#chris schwarz

[garadinervi]

Joseph Beuys and Albrecht D., Performance at the ICA London 1.Nov.1974, (12'' vinyl record), 1003, Samadhi Records, 1976 [Fondazione Bonotto, Colceresa (VI). © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn]

Recorded at The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London on 1 November 1974, the first day of the exhibition 'Art Into Society – Society Into Art'

Photography: Chris Schwarz

[abwatt]

I posted one of these as part of someone else’s post when I reblogged it, but I figured it was time to post them on their own. These two pictures show everything I’ve made as a result of watching Rex Kreuger YouTube videos. I learned to love the idea of woodworking as a result of reading Chris Schwarz books and articles, and I think he’s an amazing and luminous writer.  But Rex is the guy who got me doing woodworking.

Yesterday, I had reason to pull all my shop pieces out of the shed and set them up on the lawn.  And yeah, maybe I’m not as good as I’d like to be yet. But I’ve still made a woodshop for myself: six-board chest for storing tools, low workbench like the Romans used for sitting and working on boards, a tool tote for hauling tools around to and from job sites, a shaving horse (in process) for making chair and stool legs and tool handles and carved bits, and a saw horse/saw bench for holding and cutting wood into useful shapes. 

[efosa123]

Guide to Buying Woodworking Sharpening Supplies

Guide to Buying Woodworking Sharpening Supplies

[Music] welcome to wood and shop I’m Joshua Farnsworth so when you get started in traditional woodworking there’s a lot of hand tools to have to buy so what I’m trying to do is share a list of just the basic minimum set of tools that you need to get started right off the bat and then what I’m gonna be talking about right now is sharpening supplies so it doesn’t do any good to have nice hand tools…

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[kiwoa]

The Schwarz looks so done. I love it.

[regeis]

I need a workbench. I've been telling myself this for some time; my planing board is an alright stop-gap, but it's not sufficient for the long term. I've been through several designs (including a monstrous split-top design which would likely not have fit in my room), but the other day I found a picture on Chris Schwarz's blog 'Lost Art Press' which inspired a complete rethink.

The image is of an old french(?) bench which is falling apart, but has an important feature: its top is only just over a foot wide. In Chris Schwarz's book 'Workbenches: From design and theory to construction and use' (a tome I'd recommend to anyone intending to build their own bench), the width of a bench is not the most important factor; if you want to plane large boards, you can make an outfeed table or just sit on it lying on the floor (I know, I've complained about that exact thing before, but sometimes it's necessary).

I fired up sketchup and came up with my design. It's not wide (just over a foot), but it's 5ft long and is made up of 3.5" thick sapele timbers for the frame and 3" thick laminated walnut (which I picked up on discount from a kitchen supply shop). The whole thing will likely be built using tusked tenons and the top will be indexed via dowels, so it'll break down into about 5 pieces when done.

I'm going to install a leg vise using czech hardware I bought at Dieter Schmidt's fine tools in Berlin (wonderful shop... I drooled) and attempt to recreate one of the chain-tensioning systems I've read about online (possibly using cable... experiments!). The planing stop is on the right-hand side on my design (rather than the left on the pictured bench) because I'm left-handed.

This is going to be a long process, but it'll be worth it in the end; I can feel it.