Craftisian Blogs

I had a few hours to play today while waiting on a couple deliveries to the house. I built an actual rack for my clamps instead of the 2×6 nailed t...

Thank you for the Member of the Week recognition! I’m happy to be a part of this woodworking community and among so many talented woodworkers. Michael

i hope this is viewed worthy? i consider the Shopsmith Mark V tool system to be a worthy group of tools, i started out with a mark 2 version of the...

I like to have all my clamps at arms reach from my assembly table. I decided that one compact wall system was the way to go as a cart took up too m...

I spent the day cleaning up my woodshop and I dug this old tablesaw out from a corner. My father inlaw gave it to me many years ago and it belonged...

With my birthday last week I got a new 8" grinder. I ordered two new wheels form Lee valley to go with it, but not here yet. In the mean time I con...

What do you do to beat the heat. I built a three panel screen door for my shop. I started with pressure treated 2×4 s and and ripped a saw cut down...

With the whole day in the shop while waiting on deliveries today, I decided to to do some more organization. Today’s project was to hang all the ji...

First, let me say Happy Canada Day to my fellow Canadians and Happy Independence Day to my neighbours to the south! Community, for me, is so import...

I’ve been wood working since I was a kid, but it wasn’t until adulthood that I really took off with it. Just a bit ago, I was thinking about some o...

I am starting a series about wooden games. Some made by me, some by others, some copied and other. These are for the young the old and the other. F...

Most hobby woodworkers probably have small shops, the majority most likely in one half of a two car garage. My set-up was a 2 car garage size but w...