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In this video workshop, I'll show you step-by-step how to make a durable workbench designed to last a lifetime. The construction is straightforward, the trick is managing the massive amount of lumber. Tune in to watch the series for a collection of useful tips and techniques. This solid, versatile workbench works well for hand or power tool use. The large, thick top sits on a sturdy base held together by both glued and knockdown mortise-and-tenon joints. To hold your work, there is a twin-screw vise, and plenty of dog holes for holdfasts. This series includes: More than 30 minutes of video instruction Useful techniques for cutting mortises and tenons, installing hardware, and using hand tools. A digital SketchUp plan that's available in our plan store
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Del Stubbs shows you how to turn beautiful bowls and plates. You can start with dry lumber or with green wood you cut yourself. The camera zooms in close to see the careful contact of edge on wood and then moves back so you can study various tool positions, grips and stances. You will learn about: cutting tool types and modification of standard tools grinding and honing chisels gripping various turning tools mounting bowl blanks and roughing out the shape modifying a standard lathe controlling warp in the thin wall of a bowl cutting into endgrain designing bowl forms DVD, also available as a video, see item 22-3.
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Subtitle: Bench-side instruction on sharpening and using hand planes. A clear presentation of hand planing basics focusing on four tools -- the No. 4 1/2 Smooth Plane, the No. 60 1/2 Low Angle Adjustable Mouth Block Plane, the No. 8 Jointer and the No. 60 1/2R Rabbet Block Plane. Includes a demonstration of reliable sharpening techniques.
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Show Details: Powered-up Techniques for Accurate & Quicker Hand-cut Dovetails Learn secrets to better hand-cut dovetails using only hand tools Achieve a hand-cut look using power tools to speed your work Dovetail large panels using only a jigsaw Discover how to work with warped & bowed panels Hand-cut dovetails are a benchmark of woodworking skill and with the help of Glen D. Huey (and a little practice), your dovetails will instantly identify you as an accomplished artisan. You'll learn hand-cut dovetail basics as Glen shares the secrets he's learned from years of professional experience to quickly produce tight-fitting fine dovetails. Then, he shows you how to use power tools and shop-made jigs (plans included, of course!) to work even faster all without sacrificing the hand-cut dovetail appearance. BONUS: Includes plans for a dovetailed keepsake box! Glen D. Huey is senior editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine. He's been a professional furniture maker for more than 16 years and has been working with Popular Woodworking for 15 of them. Glen's projects have been featured in magazines, books and newspapers.
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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.
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David Charlesworth began his furniture making career in 1973. For over twenty-five years, he has taught woodworking at his Devon workshop, and is widely respected in England as a writer for Furniture & Cabinetmaking magazine. His specialty is getting the most out of hand tools in precise, original and efficient ways. This first video explores David's techniques for sharpening plane blades. Learn how to get a razor sharp edge in minutes, and how to camber an edge with confidence.