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The Current State Of eCommerce

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The current state of eCommerce Print On Demand eCommerce in 2025 is adversely affected by the rise in shipping and manufacturing costs. Fine Art America - Pixels.com has selected high quality production facilities in the USA, Canada, Australia, Great Britain and Europe . This focus keeps retail prices reasonable and stable. FAA-PIxels is owned by the original creators of the platform.  That is why I have selected Fine Art America - Pixels.com as my Print On Demand service provider. Too many other Print On Demand service providers are outsourcing production to China or other low wage manufacturers of poor quality products.  I added navigation links to the static page in my blog which displays my PrintsAntiquA shop . As new wall art is added, you'll see them in the blog feed which you can sign up for in the sidebar or at the bottom of any post.
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Japanese Woodworking chantarokichi5630

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chantarokichi5630 Japanese Woodworking Tools and Techniques Youtuber chantarokichi5630 has created an excellent set of vids on traditional Japanese woodworking tools, techniques and architecture. Check out his Youtube page, learn and enjoy! His vid on Japanese Chisel Backs is just a start. He has 388 videos, all of which you can peruse at your leisure.
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Japanese Blacksmith Chisel Marks

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  Japanese Chisel Blacksmith List An excellent resource for anyone interested in traditional Japanese Blacksmith marks is this site devoted to Japanese Chisel Maker Marks. Japanese Chisel Blacksmith List
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How To Make An 18th Century Iron Leg Vise

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The Making Of An Iron Leg Vise From the Encyclopédie by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert Ever wonder how long the classic Blacksmith's iron leg vise has been around and how it was made by hand? Here is Plate No. 6 from the  Encyclopédie  volume on the making of tools. Think about that. You have to make tools in order to make tools. Without modern machinery. By hand. In a forge. With Plate 6 of Taillanderie, Suite de la fabrique des Etaux , now you can make your own iron leg vise. Let me know when you're finished with this project. A bit of history on Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert: Back in 1765 Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert published the  Encyclopédie. " André le Breton , a bookseller and printer, approached Diderot with a project for the publication of a translation of  Ephraim Chambers '  Cyclopaedia, or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences  into French, first undertaken by the Englishman  John Mills , and followe...
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Toolemera Press Departments

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Table Of Contents Home Shop Reprints Shop P rints A ntiqu A Free PDF Pinterest Reference Sloyd/Slöjd Japan Woodworking Rhykenology - Wooden Planes Using & Making Hand Tools Occupational Photographs Vintage Trade Catalogs Finishing Joinery Wood Turning The Woodworker Series Designs & Plans Textiles Wood Carving & Scrolling Tool Chests & Workbenches Cookery & Farming/Farriery Ship Builders Adverts & Letter/Billheads
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The Firmer Chisel Debate

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Is it a Firmer Chisel or a Bevel Edge Chisel? One of those questions only die hard hand tool fanatics ask: Is this a Firmer Chisel or a Bevel Edge Chisel? General internet opinion has been that the Firmer Chisel has a squared edge. When in doubt, I always turn to old trade catalogs and even, yes, books. This C. E. Jennings 1901 catalog provides one possible answer. Manufacturers could be somewhat loose when it came to nomenclature depending upon what trade they were selling to. Jennings shows both a Bevel Edge and a Square Edge option. Both had a thicker cross sections, both had sockets and both had heavy, leather tipped handles. Is this the last word on Firmer Chisels? Doubtless, no. I have seen references to Firmer Chisels that fly in the face of Jennings. If that was due to poor catalog editing, geographic preferences or nothing more than internecine hand tool manufacturer competition, I dunno.
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Our Workshop 1866 & The Lathe And How To Use It 1867, ISBN: 9781523385560

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Our Workshop 1866 & The Lathe And How To Use It 1867 by Temple Thorold ISBN:  9781523385560 Amazon Publishing Affiliate Link "It is our intention to notice many things, however trivial, that may in any way serve to enlighten our readers respecting the joiner's art." Our Workshop 1866 & The Lathe And How To Use It 1867  features two of the earliest English language Manual Arts texts written exclusively for British adolescents attending public or private schools.  Written with a directness and clarity seldom found in nineteenth century text books,  Our Workshop & The Lathe And How To Use It  represents an invaluable period resource for the modern traditional woodworker as well as the educator interested in applying the practices of Slöjd or Manual Arts Education to classwork. Gary Roberts, Toolemera Press publisher, returns to print classic books on early crafts, trades and industries. All titles are produced from the originals in his personal collecti...
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