Craftisian Blogs

Well i am at it again, i had an idea, its been done before, but not quite like this, plus a lot less expensive. When ever i start i like to take a ...

Up until now I had been laying out my painting in wood layers by hand using lines that extended beyond the edges of the veneer area and after placi...

Hello, Last year my wife wants a new coffee table. It must also be built easily. My wife would know myself better. I built the table but in my own ...

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I was a shop teacher for a number of my years in education. In 1985, I had the opportunity to open a brand spank...

There are two institutions to be given credit for how well I have been able to equip my shop for so little money and in so little space. They canno...

When we bought a winter home in Green Valley AZ. in 2007 it didn’t take me long to realize that I couldn’t spend half of the year without a shop. T...

A couple of weeks ago I got an unexpected package in the mail from my good friend Klaus (aka kiefer). Inside was a hand made veneer hammer with his...

I am Jeff Walsma of the Dutch Carpenter and i want to let everyone know how simple and fun things are to make out of your own scrap wood.Instead of...

Dowels and glue only, no nails screws or brackets

Hello, I wanted to do something different. An image with a 3D marquetry. The final image This image has inspired me. Print and prepare the subject ...

As I mentioned in my first entry (This isn’t actually my first entry, although the title says so), I was an Industrial Arts teacher for a number of...

I am looking for some ideas for making a silverware tray. The boss does not want me to use thick wood so I am looking for ideas/plans using 1/4 or ...