Craftisian Blogs

It’s been a lot of fun and quite a learning experience but the construction part of this 18th C. kitchen cabinet is about wrapped up. I will be sta...

A little video of the first stage of gluing up the 18th C. cabinet. The top, bottom, and back are assembled dry to assure squareness and fit. The t...

Here are the last few that should bring the construction up to date with my project post. I highly recommend that you try this style of joinery. It...

I’ve got a lot of pictures. Did I mention I love this joinery? Here are a few that set up the assembly. Again pretty self explanatory, ask question...

This blog series is a year old now, starting in Dec. 2020. There seemed to be a lot of interest in my 18th century French joinery post so I though...

Bench slave board Jack, dead man. From time to time we could all need a helper, but luckily the slavery is over, so we will go for a dead man naaaa...

MaFe hand jointer for small parts. The other day I were buying some tools from the fine-tools.com, I saw Veritas had made a jig, that made it possi...

I have been immersing myself into the world of Kumiko lately. The intricate patterns or motifs draw you in where the possibilities are endless to t...

I offer a furniture design course (class) that breaks the design process down into bite-sized pieces. Furniture design can appear intimidating. Sep...

There is an established process to designing furniture. Furniture can range from a standalone cabinet to a chair. It begins with a sketch of a furn...

While at my local wood supplier, they had a few shelves of vintage tools for sale. They do this in the Christmas period every year. So I immedia...

Not long ago, woodworking was considered to be in a downward spiral with diminishing followers and practitioners. Pundits were proclaiming the d...