The neighbor restores furniture and sells it at fairs. She picked up some ratty rattan chairs where the webbing was gone. I said I could make her ...

  This is a tutorial on making a simple jig for cutting wine corks in half, along their length. The jig requires only simple scraps to build and is...

Before testing I took the covers off. Tires were pretty gummed up. So I grabbed my Red Devil scraper and spun the wheels while holding the scraper ...

It’s clear in retrospect looking at the initial photos of it in the salvage yard, taken moments after arrival that it was always missing one of the...

MacBeath is a chain. They sell hardwood lumber, and other things associated with fine furniture (including tools, both hand and power). I buy lumb...

Not a typo. White Wenge. Arrived about 3 weeks ago  [IMG_7389.jpeg][IMG_7388.jpeg]

Also, not a typo. Red Zebrawood. Just came in. [IMG_7391.jpeg][IMG_7390.jpeg] No, I don’t work there. I just go in a lot. This is interesting but...

It only cost me $5 It’s like my kerfing plane, but simpler. Much simpler. But I love it. [IMG_7242.jpeg][IMG_7243.jpeg][IMG_7244.jpeg][IMG_7245.j...

Another item from the Half Moon Bay meetup of PAST Tool Collectors. This was free. As I was paying for the countersink bits, I spied it on the tab...

I have a large library but it only has a small section on tools. I actually have been wanting a copy of the Garrett Hack book for quite some time. ...

Give the series a title, [New blog entry - Craftisian — Mozilla Firefox-007279.png] Don't forget to hit submit. On the next screen enter the title...

 In the first screen select "Choose from the existing ones",  and in the drop down menu, select the series you wan't to add it to [New blog entry -...

This is more of a come along with me, and be willing to offer suggestions type of blog (input is always appreciated).  Not sure if I'll do this rig...

I'm still working on the first urn, but starting to plan for the second.  I think I'll need to get a new walnut board to allow me to have the top m...

It's time to make the wings! [image.png] [image.png] Lets start with a nice piece of straigth oak. I'll be using a old bed railing. It dry and will...

Giving the head a fist layer of green paint, some small details will be white. [20230915_180208.jpg][20240518_121518.jpg] And a first coat for the ...

The last thing i will have to make are the sails for the windmill. [image.png] These are one the drawing with a lot of details, but I'm not able to...

This is probably the most involved piece in the project (yes, even more than the doors). If you refer back to the first part in this blog you will ...

There are a lot of little pieces in this entry!    I started with the half circles - largest one first. Since this spalted maple can be fragile I p...

 Since this cabinet is so small I ended up buying some artists brushes for oil paints. [image.png] They really helped with the application of the...

This blog adds the construction details for a project posting.  The fun thing about this project is that it requires very little materials. This w...

This box is sized to fit the rattles. I start with the pieces that fit under the lid. After assembly I added a shaped floor to make the box more of...