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At Lee Valley, we understand that the journey of creating is just as exciting as the end product. Browse our Catalogs and Guides
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Best known for his work on the PBS television programs "This Old House" and "The New Yankee Workshop", master carpenter Norm Abram is the reason many of us started woodworking. Read our interview with this woodworking legend:
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In this new video series,
@mattymatheson
and fellow chef and farm manager Keenan McVey share the lessons they’ve learned as stewards to a small patch of land in southern Ontario. Watch:
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This tool chest belonged to a customer's great grandfather, who was born in 1842. Although the chest spent nearly 100 years in a basement, the paint and wood surfaces had not deteriorated at all. There's certainly something to be said for great craftsmanship and design.
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Guy Plourde from Edmundston, NB, crafts these wooden toys and donates them to local hospitals to give to young patients. Terrific work!
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We sadly announce the death of our Founder and Chairman, Leonard Lee.
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There have been rumors that we're opening a store in Kingston, ON...they aren't rumors! Stay tuned!
http://t.co/pm0IsCKpNu
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We are incredibly honored and proud to be have been recognized as the Best Overall Retail In-Store Experience in Ontario by Leger.
This achievement is a result of the collective efforts and dedication of our amazing team and the continuous support from our loyal customers.…
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While customer Jerry Davis was travelling, he came across this re-purposed antique workbench at a little cafe in Budapest, Hungary. He, of course, chose to sit at that "table" to eat his lunch.
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To remove glue before it dries, use a jumbo straw. Cut the end square or at 45°. As it fills, snip it off and start again.
#TipTuesday
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To fulfill the requirements of a class project, a 16-year-old high school student took on the challenge of building a functional wooden bicycle using only wood, glue and his passion for woodworking and design. Read more:
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This spectacular wall, designed and built by our Facilities Manager Janis Nichol, is one of the main features of our lobby at our head office in Ottawa, ON. She used torrefied maple off-cuts from the manufacture of our tool handles to create the wall.
#DIYFriday
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Paul Miller of The Canadian School of French Marquetry made this reversible marquetry box. Amazing job!
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It’s been 40 years since our founders Leonard and Lorraine Lee cut and pasted together the company’s first catalog on their dining room table. We recently celebrated the release of our latest Fine Woodworking Tools Catalog. View it online:
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We visited Wheelers Forest & Farm Museum (), which has over 600 vintage chainsaws. Any of these bring back memories?
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Behind The Design: Veritas Large Router Plane
Join this tool’s designer for a glimpse Behind the Design into what sets it apart.
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Steven, from our Coquitlam, BC, store, used boards from an old barn (original colors) to create this Canadian flag. Happy 150th, Canada!
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Customer Paul from Paul's Fine Woodworking sent in this photo of a beautiful jewellery box that he made. Great work!
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Photographer Cory Blyth secretly captured this wonderful photo of her father-in-law J.D. Somers carving an owl in his workshop. J.D. makes beautiful, intricate wood carvings of birds and sometimes furniture pieces, too. According to Cory, he is a Lee Valley tool using man!
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Looks like everyone likes to receive something from Lee Valley/Veritas®. (Thanks to customer Maxime M. for the photo of Oliver.)
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Forty years ago with the hope of starting a woodworking tool retail business, Leonard Lee began by first selling a product that some may deem an unusual choice - a barrel stove kit. Read more about it:
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We're pleased to announce the opening of our first store in Quebec! Located at Laval Center, it will open Oct. 3, 2018. The store will feature an experience-based design approach and will have our largest customer sales floor at 11,000 square feet. More:
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This spectacular wall is one of the main features of our lobby at our head office in Ottawa, Ontario. It was designed and built by our Facilities Manager Janis Nichol, who used torrefied maple off-cuts from the manufacture of our tool handles.
#DIYFriday
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Customer Otto Hasibeder used our Veritas® Wooden Bench Plane Hardware Kit to make this
#3
size plane. The body is purpleheart and the blade wedge is birdseye maple. Great work, Otto!
#DIYFriday
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Customer Ron from British Columbia made this toy truck based on our 1929 Ford Stake Bed Truck Plan (26L10.10). It is constructed from maple and walnut, with padauk strips in the bed. Great work!
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Customer Doug Peterman sent these photos of a small block plane that he made. Very nice work, Doug!
#DIYFriday
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Our new Books & Plans catalog is now available for viewing online:
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Congratulations to employee Steve Perry who was recently recognized at the prestigious 13th Annual International Color Awards for photography work he did for Lee Valley. What a great accomplishment, Steve!
