Blog Series

Craftisian Interviews

Part 1: ZacBuilds

Q: When you first started working with wood, what was your inspiration/goal? My first projects were mostly projects of necessity. I needed a new de...

Part 2: Norman Pirollo

Q: When you first started working with wood, what was your inspiration/goal? My former career was in hi-tech, the computer industry to be specific....

Army truck

10 entries

Part 8: Cabin 02

This is a serie about making a army truck The sequence of photos will be gronological, with doeing this I hope to make my working method more clear...

Part 9: Assembling Engine,Grill and Cabin

This is a serie about making a army truck The sequence of photos will be gronological, with doeing this I hope to make my working method more clear...

Part 10: Fenders

This is a serie about making a army truck The sequence of photos will be gronological, with doeing this I hope to make my working method more clear...

Woodworking on a Half-Shoestring

Part 5: Powertec USA - USPS Resolved

I received adequate correspondence and expedient crediting to find no need to keep the original post on record. I’m still annoyed that neither Powe...

Part 6: Creamer and Sugar Bowl Carrier - Build Progress

With the workshop mostly reorganized, I’ve started to get at projects already started and on my To-Do list. A simple project I had been putting off...

Part 7: Refurbing a Harbor Freight Folding Trailer - Pre-Blog Inquiry

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...

Horn Speakers

4 entries

Part 2: Time for the rubber to hit the road

After figuring out that I needed about 56 square pieces of 3/4" plywood all cut to different sizes I marked them out on a baltic birch platter. I h...

Part 3: Cutting the Wedges to fit the pattern

Here is a teaser so you can get an idea of the size of the horns. Keep in mind that there will be trumpet like ends attached to the horns. I will b...

Part 4: Marking and More Cutting

This is one of the two 90% finished horns being made. Last time the square segments were marked out and cut into wedges according to the pattern. N...

WoodworkingWeb Collaboration - Christmas 2019

Part 1: Announcement

I thought it would be a good idea to celebrate WoodworkingWeb restart together with the celebration of the Christmas season. No, there are no fancy...

Marqutery School

Part 2: School's Out, a Learning Experience (good)

Well, it’s over. my first course in French marquetry, level one, ended yesterday and the consensus is that we all learned a lot. The students learn...

Part 3: New Directions: Home Classes

It is time for a change at CSFM. I have decided to stop offering in shop classes and start offering the same (exact) classes via private interactiv...

Part 4: Home Classes a Success!

My first student has just finished his level one interactive video course and it was a big success. He received over three hours of video instructi...

Morris chair restoration

Part 3: The back cushion

I removed the mid-20th-century gray marble vinyl to reveal more of the chair’s history. The top cushion’s original upholstery which was under the g...

Part 4: The seat cushion

The seat cushion was really delightful. A couple of separate foam cushions had been added to the chair to make it usable when I was a child, but th...

Part 5: Assembly: I might be considered square, but this chair certainly wasn’t.

Absolutely nothing was even close to square. The left side of the front rail was ¼” taller than the right side. The legs (front and back) were not ...

Garden Gates

2 entries

Part 1: Getting started

I took a break from work sleep fish work sleep fish to start building new garden gates for my house. I was only planning to replace the ratty PVC g...

Part 2: Gate finished

Except for painting the raw steel. The straps are set on a dado flush with the surface and the screws are countersunk. The screws are not stainless...

Birthdays

Part 2: Birthdays

Could be somebody we all know is having a birthday tomorrow 7 Apr 2018 James Bonds Car is the clue ! …(again) … I couldnt think of a another one ju...