Craftisian Blogs

Initially, I didn't plan to make any blog posts for this project because I didn't know if it would work out or crash and burn (still don't). But si...

In the near future, I'll be building a sliding panel similar to what Ron Stewart did here.  In my case, I thought I'd try to make the panel a sort ...

 When I “finished” the project two months ago, I noticed that the panel face was very slightly concave. Here, I’ve placed a 36” long straight edge ...

I got the bulk of the work finished up this weekend.  I started with a dry fit of the case and then used it to cut the door members to length.  The...

If you remember "The Gable Built-Ins" blog from that other site (Jan '22), this picture should look familiar. [IMG_3675.JPG] Well, with the extrem...

Seems like no matter when I start a project it never gets done before it has to...  Progress has been slow the past couple weeks.  One weekend we h...

After about 2-1/2 months, the cabinet is finished and ready for use.   Media cabinet project summary: • Baltic birch plywood with Izombe veneer an...

I've been looking for a kerf extender for playing around with half-blind dovetails.  The one from Cosman is $129.  I'm sure it's top-notch, but too...

For the drawer pull, I decided on a simple edge-mounted design.  I wanted it to be black to match the legs, and to avoid another round of ebonizing...

When I first came across RyanGi's bow sander here, I bookmarked it meaning to come back and build one for myself; a nifty bit of kit.  As things go...

When I left off, I had the case members cut, box joints cut and the case dry fit.  Next up was the plywood back.  I cut it the first piece to lengt...

Here are some progress photos on some miscellaneous bits. I did do a test with edge-to-edge magnets.  They did pretty well self-aligning, and they...