Craftisian Blogs

 First up on this day was to correct a mistake I made yesterday. When I cut the back rabbet on the top I had the part turned around. I have been ke...

When I decided to update this blog I realized that this is one of my favorite projects. It has a ton of details crammed into a small project. There...

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...

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...

Needed a better picture for the first pic, the next one maybe not the best intro :-) [IMG_2989.jpeg] I have been extremely distracted of late. I g...

 With the system running correctly, the next step is to reinstall the floor. [image.png] The floor is a set of extrusions. A narrow one goes at th...

  A trip to the hardware store got me the bolts I needed. Reinstalling them was pretty straightforward.    The rails & bearings took a little over ...

The first thing I checked was the motor mount and the anti-backlash nut. To do this I removed the spoil board and the floor. I found a large amount...

First thing was to glue the head veneer to the head. This is a solid piece of Black Walnut about 1/8" thick.[IMG_2588.jpeg] Once the glue dried, I ...

 First I marked up the pins positions using the tails per Fig 13. Next I set my marking gauge to account for the rebate on the tails board in Fig 1...

Assembled and roughed-out the neck. Material is reclaimed Tulip and Black Walnut [IMG_2579.jpeg][IMG_2580.jpeg][IMG_2581.jpeg][IMG_2582.jpeg][IMG_2...

[01.jpg] Boy and Girls,   Officially these clamps are called TSO Power-Loc Bench Connector Dog but I will affectionately pat them on the head and ...