DVD's

Turned Lidded Boxes - 2 DVD Set
by Ron Brown

This presentation will teach you:

• The one chuck box turning method.
• Some of the best (easiest) ways to hollow end grain for small boxes under three inches.
• How to achieve suction fitting lids.
• The secrets of jamb chucking when you want to turn the underside of the lid.
• How to inlay disks in a pictured framed lid.
• Really enhance a simple project with chatterwork then set it off with micro groves.
• On lathe instant finishing methods.
• The Close Look Section lets you examine several boxes close up inside and out with incredible detail.
• Ron's Photo Gallery ill give you great design ideas. You see close up still photos of gorgeous boxes, the detail is marvelous.

Chatter Tool Methods
with Ron Brown

A Complete Course

A Chatter Tool is a scraper with a thin blade which when held against spinning end grain vibrates, or chatters, rapidly sculpting a wide variety of textured patterns. Such patterns enhance the appearance of items and are used to further decorate turned lidded boxes, spinning tops and bottle stoppers among others. The average cut takes less than three seconds. Most folks who see an object with chatter work decoration perceive it as intricately hand carved, something which must have taken many hours and a very steady hand.

LEARN TO DECORATE:

• Turned Lidded Boxes with Beautiful Chatter Work Lids
• Colorful Textured Spinning Tops Decorated with Permanent Markers
• Unique Bottle Stoppers With Chatter Work Features
• "Bonnie Klein Style" Chatter Work Tops

Spinning Tops
with Ron Brown

Chapter titles:

• Introduction and Gallery
• Simple One Piece Tops
• Chatterwork Tops
• Two Piece Tops - Chuck Method
• Two Piece Tops - Collet Method
• Tiny Tops
• Crazy Tops
• Segmented Tops

includes:
15 Fine Line Patterns via PDF for your PC. You can view and print designs. Enlarge or reduce patterns to make tops, plate or platter bottoms, turned box tops, or beautiful inlays. All of the samples below are included and more

Run Time: Approx. 52 minutes

Turning Pens - 2 DVD
Set by Ron Brown

On this DVD Ron Brown will show you step by step the entire process of making pens. Learn how to cut, drill, glue and shape both wood and acrylic blanks. Ron will show how to apply 3 poplar finishes including the CA Glue finish, There is a wealth of pen making information waiting for you in these two DVD video presentations.

Onthis DVD you will learn how to :

• Make pens out of acrylic & stabalized wood
• Finish your pens using 3 different methods
• Make easy custom center bands
• Make the popular stylus pen
• Turn Multiple Popular style pens

Run Time: 2 hours 30 minutes

Kitchen Utencils
by Ron Brown

From the Wood Lathe

2 DVD set on How to make items for the kitchen that your cook will love to have and will use every day. These utensils also make wonderful christmas gifts and cost nearly nothing to make.

Learn How to Make:

• Wooden spatulas
• Ice cream style scoops
• Chili and soup ladles
• Piping hot coffee scoops
• Goblet scoops

Run Time: 2 hours 32 minutes

Kitchen Utencils by Ron Brown

Acorns Gone Wild!
by Ron Brown

Acorns Gone Wild is a 2 DVD Set!

As I travel around the country demonstrating at turning symposiums and woodworking shows, I always have small lidded acorn boxes on hand. I ask between $10 and $12 each and have a hard time keeping enough stock to satisfy the demand. Acorns are easy, quick and the designs seem to be infinite.

Whether you want to make them as gifts for friends and family or make them as hot selling craft fair items, you can't miss with acorn lidded boxes.

I show you how I hand chase threaded lids, get a perfect slip fit on another type and even make salt and pepper shakers stylized like acorns.  My favorite is the acorn miniature birdhouse ornament which can also double as a small gift box. I know you will be as fascinated with these small lidded boxes as I am.

Run Time: 2 hours 35 minutes

Bottle Stoppers Quick and Easy
by Ron Brown

Easy to understand How-To DVD 48 minutes long, just for you. Everything you need to know to get started off right is covered including materials, accessories, methods and finishing.

Included a PDF file with over 50 Full Sized, Fine-Line Drawings of Classic Bottle Stopper Designs. Turning the stoppers is the easy part. Coming up with good looking designs that flow well and have stunning eye appeal is the hard part. You can print out any design you like and use it right at the lathe to make a beautiful stopper.

Run Time: 48 minutes

Pepper Mills Made Easy
by Ron Brown

On this DVD Ron Brown will show you step by step how to make beautiful salt and pepper mills with traditional grinding shaft mechanisms. Ron uses simple to understand language along with dozens of high resolution still photos to show you the steps for making these mills.

Learn how to make these unique projects:

• Traditional 10" Peppermill with ceramic mechanism suitable for pepper, salt and herbs
• Easy no fail layouts
• Various Salt and pepper mill sets

Run Time: Approx. 1 hour 10 minutes

Fancy Christmas Ornaments - 2 DVD's
by Ron Brown

Fancy Christmas Ornaments The Easy Way"

These Two DVD's Will Teach You How To:

• Hollow a Globe through a 1-1/4" Hole, then make the hole disappear like magic!
• Turn Icicles so incredible that your friends will think you are showing off!
• If you decide to do more than a few dozen ornaments, you can grind three special tools you can't buy in stores from tools you probably already have to make your work go more quickly.
• Understand the secrets used to make icicles with a "Huge WOW! Factor"
• Use Veneer to Picture Frame Vignettes
• Make Flowers on The Drill Press and the jigs used to make them .
• Custom Designs Using the "Deep Inlay Technique"

"Liquid Ebony For Wood" Recipe Included.

Run Time: Approx. 90 minutes

I Have a Lathe Now What?
with Ron Brown

As a full time professional demonstrator on one of the largest woodworking circuits in America and Canada, I hear this question over 100 times in an average weekend!  I have prepared an easy to understand How-To DVD 1 hour and 12 minutes long,  just for you. Everything you need to know to get started off right is covered including actual practice exercises. . . .

Chapter Titles include:

• Tool ID and Uses, Lathe Parts, Chucks, Practice Exercises for turning coves and beads, roughing down with a spindle roughing gouge and a skew, sharpening, using a bowl gouge and two useful projects.
• If you have always wanted to turn. .
• If you have a teenager you want to get started right and you're not equipped to teach them yourself. . .
• If you have a lathe sitting in the basement or garage just waiting for you to take a woodturning class. . . this presentation will amaze you.
• If you are a "Self Taught Turner" wanting to learn more, or if you are having problems making certain cuts, if you constantly get catches, we work through all of those situations on the DVD.
• If you turn pens but want to do more. . .
• If you are a pretty good bowl turner, but want to learn spindle work involving beads and coves or thin spindles. . .
• If you, . . . we are running out of room here to list all of the reasons you should buy this DVD. It's a great video. If you don't like it, I'll give your money back. Go ahead and order it now. You're burning daylight.

Run Time: 72 Minutes

Texturing for Turners Made Easy
with Ron Brown

Texturing endgrains, sidegrains and everything in between. Ron shows you evrything you need to know about using knurling type texturing tools, rotary type texturing tools, and the ever popular chatter tool. Using four different projects, Ron shows you a vast array of texturizing techniques to use on bowls, stoppers, turned lidded boxes and more.

Chapte Titles Include:

• Introduction to texturing methods
• The Knurl
• Above and below centerlin
• Box projects
• Bottle stopper projects
• Fancy Spinning Tops
• Acorn lids
• Finesse Chatter tool methods
• texturing resource

Run Time: 1 hour 17 minutes