Craftisian Blogs

2015 is moving right along. Some members, I’m sure, are busy little beavers building summer projects, and some of you have packed away your tools s...

I am back on the job after celebrating my wife’s 75th birthday yesterday. We are now slightly over 150 years old combined. We have learned a lot ov...

Being stationed out here in Okinawa, I don’t get much free time to enjoy the craft. This is what I work with though. it isn’t a lot, but it gets th...

Do you have your favorite tools and would you like to recommend them to your woodworking buddies? This is the right time to do it. Post a review of...

Well I ordered a few new tools that is going to add 100% to my work. Its not everything I wanted but its a start. They are items that have been on ...

This is what I have done so far in making my own tools. I have received a lot of inspiration from several of you. Thanks to you all. Center finder ...

You might be wondering why I am going to all the bother with such a heavy construction. Well, the weather gets pretty hairy here in the Fall and Wi...

My interests involve working both metal and wood. Unfortunately, my woodworking space is in the laundry room. Currently a disaster due to the shop ...

Here is my assortment of hand tools and most of them I have made myself . I don’t profess to be a hand tool only guy but I love the look and feel o...

In my boatbuilding career there was always a need to get the job done quickly and efficiently so power tools were the order of the day except for t...

The reason My wife doesn’t like storing our big gas grill in our garden shed because it takes too much space (and she keeps buying more outdoor fur...

Hand tools play an important part in my woodworking and share equal status in my shop with my power tools. I am not a purist; I love the efficiency...