Craftisian Blogs

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...

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...