WillMSP

This is the final installment of the project.  Thanks to all who have followed along. To lighten the look of the base, I added a chamfer along the...

I spent a lot of time online looking at images of mid-century modern chairs looking for inspiration for the base.  I kept coming back to this recli...

This whole series have all the time evolved around making a set of dining chairs out of two large slabs of European elm that was saved at my mother...

[Note: I am in a process of moving from Lumberjocks, this a blog series I started in 2014] This blog describes the long process of designing and ma...

Once I completed the final sanding and prepped according to instructions, I applied Rubio's Monocote Pure to the frame.  It was my first experience...

With all the pieces cut to shape, I moved on to cutting the mortises and slots, which I did with the help of a couple jigs.  They were all cut with...

The leg edges and leg stretchers received a fingernail profile.   This was done with a 1/2" radius roundover bit in the router table.  Note my slig...

 After looking for many years and losing many auctions, I finally won a Norris A5 smoother for a reasonable price. I knew it needed a lot of work, ...

Microjig has become our official Store Partner so now you can shop the original Microjig products and support Craftisian at the same time. As this ...

Well, a mere 6 months after starting this series, I'm finally ready to wrap it up… So let's dive right in! When last I left off, I had finished re...

My last big project introduced me to 18th century European joinery and really got me hooked on the idea of more complex assemblies that are locked ...

Hi all, it's great to see so many people from LumberJocks coming to Craftisian and joining our site. Welcome! I am well aware of the recent abrupt...