Craftisian Blogs

EDIT: I change the name to reflect the actual purpose of the post Let's Make Some Boxes So we all make boxes, right.  There are all kinds.  Fancy...

I had glued up the "extra" pieces on the sides.  [Screenshot_20250318_171934_Gallery.jpg] Had to clean up but still have pretty good grain flow. ...

After discussing the base with my "client" (my husband), I'm going with a combination of maple with the walnut I had left from the project.  This w...

Michael posted another batch of pictures so I can get all of you an update on his work (which is awesome by the way).    Here you can get a view of...

Continuing to work on the second urn.  I glued up the sides and top.  [20250324_135753.jpg] I used ½ pieces of the space balls (nice fit!) on the ...

The C 130 part is as together as it will get. Hopefully. It's getting some touch up paint here, and I'm sure it will get more. [1 big piece 1.JPG]...

Directionals. Baltic birch with India ink and Corian. Basswood tube with India ink,  jig knob to tighten it in place. 10" squares. Cut 5/16" x 18 t...

A Little about me Being sort of a retired nerd, I spent my career doing mostly finance related I/T, I have always gravitated towards technical stuf...

This is current. 3/8/25, 1900 something hours.[looky 1.JPG] [looky 2.JPG] [looky 3.JPG] [looky 4.JPG] [looky 5.JPG][looky 6.JPG] [looky 22.JPG] I s...

Although 3/8 wall thickness received a lot of support on the prior blog, and Splintergroup graciously outlined how I could get the top set (hope to...

Well I already missed a week and this will be the second week missed.  Last Monday night my Dad lost his battle to lung cancer and passed. I have b...

I started milling up some walnut for the next urn.  This one will be for my husband, and he picked out the board from what I had stocked up (used t...