Craftisian Blogs

So I’ve been really ramping up my game here and one thing that has bothered me is the final protective coat of epoxy. I was not getting good result...

Well here I am in 1972 at the age of 4. I am with my grandfather as he builds my fathers workbench. 43 years later im building my own workbench. He...

This has been the most stressful project I have done so far. I know a lot of this was to do with the fact that my Grandad is critically ill over in...

Yesterday the wife and I drove over to my oldest daughter’s home to deliver some gifts to the grandson and celebrate his 13th birthday. In anticipa...

It’s almost Valentine’s Day and time to raise the happy vibrations on the planet – LOVE is in the air! Check out these LOVEly creations… https://wo...

A friend has recently commissioned me to make up two new bird tables to replace her originals that are now suffering from rot. This is not somethin...

A needle is supposed to present like a needlefish. Long and slender with no real swimming action. Bass go for it, though (even though I’ve never ca...

Our Winter WoodworkingWeb Awards are over and we finished with 15 entries. I would like to thank you all who participated by submitting entries or ...

Another oddball. I can’t wait to try it out. The shape is modeled after Little Boy, but the paint is modeled after Fat Man. Carries a lead payload ...

Well I have been waiting for months and finally pulled the trigger on a new fence for my table saw/bench last week. Just picked it up this morning....

I made this guy from a small piece of 2×4 I had saved from one of my home renovations. 60 years old and dry as a bone. Extremely buoyant, which I’m...

January 2017 Issue of our Woodworking Monthly is here. Have a good read! Editorial Winter Awards Feature Article by Les Hastings Feature Article by...