Martin Sojka

Google will provide you with a lot of information on this process, but briefly, the common practice for ebonizing involves creating iron acetate by...

The last bit of joinery remaining are the stretchers between the longer front/back stretchers.  Are they really stretchers or do they have a differ...

As a final sub-assembly, I glued the bottom and the fixed shelf together.  Here, I used some clamping squares to keep the front edges in the same p...

A number of years ago, I turned this narrow wall into a home for the TV, components, and speakers.  I didn't have a cabinet/console that would fit ...

After completing all the boring sanding of the individual panels, I started to glue-up some sub-assemblies.   Breaking-up the assembly into multipl...

I've been AWOL for almost a year.  Like a lot of other folks,  I migrated over here from the other wood working forum a year or so back.  About the...

This is my baby, most used tool in the shop behind the table saw. [IMG_8839.jpeg] When I first started using it, I was undewhelmed with what it c...

I normally don't post my articles here on Craftisian, but this is my favorite one so far on how I make Marquetry. The publisher for this magazine i...

I would love a two car garage workshop, it's my dream to have space for everything including a dedicated  finishing area. I do have a garage, but i...

Of course, I'm not just going to make these windows straight off the bat. I have spent many hours looking into this project, looking at what toolin...

Except not "finished."  I should say, it's functional. I did the test lacing with the chair on the floor.  That was a bit hard on my back.  I got ...

Boys and Girls,   How often have you heard that Honey please from SWMBO about replacing that worn out old knife block that was getting a tad tatter...