Craftisian Blogs

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...

Normally I create cabinets using the Krenov method of joining case side to top and bottom panels. This is accomplished with dowels, tightly spaced ...

I have been busy writing my latest book in the past weeks. It is dedicated to hand tools and techniques to use them. Over the years, I have shifted...

Introducing New Logo Our new Craftisian logo mark depicts craft and community. The circular form is stylized from the copyright and C characters. N...

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...