Craftisian Blogs

There are so many ways to sharpen a card scraper but it doesn't have to be "Rocket Science" like so many people make it. Here's how I do it. [ima...

This is the finished Inlaid Dovetails. Keep in mind this is only one corner of a box! When doing a complete box a lot of the steps can be done in t...

 The critical step for inlaid dovetails is cutting a rabbet 1st on the tails board ( inside face ). For inlays it is mandatory. The depth of the ra...

  This is a tutorial on how I make “Inlaid Dovetails” sometimes referred to as double dovetails.  You can make them what I call in Fig. 1) “Tail Ou...

 First I milled up and squared all pine  and cedar stock. I am using pine for the two main boards and cedar for the inlay. Initially I cut each to ...

  After a few years of research and a bit of shopping I managed to find a used ShopBot Desktop CNC on Ebay. The seller told me it was 4 or 5 years ...

Rather than drag the 4" hose around from machine to machine for my Oneida Supercell I decided to install a 4" PVC dust collection system.  The 4" h...

I found this article in the Spring 2023 issue (number 148) of American Lutherie. According to the article, this is an instrument that was one of th...

Anybody want to come help me cut up these sheets? They're 83 1/2 x 110 That is a 4 x 8 on top for comparison. [20240529_080545.jpg]

Here are a few pictures of the marquetry and routing in the inlays. By only using two veneers for the marquetry, Gaboon Ebony & Holly with the back...

Sorry I missed last Wednesdays update, we were camping on the coast with family. I got all but one of the mortises cut when I reinstalled the beam...

As I mentioned in part 1, I based my cart design around a  a Sketchup model I found on their 3D Marketplace.  Once the Supercell arrived and before...