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• MAKE A CHAIR FROM A TREE - DVD

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  This DVD takes you through all of the steps required to create a light and beautiful, yet rugged chair. Using simple hand tools, John Alexander shows how to split and shape the green wood into posts, rungs, and slats. The shrinking and swelling characteristics of wood and interlocking rungs result in a chair that will last generations.

• HAND TOOL TECHNIQUES PART 2: HAND PLANING - DVD

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  This video explores David's hand planing techniques for precise, efficient preparation of furniture-size components. You will be astonished by the precision that is possible with a well-tuned, sharp hand plane.

• MEASURING FURNITURE FOR REPRODUCTION - DVD

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  Learn the simple steps to masterfully reproduce any piece with Measuring Furniture for Reproduction. In this one-of-a-kind DVD, woodworker Phil Lowe shows you how to take the measurements of an existing piece, create a set of plans, and then reproduce the piece in your workshop. You'll also learn how to: Make freehand sketches Use story sticks to record dimensions Scribe profiles of curved parts Measure and analyze hidden joinery Make templates from your drawings Use templates to rough out parts The next best thing to a private lesson. Measuring Furniture for Reproduction takes you right into expert woodworker Phil Lowe's shop for an unforgettable 55-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 Phil Lowe. Phil specializes in reproduction period furniture and the conservation of antiques. His school, The Furniture Institute of Massachusetts, is training a new generation of period furniture makers.

• HOW THINGS ARE MADE: A WOODEN BUCKET - DVD

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  "The White - Cooper's Craft in 1850". Filmed in historic Richmond Town, Staten Island, NY, this fascinating 23 minute film details how wooden buckets were made - from start to finish - back in 1850. In the "story", the local cooper teaches his 13-year-old apprentice about the tools and the steps required to make the bucket. Science and math concepts are illustrated with still and animated drawings.

• 3 TECHNIQUES ON 1 DVD, Vol. 1

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  This DVD contains instructions on the following woodworking techniques: Ogee Bracket Feet: This method begins with the layout of the pattern and cove cutting at the table saw. We show you how to set up the mitering of the feet so that each foot matches in design & size. Cabriole Leg: In this technique we walk you through the method to build these graceful legs. Step by step, you learn the correct way to lay out the pattern, the proper cutting sequence at the band saw and how to hand shape the overall design as well as turn the cup of the foot at the lathe. There is also a Bonus included – we show you the process to create these legs using only hand tools!! Along the way we point out a number of simple methods and ideas to insure success. Raised Panel Door: We will begin with an understanding of the parts of a door and how one obtains the sizes for those parts. We show you how to set up and complete the mortise and tenon joint as well as a specific method of creating the raised panel at the table saw.