Craftisian Blogs

Needed a 'countertop' surface for the roughly 4' of cabinet next to the pedestal. Would love to have found a piece of 5/4 stock of the vintage, eas...

My friend that owns a glass company is building an in home office that is going to have glass walls and doors. He asked me to make them handles for...

In this series I want to show what different techniques I use to make my models. I appreciate comments, especially if you come up with another prop...

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Been a little slow on progress, yard work has been getting in the way. Had a few of the finger joints that were a bit off, so with chisel in hand,...

Just a couple of wooden toy vehicles for the children of a bloke I met at Goat Works I met Dan at Goat Works in Penrith were he works  https://goa...

Well, I guess we know IT works. The plane has been around for over a century. The question was, could I make it work? I haven't had any time to sp...

Cat-Bits Build #2: Frame the Panels Cat-Bits Build #3: Final Solution There are some things that LittleBlackDuck (aka LBD) puts on display that a...

A study of the inspiration piece tells me more than a few things about the layout of the recessed panels in this build. Specifically: 1) These rai...

Here’s what I’m after. And it’s the extent of a detailed plan. [EF32DB5F-05BE-413F-8B91-0CF8E184804A.jpeg] Here’s the inspiration piece. [22DA481C...

So, a couple years ago I spend a considerable amount of time both rebuilding and blogging about an ancient store counter that was salvaged a couple...

Making a couple of Legs for an Island. The granite top will hang over for sitting.  I had to use water base paint...yuck.... The brass is from a s...