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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...
There have been record-breaking 314 projects posted in December. Congrats to Bentlyj for winning the One-Plank Woodworking Projects by Andy Standin...
and I don't mean that in the pleasurable way. Boys and Girls,  Just did this today... with still my dodgy leftie (arm)... so here you are. If y...