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Lee Valley employees Beth and Kay painted this giant wooden tulip in the Dutch Delft Blue tradition to display at our booth at last week's Canadian Tulip Festival in Ottawa, Ontario. We think they did an amazing job!
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We recently needed to make a fox wedged tenon in cross section for a photo prop. Have you tried this joint yet?
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Customer Levi Nadlersmith’s first attempt at a timber-frame structure turned out pretty great, we think! The greenhouse shed is 10’ x 10’ and is made of cedar. The rest is a mix of pine and spruce. Well done, Levi!
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Mike, from PA, made this wooden 1929 Model A Ford out of old oak skids. He used to take it to shows loaded with old tools.
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Niki’s Picks
In this video Niki shares her favorite products for seed starting.
Shop Niki’s favorite seed starting products by clicking the link in our bio.
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Introducing Veritas DBMFJ Jigs
End grain is like your belly button: everyone knows you’ve got it, but no one wants to see it. This is particularly true about joinery.
Veritas is proud to present the revolutionary double-blind mitered finger joint system.
Shop our Veritas…
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Customer Til Wagner shared photos of this nearly completed kumiko-inspired gate. “Your tools helped me greatly with the construction of this beast.” What an incredible project!
#LVLetsDoSomething
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Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned gardener, we hope you’ll learn something new from these weekly videos. In this episode,
@NikiJabbour
shows you how easy it is to grow your own plants from seeds. View video:
#TimeToHibermake
#LVLetsDoSomething
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Inspired by her daily work environment, staff member Amelie created this tool-themed cross stitch. We think she did a great job!
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Customer Gus Modeste from Chemainus, British Columbia, sent us this image of his recent work of art. Gus, who is a member of the Coast Salish First Nation, has been carving for 30 years. Wonderful work, Gus!
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The Gardening Journal - In the inaugural episode of this new video series, gardener
@NikiJabbour
tells us all about seed types (open-pollinated, heirloom and hybrid) and how to select the ones you’d like to grow.
#TimeToHibermake
#LVLetsDoSomething
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A weekend to be grateful. Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian friends.
(Photo by Brianna Derro)
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We are pleased to announce that our newest store will open in Niagara Falls, ON, in late spring 2017.
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Things are looking good for the opening of our Laval, Quebec, store in one week. We’re putting the final touches on things before we open our doors on Wednesday, October 3rd!
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Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned gardener, we hope you’ll learn something new from these weekly videos. In this episode, Niki Jabbour explains how planning your garden now can help you during the upcoming growing season. View:
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This Austrian-made clothes dryer is far from the space-hogging rotary clothes lines of decades past.
#CoolProduct
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Here is some seasonal joinery fun! Good sawing and chisel practise. See how it's done:
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Here is a quick and dirty chisel rack. How do you store your chisels?
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In our latest woodworking newsletter, we explain how to make this festive dovetail joint. Read more:
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Several Lee Valley employees volunteer to maintain a neighborhood municipal ice rink across from our head office in Ottawa. If you're in the area, come for a skate at Morrison Park (1095 Morrison Drive).
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Our new Fall Catalog is now available to view online:
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We’ve put together a product selection with our new herbarium journal to help you create a colorful record of flowers and plants, a time-honored way of making a meaningful reference and a unique keepsake.
You can preserve the specimens using our microwave flower press, and we've…
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Mike Mason built this scale-model bench for storing and using his collection of Veritas miniature tools. It has all the details of a full-sized one: bench dogs, drawers, bench hooks, removable tool trays and a Moxon dovetail vise that clamps on top. Amazing work, Mike!
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For the rest of summer, we’ll give you a 50 cent per box credit against purchase for each clean, carefully broken down re-usable swoopy arrow box you bring to one of our open stores. If you have a Lee Valley box, we’ll take those too!
#swoopyarrowprogram
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Nick, one of our photographers, used some of our magnets to get the shot he wanted. The finished product is on the left; the other two images show his setup.
#LVTinsider
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The inspiration for this seat bracket was a fold-down streetcar seat we admired for its elegance – both from an aesthetic perspective and an engineering one. Learn more:
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Missing fresh greens from the garden? Try growing a supply of shoots and microgreens indoors on your windowsills or under grow lights. Gardener
@NikiJabbour
explains how:
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It's important to keep bird feeders filled, especially in the winter when other food supplies are low. To attract different bird species, use our helpful food chart as a guide:
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Last night, we got a sneak peek at the iconic tool chest built by Henry O. Studley.
