Craftisian Blogs

At long last the cigar boxes are finally finished. [Usain Bolt 2.jpg] The Lids Assembly The BIC spring loaded hinge pivot points were assembled [IM...

Ok, long project I'm glad is over. Hopefully get this over to the gallery and see if the guy who wanted one is still interested. If not, It'll jus...

Several months ago an old friend of mine stumbled upon the idea that he would like an Alphorn so he asked me if I would be interested in making one...

The lids The lids use a bamboo dowels as pivot pins, how this is achieved is with internal springs  behind each of the dowels. The dowels are simpl...

As I mentioned in part one, I initially started with just 4 slices of the bell.  I decided to use some nice straight grained SPF 2x8 I found at  Lo...

Excuse the mess trying to learn how to add parts to an existing blog! Hinging lids on thin material The Hinged lid After discarding the brass hinge...

Let's explore the No. 1 Stanley Odd-Jobs! There are at least three 'types' out there, mostly differentiated by scribe type (earliest ones could ho...

The Cigar boxes continue, ... ignoring my inner self saying toss them in!  The box frames are made and now raw finished. Original Intent 5 x Cigar...

 had quite a lot of off cuts from my Inglass pallet work accumulating [Image] So I decided i would do a "quick" Cigar box build using them As this...

The Cigar boxes continue, ... ignoring my inner self saying toss them in!  The box frames are made and now raw finished. Original Intent 5 x Cigar...

 Have you ever encountered a woodworking tool so versatile it seems to defy the limitations of its era? The Fales Patent Plane is one such tool, a ...

Below the making of a headlight without using a wood lathe. The model, size and types of wood used are fully customizable. Thanks for watching.  T...