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I fully intended to do the tote repair and the refinishing of the tote and knob in one post but shop time has been scarce so I'm going to just go a...

Man, it's been a while! I've had so little shop time lately and none of it has been unspoken for, so rehabbing this plane hasn't been on the agenda...

Well, I said I probably wouldn't blog about painting this one since I covered my process pretty thoroughly in this old blog entry. However, I did s...

Last time I had straightened my frog fit out and had a fit with the body that I was happy with. Normally my process is to paint the main body next ...

I bought a Millers Falls 24C jointer plane off Ebay a few months ago to fill out a missing slot in my till. The 24 is the size of a Stanley #8 and ...

When we left off (last December!), the internal dividers had been set on this piece and I was debating adding the external framing that's been comp...

Last time: "I'll talk about setting that reference point for stopped dados in the next installment… That's simple. The stopped dados are set to a...

There appear to be two kinds of joints to be found among the Japanese Joinery videos available. One is the structurally elegant locking type that I...

Could I please trouble you for some assistance thank you.  I’m in the process of building an excavator at the request of one of the grandsons.  I...

[7E5AB7BE-2DFE-4419-98BB-D0DA182B52E3.png]Years ago my aunt gave me this old church pew for Rick to cut up for birdhouses. I just couldn’t do it - ...

Welcome to the latest news from the Craftisian Labs. Blog Series Are Back! Craftisian Blog Series are back in the spotlight with the awesome new ...

Each upright has four slats, with each having a set of evenly-spaced holes along their entire length.  Each hole has a counterbore, some on outer f...