The original Garlick and Son Saw Company was started in 1858 according to the webpage.
http://www.flinn-garlick-saws.co.uk/acatalog/The_Lynx_Range.html

My Garlick and Son (Lynx) saw arrived today. I purchased it on EBay taking a risk and trying for a great price; well lady luck turned my way. The saw is in fine shape and looks great. It’s a Lynx line saw according to the Lynx website which acquired or obtained Garlick and Son Saw Company sometime in 1999. I have not taken but a few photos and posted the best detailed one here.

The saw is 26 inches long with what I understand to be a Walnut Handle finished in Danish Oil. I have yet to give the shark-toothed gleaming tool a workout as I am purchasing wood for a special furniture project in the next couple of weeks and I want to make an attempt at an all handwork build. I was waiting on this rip saw in order to…yes…bypass my table saw. (Call me a glutton for punishment, a purist, or in love with woodworking) I am starting a new job and will have a day off each week to “work the wood” hence the handwork emphasis.

I will give a later report on its performance and ability to tear down boards to correct widths etc.
Of course I will take much of the credit for mistakes or shortcomings on my part as the “sawyer” has a lot
to do with the performance with a handsaw.

If you have used one of these or any traditional hand rip saw, let me know.
Can’t wait to get started on the next project.

Ya’ll have a good week now, ya hear!

Slant Top Desk by C.H. Becksvoort

The Short List

Woodworkers (in influential order)
1. C.H. Becksvoort-maker of amazing Shaker Style Furniture plus great Shaker Inspired Author
2. Thomas Moser-the great American Dream in real life, Thomas Moser Furniture-and a great classic book to boot
3. Glen Huey-the ultimate in beautifully made and “how to” make furniture books
3. Darrell Peart-the most amazing blanket chest I have every seen….Greene and Greene
4. Jim Tolpin-a real world honest cabinet maker who shares his experience of the business and a great book on tool boxes.

Dr. White’s Chest by Thomas Moser

Books (in order of most read)
1. How To Build Shaker Furniture by Thomas Moser
2. Furniture In The Southern Style by Robert W. Lang and Glen Huey
3. The Shaker Legacy by Christian Becksvoort
4. The Toolbox Book by Jim Tolpin
5. The Anarchist’s Tool Chest by Christopher Schwarz

Desired Upcoming Builds

1. Another Tool Chest using the scale (paper) plans by Chris Gouchnour (plans)
2. Dr. White’s Chest from Thomas Moser’s How to Build Shaker Furniture (book)
3. Desk with Book Case from Furniture In The Southern Style (book)
4. The Chest of Drawers from The Joiner and The Cabinet Maker (book)

The Toolbox Book by Jim Tolpin

OVERALL INFLUENCES

1. Christian Becksvoort- I continue to be challenged by his amazing overall craftsmanship and understanding of wood grain, movement, durable joinery, and beautiful finishes
http://chbecksvoort.com/index.html

2. Jim Tolpin – who ever knew you could study the same tool chests, cabinets, and storage systems so long and continuously be inspired to build a beautiful system to store your tools or someone elses if they desire a special gift for their birthday or Christmas.
http://www.jimtolpin.com/

3. Thomas Moser – hey, he built his business from the ground up with great long term employees and his designed continue to be beautiful and inspiring … and he wrote an easy to understand how to book that can keep many a woodworker constantly busy in the workshop crafting practical and beautiful furniture with everything from yellow pine to the most exotic woods if desired.
http://www.thosmoser.com/page.php?page_id=54

Chest of Drawers from The Joiner and The Cabinet Maker

Hope you have a chance to SHARE your influences and pictures here soon!

I am convinced that there is not much peace of mind to be found in in objects that are almost “roped off” in our homes, offices, or studies, workshops even in an effort to preserve their “niceness.” I say this as I have fallen trap to “fancy” items many times before. It’s just good marketing and branding in some aspects. Dont’ get me wrong quality is out there and practicality. It can create that “gotta have it” vibe. That’s good marketing or worse peer pressure. Then, when I get that fancy “item” I spend much of my time shewing the kids away from it, polishing it, babying it, dusting it etc, instead of actually using it…which was originally why I bought whatever it was to begin with. My case in point-A newer pick up truck. I had an old small truck, countless years of deer camp trips, mud holes, spilled cups of coffee, escaped french fries, a pet transporter and all. It was well used.

