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I restored three Buffalo Forge Company drill presses.  I still have them all and they are in use. The Big Blue Buffalo I picked up an old Buffalo...

It’s like one of those cool pictures in a woodworking magazine! [0B5CCDFC-A7B3-4F1E-8714-DC50CFACCC3F.jpeg] The shallowest holes in the middle have...

Before I get out the sharp tools, Thought I’d cut out some profile templates to check the progress as I go. I know…procrastination. Just let’s get ...

The general method of applying the dye is with an artist's brush as seen in the first segment of this blog so I won't go into great detail here. ...

Boys and Girls,   A lot of people seem to have trouble getting the roll of sandpaper holding on their drumsander and start contemplating turning t...

Microjig has become our official Store Partner so now you can shop the original Microjig products and support Craftisian at the same time. As this ...

This is the blog that I promised detailing my experiments in what I call "watercolor style" aniline dying. My sincere hope is that it will encour...

 I have part of the Kreg Beaded Face Frame Jig (BFF), Minus the actual Jig. Just a beading bit and a notching bit. They are a fascinating way of le...

Before I started veneering, I came up with a concept for protective grills. Here's a rendering. Note the narrow frame on top and bottom, and the wa...

. Warning: boring content. ............ This is technical junk about a sequence of events that will interest people who want to try this technique...

As this blog is supposed to be about hand dyeing and not marquetry, I'll try to cover the cutting and assembly as quickly as I can. The method he...

Time to wind up this little blog about my venture into hand dyeing marquetry. Most of what's been covered here so far is also covered in the blog...