Craftisian Blogs

A few pictures from the Japanese Lacquerware museum in Wajima showing the techniques and tools used.  Look carefully at the numbers of the pictures...

This is for Bryan. Some years ago I went to Myanmar which has a lacquerware craft industry but on a smaller scale to Japan.  Its based in Bagan.  ...

Hello, I am new here.... Site pointed out by Dutchie Patterns! Retired for 10 years and do a lot of model building.. Mainly models from Toys&Joys a...

The weft weaving starts in one corner, attaching the a doubled cord (roughly 120ft length folded in half) at its center onto a side rail.  This is ...

The leg edges and leg stretchers received a fingernail profile.   This was done with a 1/2" radius roundover bit in the router table.  Note my slig...

It turns out that two bicycle gift bags will work.  Tell me this doesn't look like a giant headless matron in an evening gown.  A masterful decepti...

Like some others out there, I've started learning how to use Onshape.  I'm still coming up-to-speed, but I really like its parametric modeling -  b...

Feeling that a lot of uncertainties have been cleared away in my last post it is now time to take on the most challenging part of the project: sha...

[Note: I am in a process of moving from Lumberjocks, this a blog series I started in 2014] This blog describes the long process of designing and ma...

This summer i have succeeded in having a whole week with only me, my summer house and woodwork. No work, no children, no nothing. Oh bliss!   This ...

Last time we ended up here: [Image]    In the mean time i have been busy researching on methods of weaving seats. Lots of designs to consider... B...

A tavern had ordered a credenza with a pop up TV inside it. It came to Vegas from Missouri. The door that opened for the TV to come out had warped....