Martin Sojka

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...

Fibonacci gauges for the joy of beauty… Hi Craftisan’s. Last week I were going to post a small blog, about a Fibonacci gauge I made ten years ago, ...

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...

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...

Disclaimer: this may not be the right way to do #Tunisian corners for “in the round” but it is how I do them and, if I am consistent, it will look ...

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

Last year, I didn’t do any decorating for Christmas. This year, I purchased a new tree (CanadianTire.ca) and, then, found some gnomes at Costco tha...

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...

some old work:

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...

This week or next I will begin the process of refurbishing a Harbor Freight folding trailer I purchase several years back. Original Build Build Sta...