from Joseph Park’s 1908 book Educational Wood Working for School and Home. The back has a detail of the saw’s teeth and our long-standing motto, “We Plane. We Saw. We Conquer.” The last time we had a shirt with that phrase on it was a long time ago, and we’ve gotten numerous requests for it. We think it fits perfectly with this design. These unisex shirts are screen printed with water-based ink by Triple Stamp Press. They have a wonderfully soft vintage feel. The shirts are $25.00. Order yours here. This time, we’re going out on a limb in...
This spring and summer, it’s been all about windows around here. Mike spent several weeks dedicated to reglazing our woodshop sashes so that we can (finally) get those installed. We’ve already replaced the clear plastic over the openings on the south side once – don’t want to do that again! This month I dove headfirst into reglazing a pile of sashes for the cottage my wife and I are working to complete. The restoration process is pretty straightforward, but there are a lot to do. First, we gently chip out loose glazing with a putty knife, and use an infrared heat gun (a Speedheater Cobra) to soften stubborn bits. Once the glazing is removed, we pry out the glazing points...
After numerous requests for a poster of this axe photo, we’ve finally decided to do one small run. This is a powerful depiction of an assortment of European and American axes used at the Carpenters Without Borders timber-frame project at the M&T headquarters in 2019.
This 15" tall x 20" wide poster is printed on heavyweight, matte-coated paper in the United States.
Please note that there is limited availability on these as we will only be doing one print run. If you might want one, order now before it’s too late.
This is a pre-order. We expect to ship these out during the last week of June.
For those of you who have followed along here for a while, you’ve probably picked up on my interest in a few topics that occasionally emerge. I have spent a good amount of time in the past few years especially studying the history and nature of technology in society and its implications for humanity. Because I am a Christian, I have also been exploring the way this research intersects with biblical theology. Perhaps unsurprisingly, these thoughts have deeply influenced the way my family has been developing our homestead activities (garden, goats, chickens, ducks, etc.). All of these things are a huge part of my life, but I rarely write about them in detail for M&T readers. After sitting on it...
Woodworker and podcaster, Ray Deftereos, of the podcast “Hand Tool Book Review” has just released a thoughtful and thorough review of my first book Hands Employed Aright: The Furniture Making of Jonathan Fisher (1768-1847). He clearly took a lot of time assessing the book and distilling its contents for listeners, because I have never heard a more complete and concise description of the book anywhere else. Ray nailed it. I appreciated hearing his perspective on the practical benefits of this book which fits only by technicality on the dry and dusty “historical monograph” shelf. He talked about how he was delighted to see something different in such a work – something more personal. This was exactly my intention with the...
A short trailer for those who would like to know more about my new book, Another Work is Possible.
You can order your copy of this book here.
Remember, as an effort to help those financially strained by COVID, we are offering store-wide free domestic shipping for one more week (through Thursday, April 23rd).
Hope you all are enjoying this book!
– Joshua
OK… we never do this. But we want to help in any way we can. Mike and I have been sharing the pain of the worldwide community in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and have been racking our brains trying to think of the best way to provide encouragement to our readers. We want to give as we are able. For the next two weeks (now through April 23rd), we are offering two discounts in our store: Free domestic (U.S.) shipping on everything in our store. (Enter coupon code “COVID_FREESHIP” at checkout.) A considerable price reduction on both our “Foundations” and “Tables” streaming instructional videos. At $20 a piece, that means you get a total of six hours of...
In our most recent episode of the Mortise & Tenon Podcast, we spent time discussing how to make the most out of this social distance isolation most of us are experiencing. We talk about how we see the way this could open up new opportunities to experience life in a rich way both now in the midst of the virus and into the future once its passed. This episode is dedicated to inspiring you to not lose heart and to not give up on intentional living and craftsmanship. Items Mentioned in this Episode: My New Book “Another Work is Possible” Now Shipping The Documentary Film of “Another Work is Possible” Spoon Blanks for Carving in Your Apartment Michigan Sloyd Spoon...
Big news for all you international readers! One of the major benefits of our shifting to the printer fulfilling future subscriptions is that we are able to get their enormous international shipping discount. For years, we’ve sympathized with folks overseas who sent us emails complaining that our shipping rates are so high. We’ve looked into several alternatives but always hit dead ends. We agreed the rate was stupid high, but could do nothing about it. For example, the shipping we’ve had to charge for our $45 two-issue subscription has been $48, making the grand total $93. Ouch. But our hands have been tied – until now. Because our printer will now be sending subscriptions directly, we are able to dramatically...
