Next in the series of reviews of DVD’s from the SmartFlix Woodworking University, this time I review the DVD: Router Joinery by Gary Rogowski. This DVD is one of many DVD’s produced by Taunton Press for Fine Woodworking. This DVD highlights the use of what is arguably the most versatile power tool in a woodworking [...]
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The arms for the chair start with two rectangular blanks about 5 inches wide. These blanks needed to be roughly shaped before the outlines of the actual arms can be cut out at the band saw. The shaping process for the arms involves two steps. The first step utilizes a jig that facilitates cove-cutting a [...]
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With the band sawing of the rear legs completed and the head rest holes drilled I set out to shape the rear legs and to band saw and shape the front legs. Some of the shaping of the legs could be done with a round-over bit in a router table however, because of the irregular [...]
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Another in the series of reviews of DVD’s from the SmartFlix Woodworking University, this time I review two profile DVDs: Sam Maloof and Tage Frid from Taunton Press. While these DVD’s do not solely contain content on woodworking technique, if you have any interest in what goes on in the shops and minds of two [...]
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Next in the series of reviews of DVD’s from the SmartFlix Woodworking University, this time I review the DVD: Forgotten Hand Tools by Christopher Schwarz. This DVD is one of several done by Schwarz in conjunction with Lie Nielsen Toolworks. I have previously reviewed another in this series: Coarse Medium and Fine, here at the [...]
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