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A Work in Process
Last week I drove 721 miles to visit a new manufacturing partner in the Midwest. While I was there I managed to snap this photo (above) of a 4-pound 9-ounce...
A Work in Process
Last week I drove 721 miles to visit a new manufacturing partner in the Midwest. While I was there I managed to snap this photo (above) of a 4-pound 9-ounce...
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The Most Durable Tool Ever Made
Late last year, after almost 50 years of clear communications, a memory chip inside NASA's Voyager 1 failed, garbling its messages back to Earth. Working 15.3 billion miles away, engineers...
The Most Durable Tool Ever Made
Late last year, after almost 50 years of clear communications, a memory chip inside NASA's Voyager 1 failed, garbling its messages back to Earth. Working 15.3 billion miles away, engineers...
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Emotional Durability
We can make things that are physically durable, that will last. But if they aren't emotionally durable — if we don't connect with them on some deeper level, if we...
Emotional Durability
We can make things that are physically durable, that will last. But if they aren't emotionally durable — if we don't connect with them on some deeper level, if we...
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Spring Projects, 2024 Edition
Some project ideas to get you started this spring: Making: Sewing Indigo dying 8 x 10 photography Landscape watercolors Weaving Clay hand-building Quilt making Woodturning Basic metal forging Leather painting...
Spring Projects, 2024 Edition
Some project ideas to get you started this spring: Making: Sewing Indigo dying 8 x 10 photography Landscape watercolors Weaving Clay hand-building Quilt making Woodturning Basic metal forging Leather painting...
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Move Slow and Make Things
I've been planning. Planning product assortments, time and action calendars, manufacturing matrixes. The time away has given me space to go deep. And it's paying off. I suggested picking up...
Move Slow and Make Things
I've been planning. Planning product assortments, time and action calendars, manufacturing matrixes. The time away has given me space to go deep. And it's paying off. I suggested picking up...
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Origin Stories
I wanted to alert you to a book that I think everyone in the Best Made universe should own. This book is not available through Amazon, or any of the...
Origin Stories
I wanted to alert you to a book that I think everyone in the Best Made universe should own. This book is not available through Amazon, or any of the...
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Visit: American Woolen Mill
A recent visit to American Woolen Company, Stafford Springs Connecticut. Discover more.
Visit: American Woolen Mill
A recent visit to American Woolen Company, Stafford Springs Connecticut. Discover more.
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The Right to Repair
On the day I announced the re-acquisition of Best Made, my good friend Matt Beaudin emailed me: "But how wonderful is it that we can, most always, fix these things?...
The Right to Repair
On the day I announced the re-acquisition of Best Made, my good friend Matt Beaudin emailed me: "But how wonderful is it that we can, most always, fix these things?...
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A Founder Prepares
An Actor Prepares, by Konstantin Stanislavski, was a bible for some method actors (James Dean, Al Pacino, Marlin Brando, Marilyn Monroe). I imagine Stanislavski's book as part of a bigger...
A Founder Prepares
An Actor Prepares, by Konstantin Stanislavski, was a bible for some method actors (James Dean, Al Pacino, Marlin Brando, Marilyn Monroe). I imagine Stanislavski's book as part of a bigger...
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