Tools
2 essays and 1 letter on this subject.
Essays
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Sharpen First
Every woodworking teacher says it, and every beginner skips it. A long morning with a chisel and a stone, and why the first hour of any job belongs to the tool.
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Imposition, by Script
Printing a small booklet at home means putting the pages in a strange order. A dozen lines of code can do it, and the exercise explains why a folded book reads the way it does.
From the weekly letter
- No.7
A plane in October
An hour with an old plane and a board of ash, an announcement about what is coming, and a very small confession about a stool.