Craftisian Blogs

After a long time away from the fun little projects I finally got to start one this past weekend. The idea is to have a small portable bluetooth st...

I was at the Woodshow again this year and thought I’d do some Facebook Live Chats. I was hoping that I could just post them here but not working. H...

Kelly has inspired me!!! (See her blog, here) So here’s the challenge: 1. create a little treasure, whether it is something carved, turned, or glue...

So, it’s finally cooled down here, and I’ve got a gig to motivate me. I’m making a Wheel of Chance for a client, so I whipped up a circle cutting r...

September 2016 Issue of our Woodworking Monthly is here. Have a good read! Editorial: Style Influences Feature Article by Les Hastings Feature Arti...

Between the heat and gastric surgery, I haven’t been doing much in my hot shop. About the only outdoor stuff I’ve been doing is moving cut brush fr...

The Theme for this month is the “Arts & Crafts Style” of woodworking. The era, around the turn of 20th century, was the about-face response to ...

I’m very happy to report that all 10 of my doors, which have all gone through at least one complete heating and cooling season, have not moved at a...

In the process of making a jig, I routed a dado for T-track in recycled plywood. Since my trim router was already set up with a ¾” straight bit, I ...

Hi there I thought I would share my progress on my woodshop. I have been working on the shop and have relocated most of the machines from storage a...

A friend recently gave me a bag with a bundle of goodies inside that needed cleaning up. Among them was this Rapier plane that as you can see is lo...

It was only after watching a youtube video about making a chair by hand that I actually worked out what these are. I had put to them to one side in...