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Basic Box Making
Box making is perfect for beginning woodworkers interested in gaining skills, experimenting with design, and feeling satisfaction at a project that can be completed without the time and expense commitment of a bigger project. This download will offer basic designs, as well as many variations to ... more
Hand-Applied Finishes - Jeff Jewitt
Simple tools and the correct techniques are all it takes to produce flawless finishes by hand. This video combines two videos: Hand-Applied Finishes: Coloring Wood and Hand-Applied Finishes: Applying Topcoats to offer a complete video guide to these time-tested techniques. You'll learn about: - ... more
Making Mortise and Tenon Joints - Frank Klausz
Woodworkers rely on the versatile mortise-and-tenon joint for making sturdy frames, panels, stools, tables and stands. Frank Klausz shows you how to make the joint cleanly and quickly, using hand tools or basic woodshop machines. You will learn about: - Laying out for handwork - Chiseling the ... more
Wood Finishing
In the course of his 30 year career, cabinetmaker Frank Klausz has developed a variety of beautiful, dependable and efficient finishes. In this download he demonstrates how to color wood and apply finishes. You'll also learn how to: - Use a smoothing plane - Sharpen a scraper - Prepare surfaces - ... more
Mastering Your Bandsaw
Mark Duginske shows you how to precisely tune and accurately use your bandsaw to achieve optimum performance. In this download you'll also see how to: - Change blades effortlessly - Re-saw boards from firewood - Cut your own veneer - Build a circle jig - Cut perfect cones Mark Duginske, author of ... more
Chairmaking Techniques - Jeff Miller
In this download, Jeff Miller demystifies the art of chair making. He shows how to build comfort, strength, and good looks into three different structural chair styles: framed chairs, post and rung chairs, and chairs with plank seats. You'll also learn how to: - Lay out compound angles - Cut ... more
Router Jigs & Techniques
Discover dozens of ways that the router can be used to increase your productivity -- and creativity -- in the shop. In this video, you'll learn basic router joinery and how to rout the subtle shapes necessary to create a handsome hand mirror. You will learn about: - Making spline edge joints in ... more
Mastering Your Table Saw
Kelly Mehler shows how to get the most out of the workshops most essential tool, from assembling the machine and setting it up to making accurate cuts. In this download you'll see how to: - Set up the saw for accurate work - Align the rip fence and miter gauge - Rip thin and narrow stock safely - ... more
The Versatile Router
Woodworkers of every skill level will find something useful in this video about the most versatile power tool in the shop. For router expert Pat Warner, the basic idea is to use the router as a "finishing" tool: do all your rough-cutting and hogging with other power tools, then remove the last 1/32 ... more
Wood Finishing Basics
In this DVD, finishing expert Michael Dresdner shows you what you need to know to become a proficient wood finisher, starting with classic surface-prep problems and their solutions -- how to recognize and remove dents, how to recognize and fill gouges, how to pre-raise wood grain to get the best ... more
Hand Planes in the Workshop - Mario Rodriguez
Woodworking teacher and plane expert Mario Rodriguez shows the basics of using planes and how four basic planes-the jointer, the smooth plane, the shoulder plane, and the block plane-can change the way you do woodworking. In this download, you'll learn how to: - Tune a plane - Sharpen plane irons - ... more
Woodworking Profile: Sam Maloof
This visually rich documentary spans a week with Maloof while he builds and discusses his designs, including his much imitated signature rocker. Its an opportunity to savor the nuances and substance that make Sam Maloof an inspiration to woodworkers everywhere. Youll also see how to: - Sculpt ... more
Dovetail a Drawer - Frank Klausz
Frank Klausz how to cut precise dovetails quickly without jigs or templates, then glue up and fit the finished drawer. In this download you'll see how to: - Measure and cut drawer parts - Mark out the dovetails and pins - Saw accurately with a backsaw - Chop out the waste - Locate and cut the ... more
Router Joinery
Gary Rogowski shows how routers can be used to cut a wide variety of joints quickly and accurately. He demonstrates how to set up both hand-held and table-mounted routers for joinery operations. In this download you'll see how to: - Rabbets, dadoes, and grooves - Half-laps - Mortises and tenons - ... more
Marc Adams - Advanced Router Jigs and Fixtures
This video comes with a printable PDF file that includes plans for the jigs discussed in the video. Better Woodworking from WOOD magazine presents Marc Adams - Advanced Router Jigs and Fixtures: “Advanced Router Jigs and Fixtures” illustrates many creative ways to utilize your router. ... more
Marc Adams - Joinery
Better Woodworking from WOOD magazine presents Marc Adams - Joinery: This joinery video from Marc Adams illustrates the basic ways of joining wood, selecting a joint, and what joints to use. The joints covered in this video include dovetails cut by hand, half-blind dovetails, how to cut and lay out ... more
Mastering Woodworking Machines
Mark Duginske shows how to achieve a zero-frustration, complete-control woodworking with machines. In this download you'll see how to: - Tune up the basic shop machines - Get consistent top performance - Mill stock efficiently - Avoid stock preparation problems - Make accurate saw cuts Mark ... more
Marc Adams - Furniture Making Techniques, Part 1
Better Woodworking from WOOD magazine presents Marc Adams - Furniture Making Techniques, Part 1: "Furniture Making Techniques - Part 1" takes you through different ways of making furniture, start to finish. Marc discusses simple ways to design furniture and explores form, function, ... more
Chip Carving - Wayne Barton
Chip carving is a wonderfully direct and simple way to decorate furniture, cabinets, boxes, plaques and utensils. In this step-by-step lesson, that requires very few tools, you'll learn how to carve: - 12-point rosettes - Lace borders - Free-form designs - Gothic border designs - Roman ... more
Marc Adams - Sharing Secrets: Methods of Work
Better Woodworking from WOOD magazine presents Marc Adams - Sharing Secrets: Methods of Work "Sharing Secrets: Methods of Work" shows over 100 different methods of work that will surely make the process of woodworking easier for anyone. Marc covers design and layout ideas, tips on shaping wood, ... more
Frame Panel and Construction - Graham Blackburn
Graham Blackburn shows how to design and build using one of woodworking's most fundamental construction methods: the frame-and-panel. In this download you'll learn how to: - Design a frame-and-panel - Cut the mortises and tenons - Fasten the joint with draw-boring - Groove the frame for the panel - ... more
Carving Techniques & Projects - Sam Bush
Now you can acquire the satisfying skill of carving wood. In this tape you'll discover the basics of woodcarving, see how to carve an 18th-century scallop shell and gain an understanding of the production techniques of that era. You will learn about: - Designing for letter carving - Selecting and ... more
WoodWorker's Guild of America - Essential Techniques 1
Better Woodworking from WOOD magazine presents WoodWorker's Guild of America - Essential Techniques 1: Essential Woodworking Techniques, Volume 1 is the first DVD in the WoodWorkers Guild of America’s video series – and it might just be the best woodworking video you’ll ever ... more
The Wood Whisperer - A Simple Varnish Finish
Better Woodworking from WOOD magazine presents The Wood Whisperer - A Simple Varnish Finish: A professional showstopping finish doesn't need to be difficult and confusing. Marc Spagnuolo (better known in woodworking and Internet circles as "The Wood Whisperer") will show you every detail of his ... more
David Ellsworth - The Ellsworth Signature Gouge
Better Woodworking from WOOD magazine presents David Ellsworth - The Ellsworth Signature Gouge: Master woodturner David Ellsworth leads the viewer step-by-step through the wonderous usage of this remarkably efficient and versatile bowl gouge. Having taught wood turning since 1973, it is clear that ... more