Craftisian Blogs

When it comes to sharing woodworking with my grandkids, I keep it simple. In fact, I really don’t care if they take a shine to woodworking, I would...

My work bench is a work in progress. Making it from two 5 foot pieces of laminated tops. One section is on wheels so I can use it as an L shaped or...

I have installed the dust collector hose to both saws, installed electrical outlet to the vacuum & both saws which are switched at the miter sa...

OK Trendsetters here is my workbench, as I do not have a workshop as such I work in the drive way of my home and my “Trusty” Workbench sits in the ...

I used mostly pallet wood, the back, floor & drawer bottoms are made from 1/4 " paneling from partition walls that I removed from the shop, als...

OK, lets get started. I will go through the build process in the same order that I built the bench and as a non-working concept of wedge power woul...

I purchased this old work table at a going out of business auction for Godet Lumber of East Texas in 1972. A forty year old company that served the...

The work bench is 36″ × 72″ × 37″ high. It has a large drawer under neath the top. The drawer rides on garage door track. the rollers are inserted ...

And another recent entry detailing the construction of the lid sections. Each image is captioned with more details of what’s happening in each phot...

(I am posting this blog because there may be some innovations here that some of you may find useful. I have won my share of challenges so please do...

Just thought I would share my newest addition to the shop…..The “Griz” love this beast. The inaugral cut was a piece of osage orange.

I have needed a mobile cart for a long time. I found this old dot matrix printer stand in the alley, it looked brand new, just not much need for th...