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Simplifying my life sale

October 4, 2021 by Raney Nelson Leave a Comment

It’s almost exactly a year since I decided to add an online store to my website and the way I do business.  Has it been successful?  Well – yes and no.  It’s done what it promised, but the truth is that it’s a phenomenally needy addition to a business where one person does – well, […]

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Finally – back to planemaking

September 26, 2021 by Raney Nelson 2 Comments

It’s been quite a year here at the lab. ‘Busy as ____’ doesn’t come close – but it’ll have to do, because I really can’t think of a crass enough phrase to do it justice. This week, though, I’m sending out the last of the current custom blade orders, there is (at last) a solid […]

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One-off tools: custom-handled hammers

September 2, 2021 by Raney Nelson Leave a Comment

One the past year, I’ve been making some pretty significant changes to the basic way Daed Toolworks operates – everything from the range of things it makes to the way it sells them. Some of these changes are obvious – like adding a limited range of small-run production tools, beginning with dividers and a couple […]

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Sometimes love just aint enough.

November 27, 2020 by Raney Nelson

Today at 5 PM, I’m going to start up something I’ve never had before.  Im adding a simple shopping cart system to my website. And while it wasn’t planned this way, there is a sort of symmetry (or its it irony?) embodied up in the first batch of tools offered for sale through the site […]

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The Drama You Crave:  Crucible Tool

August 15, 2016 by Raney Nelson 64 Comments

Over at Lost Art Press, Chris Schwarz has posted several blog entries in the past week about

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One line blog post no. 1: Cap irons, tight mouths, or high pitches?

March 2, 2016 by Raney Nelson 21 Comments

Yes. (but it turns out all work better with a plane in your hand than a keyboard or tablet)

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Hammering so Hard

February 12, 2016 by Raney Nelson 3 Comments

Last year at Handworks, I bought a spoon from Jarrod Stone Dahl, a craftsman whose work I admire immensely. I’d watched his work and read his great blog for a few years, had never met him. He had one spoon left, and I asked him if he’d be willing to add a small design of […]

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Some comments on The Anarchist’s Design Book

January 13, 2016 by Raney Nelson 4 Comments

I rarely review or comment here on work by my woodworking friends. I worked for many years as a PR monkey, so I’m very attuned to problems of bias. Occasionally, though, I make an exception. This is one of them times. So here’s the full disclosure and disclaimer – and it’s important: there is no […]

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