Craftisian Blogs

Putting the cars together isn't too complicated, but here is the order I do things in. Your mileage, as they say, may vary. First I get the axles ...

I've turned wheels from most of the hardwoods I have in my lumber-hoard. Diffuse-porous woods are easiest. Hard-maple wears nice and long, so I'll ...

[Image] I tend to make my car bodies pretty close to the template shown. Use whatever wood you have available for car bodies. You can either leave...

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Littlecope Boxes have been entered, over the years, into a couple of New Hampshire State Fairs with excellent results! [20240923_145059.jpg] I am v...

I had the honor of teaching 2 classes at Mark Adams school of woodworking last week.  https://www.facebook.com/The.MASW  It was the best woodworkin...

The fenders can be made from a template, but if you change the wheel size, you'll probably want to adjust the fenders to match the wheels you've ma...

I'm no stranger to using router templates for flush trimming, but I white-knuckled it with these chair parts.  The long curves meant the grain dire...

Last year I got a good deal on Marketplace for an assorted stack of white oak planks.  I used some of it on the hot tub chair, and will use it on t...

Recently I viewed a project by "hairy" called Chum Bucket. I thought this project was a quite unusual but an interesting project. I liked it, so I ...

[spongebob 4 years later.jpg] It's been 4 years since I built the 1:6 scale model of the "Dolphin" chair by Hans Wegner.   Back then, I didn't hav...

The original design had a notch on the front leg under the seat that was a stop for the folding chair.   Since that notch would serve no purpose in...