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It has been a while.  Maybe a little off topic for a Supercell titled blog but sort of the next step in improving dust collection in my shop.  The ...

These are stone carver’s rifflers, but unlike any that I have ever seen. Instead of having stitched teeth they have cut recesses along an edge. The...

With the leg finger joints complete, I could trim the legs to their final shape.   This could have been done more quickly on the table saw with a p...

I think that the row of finger joints between the arm and leg is a perfect example of honest design.  The joint provides incredible strength to the...

Japanese veneer cutter / marking gauge [IMG_8468.jpeg][IMG_8469.jpeg][IMG_8470.jpeg][IMG_8471.jpeg][IMG_8472.jpeg] A Kebiki is a Japanese marking ...

While I had been thinking about how to make the arms from the time I had started scheming to build this chair, by the time I got to this point, I s...

I have "migrated" to Craftisian from LumberJocks. I was pretty disappointed when the new LJ forum design appeared (or shall we call it "monetizing"...

In this project, I'll be building a pair of chairs modeled after Hans Wegner's, "Bukkestolen", which he designed for Johannes Hansen in 1959. Weg...

I have decided that this stone carving riffler is for carving eyes. The two ends combined, one effectively cuts the upper eyelid shape and the othe...

Here are the methods of making dowel 1. Drill and push through steel flat bar 2. Hammering through a holed plate 3. The Chisel Method 4. able saw ...

Rare as teeth on a hen. I couldn’t believe my eyes. For $25 … To put it in perspective, if you go on eBay you will find many El Casco  pencil shar...

The ash trim needs to wrap around the entire panel. I’ve got the top and bottom done and now I need to add trim at the front and back ends. I’ll st...