I’ve been enjoying my new books. Lost Art Press recently released the two book set “The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years”, a release that I’ve been eagerly awaiting ever since it was announced month (years?) ago. It’s an absolutely fantastic curated collection of woodworker and author Hayward’s articles from his years as editor of the English The Woodworker magazine from 1939 to 1967. If ever “Lost Art Press” lived up to its its name (by, you know, pressing lost art), its here. Hayward’s career spanned the transition from hand work to the modern power tool age, a period when so much fundamental woodworking knowledge went from being common to almost forgotten. At 888 pages, it is a massive collection. But Lost…
