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Learn in this video various methods of joinery such as haunched mortise and tenon, stub mortise and tenon, miter, and biscuit joint. Learn to add molding to enhance your cabinets. Cliffe covers two methods to make raised panels. One with a spiral bit and one with a raised panel bit. Using the special jigs and fences in this tape will improve your efficiency and the appearance of your cabinets.
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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.
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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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Master joinery techniques and craft a future heirloom. In about 80 minutes Shaker Chimney Cupboard provides you with a complete overview of what it takes to build a classic piece that offers ample storage on a small footprint. Expert woodworker and art director at Fine Woodworking Michael Pekovich walks you through cutting the case joinery to applying paste wax like a pro in this DVD that includes a FREE SketchUp Plan. Refine your woodworking skills. This project shows you how to highlight the beautifully figured wood in the door panels, cut half-blind dovetails and decorative angled feet, construct asymmetrical drawers, match the grain on drawers perfectly, tackle tricky glue-ups, and more. Learn how to make custom drawer pulls. Discover options for making the custom knobs that lend authenticity to this classic piece. First, Michael shows how to turn and shape them from scratch on a lathe. Then, for those without a lathe, he shares his techniques for refining the shape and size of store-bought pulls for a subtle but unmistakable improvement. Tips for a beautiful hand-rubbed finish. Learn Michaels trade secrets for a durable finish that brings out the beauty of the wood. Now you can build a fabulous cupboard that fits any room of your house and learn plenty of insider tips for improving everything you build.
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Bench side instruction on how to make a gouge do more than you may have thought possible. Chris starts with a new tool and thoughtfully walks you through all the steps of preparation to finally achieve that desired cutting edge. You are guided through the maze of available chisels, Chris answers the how's and whys and suggests where to start when it comes to acquiring tools. Included in this dvd are a few of the practises Chris was taught during his apprenticeship that are not widely known yet I consider revolutionary as per sharpening a gouge.
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There's no end to the splendid variety of useful objects you can turn once you see Richard Raffan at his lathe. In this DVD, you'll learn to select the wood species best suited for a wide variety of turning projects. Raffan shows you how to manipulate skews, gouges and parting tools to produce the whole repertoire of wood-turning cuts, and how to recognize the structural aspects of a project as it develops on the lathe. Raffan also shows you how to sand and apply finishes and waxes, and he offers important safety tips throughout the DVD. Among the projects Raffan shows you how to turn are hollow vessels, bottle coasters, spatulas, mallets, small bowls, and beads. DVD also available as a video, see item 22-53. The book is item 16-101.