#StudleyToolChest
http://t.co/4VQhc583cQ
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Lee Valley is thrilled to announce the Ontario Government is supporting a $4.5 million investment by Veritas Tools Inc. to boost local manufacturing and create additional jobs in Ottawa.
As part of this investment, the government is providing $675,000 in funding through the…
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Tim Shaw recently made this guitar using walnut and Sitka spruce. Beautiful work, Tim! Show us what you're making by using
#LVLetsDoSomething
in your post.
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LV employee Andrew made this apple & rosewood jack plane on a weekend. He has made other tools over the years & is now working on guitar
#7
!
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Lee Valley employee Andrew created this decorative latticework, traditionally part of a Japanese shoji (room divider). The darker wood is cherry and the lighter is Alaskan yellow cedar. Great work, Andrew!
#DIYFriday
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Lee Valley employee Brianna Larabie created the wood-burned artwork on these paddles. Nice work, Bri!
#DIYFriday
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Take a look at this mesmerising video of a violin being made using hand tools. Thanks to Daniel Ross for sharing.
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Lee Valley employee Wally snapped this photo of a great-looking mural in South Korea.
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Yesterday's
#WhatIsIt
? was an adjustable arm brace, often used by electricians. Read more:
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http://t.co/lTL2FYmr2J
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The new Pullman Loaf Pan is an excellent choice for bread bakers who want to make their own sandwich loaves.
View more bread making products in our Spring Kitchen Guide: Homemade Bread, link in bio.
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Veritas Large Router Plane
The Veritas large router plane is an invaluable tool for work on stopped or through dadoes and grooves, or for any work that requires an area cut to a precise depth.
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We're having a great time at our exclusive media event
#GrowWithLeeValley
, hosted by
@CarsonArthur
& LV's Annick in downtown Toronto.
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For those of us who live in colder climates, is barbecuing in the dead of winter a YES or NO?
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If I had a $500 Lee Valley gift card, the first thing I would buy is...
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Having a great time at our Christmas sneak-peek event for Toronto media with
@CarsonArthur
and
@MikeWardTO
.
#AChristmasFullofSurprises
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“We’ve got to be more about teaching gateway skills to different customers—not the 50-year-old woodworker, but somebody who never took shop class in high school or grade school, as most people don’t,” Lee says. “Now, a beginner isn’t 16 years old. A beginner is 35 or 40.”
Read…
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Customer Ron Moger from British Columbia sent us these photos of the display case he made for his Veritas® Miniature Tools. Great work!
#DIYFriday
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Looking for an affordable backyard build that uses recycled wood? This project, which uses reclaimed pallet boards, is so easy to make, even a first-time builder can do it. Cheryl McCleary explains. Read more…
#LVLetsDoSomething
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Tired of running to the shed to get your pruners? Put a mailbox in your garden with some of your everyday tools!
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We made this fun, decorative pumpkin with some leftover scraps of veneer and a small length of LED lighting!
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Each year, Upper Canada Village celebrates Halloween with Pumpkinferno, an outdoor exhibit of close to 6,000 hand-carved jack-o’-lanterns.
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As an alternative way to dye Easter eggs, a few of our staff members used ingredients from the kitchen. Starting at the top and moving clockwise, we used onion skins, coffee beans, red cabbage, turmeric, beets and a combination of spinach, cilantro and blueberries.
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Our Early Spring 2022 Digital Catalog is now available. Get ready for the gardening season with products to start your seeds, and help them grow and the tools to properly maintain them. Browse our latest gardening catalog online:
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This live-edge table was made in a home workshop by craftsman Llewellyn Moore of Barss Corner, Nova Scotia. The table, made of cherry and ipe (Brazilian walnut), features pegs made from Madagascar ebony and bowties made from ipe. Amazing work, Llewellyn!
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These bird feeders are a fun project to make with kids. All you need is an apple, natural peanut butter & bird seed.
#DIYFriday
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Some LV staff maintain a City of Ottawa rink across from head office. They took some time this afternoon to enjoy the fruits of their labor.
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In this week’s episode of The Gardening Journal, Niki Jabbour explains how to deal with winter damage to your landscape by providing tips on how to prune properly and safely. View video:
#TimeToHibermake
#LVLetsDoSomething
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