DVD's

Mission-Style Bed
with Matt Berger

Fine Woodworking Video Workshop Series #1
with Digital Plans

• Building this - or any bed - just got a whole lot easier
• Master timeless skills and build a project that makes you proud.
• DVD with digital plan

Building this – or any bed – just got a whole lot easier. While this project is in the traditional Arts and Crafts style, it involves fundamentals that apply to building a bed of any design, simple or elaborate. More than show and tell, this video expands your know-how and includes: step-by-step instructions, three techniques for machine-cut mortise-and-tenon joinery, shop tips, and lumber-buying strategies that save money.

(Approximately 50 minutes)

Bookcase with Bracket Feet
with Phillip C. Lowe

Fine Woodworking Video Workshop Series #3
with Digital Plans

Build this classic while building your confidence Inspiration to create - and customize - this elegant bookcase

Build it yourself and build your skills. You’ll gain experience and confidence as you watch a pro construct a sturdy case and face frames, cut curves with a bandsaw, edge plywood, shape moldings, glue up, and add masterful finishing touches. Plus you will learn how to customize your bookcase with either flat or ogee bracket feet.

(Approximately 43 minutes)

How to Build a Garden Bench
with Matt Kenney

Fine Woodworking Video Workshop Series #7
with Digital Plans

Design outdoor furniture to weather well.

How to Build a Garden Bench opens with furniture maker Hank Gilpin offering seasoned advice on designing pieces to withstand the elements and age gracefully. Then, woodworker Matt Kenney guides you step by step through the process of constructing this gorgeous garden bench on this DVD, that includes a Bonus SketchUp Plan.

(Approximately 41 minutes)

Fir and Cherry Side Table
with Garrett Hack

Fine Woodworking Video Workshop Series #9
with Digital Plans

Refine your skills and build this finely nuanced table. In just 60 minutes, our video workshop entitled Fir and Cherry Side Table offers valuable insights into what it takes to build this beautifully understated piece. Master furniture maker and woodworking instructor Garrett Hack walks you through the process and demonstrates a variety of advanced techniques in this DVD, that includes a FREE SketchUp Plan.

(Approximately 60 minutes)

Shaker Chimney Cupboard
with Michael Pekovich

Fine Woodworking Video Workshop Series #10
with Digital Plans

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.

(Approximately 80 minutes)

Arts & Crafts Coffee Table
with Gregory Paolini

Fine Woodworking Video Workshop Series #12
with Digital Plans

Learn an age-old furniture technique and more. Your expert guide shares a vintage Stickley secret for constructing perfectly matched leg blanks that’s as useful today as it was decades ago. And, as the project unfolds, you’ll be treated to an insider’s view of how to properly mill components, handle tricky joinery, match grain, glue up, assemble, and finish this table.

(Approximately 60 minutes)

Arts & Crafts Book Rack
with Gregory Paolini

Fine Woodworking Video Workshop Series #17
with Digital Plans

Authentic Arts & Crafts style. Furniture maker Gregory Paolini demonstrates the essential steps for constructing an Arts and Crafts-inspired book rack in this Fine Woodworking workshop DVD that includes a Bonus SketchUp Plan.

Designed to hold DVDs, CDs, and, of course, your favorite books. This practical piece replicates the look and feel of the progressive furniture designs of the early 20th century that placed new-found emphasis on simple lines, honesty in construction, and truth to materials.

(Approximately 45 minutes)

Arts and Crafts Glass-Front Cabinet
with Michael Pekovich

Fine Woodworking Video Workshop Series #20
with Digital Plans

Build an authentic Arts & Crafts cabinet! Simple and timeless, Arts & Crafts-style pieces are a favorite with woodworkers. Beginners aspire to learn the iconic joinery techniques associated with this style and advanced furniture makers want to learn tricks of the trade to refine their work. In this instructional video, Fine Woodworking’s Michael Pekovich shares his experience and walks you through the process of building a handsome Arts & Crafts Glass-Front Cabinet.

