Craftisian Blogs

When I ended the last segment I had just tried out the router plane. It needed a little tuning so the next day I honed and adjusted it a little and...

I have just finished up and shipped my project for the LJs 2022 knife swap. This was a first for me, as I’ve never made a knife before…well, I stil...

Boy and Girls, While waiting for my new compressor to get delivered (monitoring the phone in the office), rather than twiddle my two dodgy thumbs,...

Boys and Girls, I'll keep this short. A higher percentage of us woodies, needlers, leathernecks and matalurgists are approaching the ++ side of s...

Each hole in the 8 struts receives a counterbore for the head of a connector bolt/nut.  Some counterbores are on the outside face, which are where ...

Each side of the feet has a dado to accept a spacer that ultimately helps keep the struts equally spaced and parallel with each other.  I want the ...

The strut edges receive a thumbnail detail on each long edge.  I used a 3/8" radius roundover bit in the router table and adjusted the bit height u...

Well, a mere 6 months after starting this series, I'm finally ready to wrap it up… So let's dive right in! When last I left off, I had finished re...

A friend of mine is in the process of going through, selling, and discarding everything from her grandparents’ “3 generation farm”. Can you imagi...

Boys and Girls   Now this is a tip that all you crusty old veterans will think is second nature, however, I can bet that many newbies (or lower ra...

Boys and Girls, I’m sure most well seasoned woodies will call this obvious, however, we must consider our novice ducklings.   SO…..   I’ve been ...

Boys and Girls,   Hands up all those people that haven’t used double sided tape… hmmm, as I look around in my office, I just don’t see any hands up...