Craftisian Blogs

First, let me say, I am not a student of blogs, tweets, facebooking or how to correspond responsibly to the internet world. I have had a few reques...

Here is my 2 cents on card scraper sharpening…..

I made this knife some time ago from a HHS. saw blade. This little knife has never performed. I just could not get it sharp. After reading up on it...

The other day I was asked by my wife to take some stuff to her church sale. i did as asked. When I got there somebody had left this thing at the do...

I am left handed so I had to install the vice at the wrong end of the table, because I had no lights in the garage. Since then I have install light...

Back in 1980, I moved from Richardson, Texas to Denton, Texas to finish my bachelor’s degree. After bouncing from Texas A&M to two junior colle...

After I got my new Exterior door for the lid of the bench I needed to enable some hold-downs. Since the top is made from particle board 1.75" thick...

I’m slowly starting to get a decent bit of kit together and with many thanks to Jack I now have these little beauties to add to it ? They’ve given ...

Finally got round to trying out the new tools and found them a dream to work with. I got inspired to have a go at some relief carving and practicin...

This is a blog of making a bench on the cheep. Remodeling the house I had some left over old doors 4×4 and other stuff. this was made into a work b...

This interview with Manitario is from May, 2016. 1. What is your “inspiration story” — where did your interest in woodworking all begin? I’m not re...

In a previous post I showed some logs that were given to me. https://woodworkingweb.com/creations/2765-free-bois-d-arc-osage-orange. I finally got ...