So, I finally get that newly USED larger truck…hey it has four doors, Since we had a new baby and needed more room why not. Now that baby is 5 and loves chocolate pudding, hanging on every knob and lever known to man. Breakage is everywhere. Food is everywhere, stains are everywhere. I;m ok with that as it is a truck. But I did not expect that all to happen the first two days of ownership. It’s all good. I love my family. I’m messy too. But, it sure would have been nice to have the old truck. BECAUSE IT WOULDN’T MATTER. Peace of mind would come a bit easier. “hey, it’s the old truck” Oh, but I do remember the time the fox pee leaked into the AC unit on a deer camp trip, OK, one point against the old truck, That made Mississippi summer’s in the old truck pretty rank. I digress.

The new truck holds more wood, tools, people, no fox smell Thank the Lord, But all I’m saying is New stuff is not all it’s cracked up to be once you get it…except for Lie Nielsen and Blue Spuce Tools. :)

My furniture building and influence is the same way as it develops. To me…

IT’S ALL ABOUT BEING USEFUL—-

Furniture that is extravagant and overly ornate in my book are great to view and marvel at (my ipad is full of Chippendale and Federal pieces…and for sure challenging and fun to build.
But, my greatest glee if I may, is to build a piece of furniture that I know will be used every day if not countless times a day.

So I humbly give you…the HERCULES HOUSEHOLD STOOL.

It’s a versatile, practical, USEFUL, and inexpensive furniture piece.

Plus, if you can run a saw and scrounge up a few scrap 2×4s. IT’S FREE.

That’s the kind of furniture I’m into. USEFUL AND PRACTICAL

What furniture am I NOT into buying or owning right now…?
The kind that sits in a room, gather’s dust, gets gawked at maybe once a week or year
and gets little Johnny and Sally a spanking or scolding for climbing on it,
but sadly it is hardly used.

Now, combining USEFUL and BEAUTIFUL…at a price that will still allow groceries for the month…
now you got it. So did the Shakers have it figure out years ago? I think so. But, it’s your opinion.
Feel free to comment and post pictures of USEFUL AND PRACTICAL furniture with your comments.

Bloggers and Woodworkers…Thank you for sharing a precious resource with this article…your time.
You are much appreciated. Drop me a comment, grammar correction, or shout out any time!

TDog
Dunlap Woodworking
The Blog of a WannabeWoodworker

This is one built by Christopher Schwarz and featured on his Lost Art Press Blog.

Feel Free to post your favorite tool chest designs and builds from around the web.

Travis

This is a phrase I have felt off and on over the last couple months as I worked on a couple projects doing mostly hand work. As I got home from work and began working on another piece of a project in my half garage/half shop, I look up to realize that an hour or two has past by or the wife has beckoned a time or two “are you coming in soon?” That’s when it hits, wow, I really do enjoy this. I could do this into the wee hours of the morning. One more reason I try to stay with my hand tools. Not enough rest can lead to serious issues with my power tools. It can with any tools, but a split second and blamo on the table saw.

Anybody else have thoughts on getting

“Lost in the Wood” ?

An heirloom tool chest…wow that’s a lot or room for tools…

I was so surprised and relieved upon finishing my medium to small sized tool chest (posted with my projects) to find that it held all of my hand tools that were once taking up so much space in the tool cabinet I made which took up to much bench space and got in the way often of working on projects. The old cabinet had tools hanging on dowels and pegs and there was dust covering all my nice hand tools upon the end of a work day in the shop, even the ones I was not using.

So these are the perks I found from moving from a cabinet to a tool chest:

1. Tool Cleanliness- (less dust and moisture)
2. Mobility-of a tool chest to be easily moved to another area
3. More space to work-on the workbench with more clearance for striking and clamping
4. Safety-my 5 year old will be less tempted to “use Daddy’s tools” (out of sight out of mind)
5. Tool Protection-less chance of banging edged tools on one another
6. Organizational appeal-now that there are less tools visible distracting the eye
7. Progress: Looking at the first dovetails I ever cut and the new ones in the chest, I am making some headway

Whether you want a large tool chest or a smaller one,
I found it worth the time to build one mostly by hand; based on a
combination of Schwarz’ book and a plan from Fine Woodworking.
The things shared there all came to fruition once I put my tools in.
The historic tool chests and methods are similar for a reason I think…they worked.
Note: I am glad I dovetailed the trim instead of using a miter joint,

Now, to paint or stain…