Craftisian Blogs

   Haven't had a boatload of inspiration lately, so even the simplest of projects is welcomed... This Project started at my Desk... Pens and pencil...

Back when I was flush-trimming the arm and seat rail components, I avoided routing the straight edge on each where they would eventually be joined....

   I think it was one of our Shop Teachers in High School, who told us about how challenging Shop was in the "Old Days"... We were told for instanc...

For cutting the yoke tenons, I used the technique described by Ty earlier, rather than using a filler piece in the top curve of the yoke.  Ultimate...

Note, this should have been first, but Craftisian doesn't have a good way to go back and add a new entry out of order, as far as I can tell. [Imag...

I cut a set of stretchers on the CNC since its bed was large enough to accommodate their length.   It's much less harrowing than flush trimming nar...

On one of my recent projects, I mentioned starting to renovate our Upstairs Bathroom... The Bathroom had a False Wall in it that was shoddily made...

I'm focusing on the seat components first so I can work out any kinks in the M/T process.  The components that form seat sides have a single mortis...

Making the axles is the first step for me making toy cars, and most important if you want the toys to roll smoothly. You can buy pre-made dowels. I...

For all the mortise and tenon joints between the sides and stretchers, I decided to go with integral tenons cut on the Pantorouter.    Unfortunatel...

I was out of town for a few weeks, and wasn't able to be in the workshop.   But I was able to brush up on my Fusion skills and start modeling the f...

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