WillMSP

This whole series have all the time evolved around making a set of dining chairs out of two large slabs of European elm that was saved at my mother...

[Note: I am in a process of moving from Lumberjocks, this a blog series I started in 2014] This blog describes the long process of designing and ma...

Once I completed the final sanding and prepped according to instructions, I applied Rubio's Monocote Pure to the frame.  It was my first experience...

With all the pieces cut to shape, I moved on to cutting the mortises and slots, which I did with the help of a couple jigs.  They were all cut with...

The leg edges and leg stretchers received a fingernail profile.   This was done with a 1/2" radius roundover bit in the router table.  Note my slig...

Cut out the center stile and added a couple of wide pull out shelves. Pre-finished 5/8" BB with 1/2" melamine bottom, rabbeted in. 1/16" dado and b...

 After looking for many years and losing many auctions, I finally won a Norris A5 smoother for a reasonable price. I knew it needed a lot of work, ...

Putting a docking plug into a drawer.  I like the swing arm that houses the wires so the don't get out of control. They're expensive, but if the cl...

Microjig has become our official Store Partner so now you can shop the original Microjig products and support Craftisian at the same time. As this ...

Well, a mere 6 months after starting this series, I'm finally ready to wrap it up… So let's dive right in! When last I left off, I had finished re...

My last big project introduced me to 18th century European joinery and really got me hooked on the idea of more complex assemblies that are locked ...

Hi all, it's great to see so many people from LumberJocks coming to Craftisian and joining our site. Welcome! I am well aware of the recent abrupt...