Craftisian Labs

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Part 11: Introducing Craftisian Zero & Plus - support the site, lose the ads

If you've ever found the ads a bit much - or wanted to do a little more for this community - now you can. Craftisian Zero - $4/month or $40/year Re...

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Part 12: Your space, your rules — introducing Blocklist

Craftisian is built around sharing your work and connecting with people who love the craft. Most interactions here are great. But sometimes one per...

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Part 13: New Craftisian Plus Members page

[Screenshot 2026-05-19 at 22.05.16.jpg] I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has subscribed to Craftisian Plus or Zero. As a small toke...

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Misc. Shop Stuff

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Part 6: Family Tools!

NOTE: Repost from another web locatation to preserve the memory... In November of 2012 I went to see my Aunt and Uncle over the weekend, and came...

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Part 7: In Consideration of Folding 'Zig Zag' Rulers

Double post from another blog topic, but wanted to put it somewhere I could readily add to later. Here goes! A very incomplete review of folding ...

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Part 8: Sometimes it’s about what catches your eye

Was asked if I wanted this. Sixteen drawers, just under 4’ wide. Has a 19-teens feel to it, maybe from a retail store of some kind. Definitely a c...

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Overlay Panels for a Car Project

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Part 26: Catching Up

This is a long overdue update. The project progresses, but the conversion takes a break while Michael’s main business ramps up for the holidays. He...

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Part 27: Bed Cover

Progress continues, but at a slower pace. Both Michael and I have other commitments which adjust priorities. Luckily, it looks like we’ll both be r...

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Part 28: More Panel Fitting & Trimming

During my trip to fit the bed cover frame I also do another check on the fit of the wood panels. [image.png] The panels do not conform perfectly ...

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Hints and tips that some may not have heard of.

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Part 51: Glass Jars for those recalcitrant chems.

Boys and Girls, Another “Operational tip” posted on LJ and copied before my ban. Being a cask-o-vino drinker, I’m surprised I managed to learn ...

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Part 52: Dis_CORD in the workshop.

Boys and Girls, It seems I was proactive in the past and taken copies of some of my past LJ BS posts and unfortunately for you poor wretches, thi...

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Part 53: Dust extraction made easy(er) with remote control.

[01.JPG][02.JPG][03.JPG][04.JPG][05.JPG][06.jpg] Boys and Girls, I’ve tried to rationalise with those jerks at LJ about my ban. Not because I ...

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A collection of Clamps.

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Part 28: Stanley quick Clamp/Vise.

[Untitled-1.png] Boy and Girls, I’m quickly running out of clamps (that I own), however, while many may refer to this as a vise, I often ...

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Part 29: Rockler Auto-Lock T-Track Clamp.

[IMG_2099.png] Boy and Girls, (Consider this as a 2* review.) When I posted my Auto Adjust Clamps, I deliberately avoided mentioning this pa...

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Part 30: Irwin Quick-Grip Handi-Clamp.

[01.png][02.png][03.png][04.png] Boy and Girls, As I was building this series on clamps, I baulked on this one as I really didn’t like them ...

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Scrap Lumber Rack for a Tricky Room

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Part 5: Shelf Frames

[01.28 New Design - Shelf Details.jpg] Each horizontal frame is composed of six pieces. The front and back are connected by braces, forming sort ...

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Part 6: Panels

[01.31 New Design - Cut Sheet - Hardboard.jpg] The last part of the project was cutting and attaching the hardboard panels (shelf surfaces and ba...

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Part 7: Installation

This rack is big. I knew it would fit into the storage room, and I was convinced that getting it into the room wouldn’t be a problem. After my deba...

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3-Arm Kerfing Plane

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Part 7: Little details

These are words I tell myself in the throes of the process: Any fool can put something together. It takes a special kind of fool to design somethi...

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Part 8: Blade cover

My town has a store that only sells imported Japanese hand tools. I only recently heard about it this year, but I wouldn’t doubt it if it has been ...

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