Craftisian Blogs

From my research, each 1 pound equates to 1 cubic inch.  I have decided to construct the urns I'm building to accommodate the typical plastic tempo...

Wouldn't it be nice to go back to the day before Weathervane 7, and give myself a dope slap. Edit 3/13/25  That would be the 2nd Weathervane 7 blo...

Well here goes another 52 weeks in the shop challenge for myself to get in the shop or even shops more often. I did one of these over on that other...

I should have added this pic to the last chapter, but I couldn't find it. My phone is a mess lately. [getting close 56.JPG] The wing and tail are n...

I haven’t done a very good job with this blog so here’s an update on my urn-building journey. For several months I did not work on the urn as I was...

I'm getting some traction now. Time to get the body in 1 piece. First thing was to clear away everything that was packed around and touching the w...

I played with a few options for the base. Eventually a 3/4" bronze bushing got installed. Dead center. The same marks I put on when the rings got a...

The plan to make the bed side panels next is being postponed. I need to double check my template for the sides before I commit the design to a buil...

https://ece-research.unm.edu/summa/notes/trestle.html [trestle6L.jpg] Do you think the aircraft flew/taxied up the ramp?

I'm at a point where I work on what I feel like. Today I paint, tomorrow something else will happen. I'm playing with my toy, moving parts around t...

Center section half done, front section started, time for the rear section. It's just solid 5" rings with a 1/4" hole in the center. I made a jig ...

So it has been a while! For a while now I've been using a free, on-line software called ImageR for getting settings near perfect for etching onto ...