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Craftisian is built around sharing your work and connecting with people who love the craft. Most interactions here are great. But sometimes one per...

Can also be used as a leather punch. I wouldn’t use it an awl though, because the long “shank” is prone to bending in the soft wooden handle. Short...

This one took 3-4 days to restore but wow, what a restoration! Now, conventional wisdom on the YouTubes says to use a metal countersink to sharpen...

For $4, a rusty old cast iron screw hole punch. Thought this was pretty fancy pants, so figured I would give restoring it a go [IMG_7367.jpeg][IMG_...

There have been 145 new projects posted in February. Congrats to Madburg for winning the Woodworking: The Complete Step-by-Step Manual by DK in our...

I am happy to invite you all to our brand new Craftisian Build Plan Marketplalce - and perhaps do some last minute gift shopping that would also su...

There have been 260 new projects posted in January. Congrats to JimJakosh for winning the Foundations of Woodworking: Essential joinery techniques ...

Congrats to mel52 for winning the Simple Japanese Furniture: 24 Classic Step-By-Step Projects  by Group Monomono in the November Giveaway! Post a...

Hi all, it's great to see so many people from LumberJocks coming to Craftisian and joining our site. Welcome! I am well aware of the recent abrupt...

Hello all! First, let me say, thanks for all the feedback and feature requests in the past days. I am a bit overwhelmed but keep making progress da...