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• SKETCH UP FOR WOODWORKERS, PART 1: GETTING STARTED

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  This ShopClass is comprised of our series of 12 lessons in the basics of using SketchUp (a free 3D-modeling program from Google). These video lessons take you step by step from setting up the software to gathering information from your finished model. So you'll head to the shop with all the information you need to build any project with confidence. You'll know the exact sizes of every part, and how the parts go together – before you ever cut any wood! • 2 Hours of Expert 3D Computer Modeling Instruction • Learn at Your Own Pace • Build on Screen Before You Head to the Shop • Learn the Basics of Google SketchUp • Master the Skills You Need • Techniques for Quick Designs • Set Up SketchUp for Efficiency & Accuracy About the Presenter: Robert W. Lang is the executive editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine, and the author of several books on furniture styles and design. With more than 30 years experience designing and building furniture and in CAD and computer illustration, Bob brings a practical style to teaching 3D modeling with Google SketchUp.

• TURNING PENS WITH KIP & REX: DVD 2 - MORE PENS PLUS TIPS & TRICKS

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  The authors’ 1999 book Turning Pens and Pencils is recognized as the definitive book on pen making. Now the authors have released two videos offering comprehensive information on the subject of making pens on a wood lathe. This 2nd video includes instructions for creating several more pens, and in addition provides a host of tips to facilitate the pen-making process, including repairing defects in wood, disassembling a pen, drilling jigs and tips, etc. See also companion video, item 28-27, or save money by getting both as a set, item 28-29.

• SMALL SHOP PROJECTS - DVD#

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  Become a wizard at creating beautiful keepsakes from all that saved scrap with Small Shop Projects. In this one-of-a-kind DVD, woodworker Jim Cummins shows you how to transform small scrap you can't bear to throw away into a valued treasure. You'll learn several variations on making intriguing boxes ... and discover a level of precision and technical wizardry that enhances all of your work. You'll also learn how to: Match grain in hexagonal boxes Set up a saw for multi-sided boxes Create a sliding fulcrum lid Build a puzzle box Make splined mitered doors The next best thing to a private lesson. Small Shop Projects takes you right into expert woodworker Jim Cummins' shop for an unforgettable 60-minute lesson. You'll see firsthand exactly how to do the work -- the tools, the techniques, and the subtle rhythms of each process. Impossible to miss a single step! Go directly to the chapter you want to watch and replay it as often as you want. Master it before you move on! Meet your teacher -- woodworking expert Jim Cummins. Jim was an editor of Fine Woodworking magazine for seven years, and then ran a framing business in Woodstock, New York.

• FWW: VIDEO WORKSHOP SERIES #12 ARTS & CRAFTS STYLE COFFEE TABLE

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  Know upfront what this project involves. Furniture maker Gregory Paolini provides a detailed overview of how to build this traditional piece in Fine Woodworking’s Arts & Crafts Style Coffee Table, a DVD that includes a Bonus SketchUp Plan. Learn an age-old furniture technique and more. Your expert guide shares a vintage Stickley secret for constructing perfectly matched leg blanks that’s as useful today as it was decades ago. And, as the project unfolds, you’ll be treated to an insider’s view of how to properly mill components, handle tricky joinery, match grain, glue up, assemble, and finish this table. Build your skills as you build this table! With seven episodes on essential construction elements, this video demonstrates a variety of skills and offers helpful insights on many topics, including: Laminated leg construction Aprons, stretchers, and side slats Mortise-and-tenon joinery Shelf and through-tenons Tabletop and breadboard ends Surface prep and breadboard glue-up Assembly and finish Master a popular woodworking style. With Fine Woodworking’s Arts & Crafts Style Coffee Table, you can build a timeless and enduring piece and master style details you can apply again and again to future work.

• THE ART OF MARQUETRY - DVD

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  This 50 minute DVD covers many aspects of marquetry: how to choose veneer; creating patterns; how to transfer patterns to the veneer; cutting technique; how to adhere the veneer to a piece of wood and some information on applying a finish to the piece.

• FWW DVD PROFILE: TAGE FRID

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  “The next best thing to a private lesson” Tage Frid, known as the "Dean of American Woodworking," helped thousands learn woodworking over his 50-year career as a woodworker, educator, and author. This DVD video is an opportunity to visit the master in his shop and home and listen to him as he shares his wisdom. Never before released in its entirety, this documentary shows Frid as he builds several pieces and discusses how his philosophy of designing around construction plays into his work. Frid also demonstrates such woodworking basics as sharpening a chisel and cabinet scraper as well as how to make multiple spline joints and cut half-blind dovetails. Two bonus segments on laminating in form to make salad servers and veneering a coffee table are also included.