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When building furniture, you need your workbench to be able to hold your boards to accurately work the faces, edges and ends. Chris Schwarz has built and used ten different types of workbenches and has experimented with many work holding challenges and solutions. In this DVD he demonstrates various strategies for holding the workpiece for these essential tasks, by designing or modifying a workbench for efficient use.
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Stretch your skills and build a beautiful piece. In just 80 minutes, you can treat yourself to an overview of the fundamentals of case construction in Build a Frame-and-Panel Cabinet. Furniture maker and woodworking instructor Tim Rousseau walks you through every step of the process, from rough board to final cabinet in this DVD, which includes a Bonus SketchUp Plan. The perfect project for improving your work. As Tim demonstrates, this one-door, one-drawer piece is the best vehicle for teaching all the fundamentals. It involves mastery of a variety of unique joinery techniques. The external frame is secured with basic mortise-and-tenon joints but, as you’ll see, there’s more to the internal frame than meets the eye – and that includes using connectors called blades. Tackle the details that make all the difference. You’ll learn how to make a frame-and-panel door that fits precisely into its opening, an efficient way to install knife hinges, and techniques for shaping tapered legs. Discover expert tips for installing a drawer that slides like a piston, so every drawer you build going forward will work just as smoothly. The one workshop class that’s a must-see. These how-to episodes offer intermediate woodworkers an invaluable opportunity to master the essentials of constructing quality casework. From initial design and plans to finishing and hardware, it’s all here. Order your Build a Frame-and-Panel Cabinet DVD now. About the Author Timothy Rousseau got his start as a furniture maker at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship. After completing the 12-week program in 1998, he stayed on as workshop assistant and artist in residence. Next he polished his furniture skills in Hoboken, N.J., where he worked in a highly-regarded cooperative and learned from some of the best professionals around. Tim returned to Maine in 2002 as the school's resident instructor. Now he makes furniture full time and leads two of the schools 12-week programs each year, teaching case construction among other things.
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A comprehensive DIY how-to-guide for building laminate countertops contains step-by-step professional industry techniques to make your countertop projects successful. This 45 minute DVD-format video highlights both the basic and practical, as well as the unique and extraordinary. Subjects include how to cut, build, complete the fine finish work, and install both postform and square-edge laminate countertops. By Douglas Smith, the Countertop Guy.
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The Scroll Saw: A Beginner's Guide takes viewers step-by-step from beginning to end of several projects that illustrate the scroll saw's versatility - from shaping wood to creating personalized greeting cards.
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Interlocking spheres, cubes held captive in a sphere, an arrow through a bottle - the seeminlgly impossible are made easy with David Springett's Woodturning Wizardry. With just basic woodturning skills, an ordinary lathe, simple hand tools, and Springett's superbly detailed step-by-step demonstrations, you will learn how to create a spiked star in a cube, a set of Chinese balls, and a lattice pomander. A wealth of valuable advice on wood selection, design, and turning basic shapes is also included. Study Woodturning Wizardy and you too will amaze friends and family with your ingenious creations! Topics Include: Wood choice Mathematics Jigs and chucks Marking points on spheres Turning spheres Safety Toolmaking David Springett has been a professional woodturner for over 20 years. His other instructional DVDs on woodturning include Elliptical Turning - An Introduction.
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A master woodworker covers the essential techniques. Nothing completes a woodworking project like a beautiful, durable finish. In this tape, expert cabinetmaker Frank Klausz shows you how to choose the right finish and how to apply it. Learn about: - preparing the surface - sharpening a scraper - sanding - stripping - applying a tung-oil finish - completing the finish - oiling intricate pieces - staining - spray lacquering - varnishing - French polishing