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Transform your kitchen with the help of a master. If you're replacing your tired kitchen cabinets or are planning to install a new kitchen, this video workshop is a must. With the camera beside him the whole way, master carpenter Tom Law transforms a bare farmhouse addition into a modern country kitchen, complete with floor-to-ceiling pantries and a large island counter. Learn to: - hang upper cabinets - fit cabinets to uneven walls and floors - position a lazy Susan corner cabinet - clamp and screw cabinets tightly together - create an attractive L-shaped island - set and seam a Corian countertop
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Kopf is a well-known cabinetmaker who uses marquetry extensively in his work. His work has been featured in numerous magazines and is visually stunning. This DVD presents basic inlay, banding, double bevel work and other techniques. A much needed addition to the field.
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Make the most of your small shop with Small Shop Tips & Techniques. In this one-of-a-kind DVD, woodworker Jim Cummins shows you how to expand your shop's capabilities just by improving your woodworking techniques. You'll discover new approaches and methods of bandsawing a box, making a marking gauge from scrap, and cutting precise angled joints. You'll also learn how to: Get a bandsaw to work properly Expand the role of your drill press Tune up a chisel Sharpen twist drill bits Make machines and hand tools work together The next best thing to a private lesson. Small Shop Tips & Techniques 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.
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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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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.
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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.