Expand your know-how. As you work through this project, you will gain hands-on experience in selecting the right lumber, cutting through-mortises, tricks for tight-fitting tenons, fuming with ammonia to get the right finish, and much more.

A valuable lesson on leaded glass. Best of all, you’ll learn how to build a sturdy door frame and tips for finishing it off with beautiful panes of glass. Not only can you review any part of this lesson-packed video at any time, but you’ll also learn the subtleties of producing an heirloom-quality Arts & Crafts piece from seasoned craftsman.

(Approximately 74 minutes)

Country Pine Hutch
with Andrew Hunter

Fine Woodworking Video Workshop Series #23
with Digital Plans

Handcraft a future heirloom. If you appreciate the subtle beauty of handcrafted furniture, you’ll love Country Pine Hutch, a video workshop fromFine Woodworking. Order your DVD complete with digital plan now and you’ll be in for a real treat. Watch expert Andrew Hunter build a classic pine hutch using nothing but hand tools - chisels, handplanes, and saws. While he demonstrates using traditional Japanese hand tools, your Western tools will work equally well.

Improve your skills and gain new insights. This step-by-step workshop provides you with an up-close and personal look at hand tooling. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of this subtle art and learn all these techniques and more:

• Milling rough stock
• Cutting joinery
• Hand-shaping components
• Choosing period-appropriate nails for assembly
• Profiling edges
• Constructing frame-and-panel doors

Guide to Perfect Glue-ups
by Jim Heavey

Jim Heavey has been educating and inspiring audiences from coast to coast at The Woodworking Shows for 8 years running. Now you can bring Jim into your own home with these info-packed video DVD's featuring his best tips and techniques for woodworking success. Jim’s easy-to-follow approach will change your shop ways—and results—forever!

On this info-filled DVD you’ll learn:

• The simple way to apply even clamping pressure
• How to avoid alignment mishaps before the glue dries
• Why you should wait overnight before sanding a glue-up, and MORE!

Nearly all woodworking projects require glue-ups, and in this video WOOD® magazine’s Jim Heavey demonstrates how to effectively and consistently produce pleasant-looking, structurally sound and flat glue-ups for any type of project. From lumber selection and storage, to layout and jointing, to clamping and excess glue removal, the tips and techniques you’ll learn here will increase your confidence—and competence—in this most basic and important aspect of woodworking.

Sam Maloof

See Maloof at work building and see how his furniture embodies his ideas on craft, design, and technique.

Sam Maloof is one of the fathers of contemporary woodworking. Now in this profile of a master craftsman, you can see Maloof at work and home, and see how his furniture embodies his ideas on craft, design, and technique.

This visually rich documentary spans a week with Maloof while he builds and discusses his designs, including his much imitated signature rocker. It’s an opportunity to savor the nuances and substance that make Sam Maloof an inspiration to woodworkers everywhere. You’ll also see how to:

• Sculpt joints with a router and rasp
• Create laminated rockers
• Use decorative splines for strength

Tage Frid

Tage Frid is known as the "Dean of American Woodworking." Over his 50-year career as a woodworker, educator, and author, he helped thousands learn woodworking. This DVD video is an opportunity to visit the master in his shop and home and listen to him as he shares his wisdom.

In this rare documentary Frid shows you how to build several pieces and discusses how his philosophy of designing around construction informs his work. Frid also demonstrates such woodworking basics as sharpening a chisel and cabinet scraper as well as how to make multiple spline joints and cut half-blind dovetails. Two bonus segments on laminating in form to make salad servers and veneering a coffee table are also included.

"Frid has done more than any other woodworker I know to make the crafting of fine furniture practical, safe and reasonably expedient." Popular Woodworking

Every classic Fine Woodworking DVD takes you right into an expert woodworker's shop. You'll see firsthand exactly how to do the work the tools, the techniques and the subtle rhythms of each process. Now re-issued in DVD format, this timeless information is even more accessible. Go directly to the chapter you want to watch and replay it as often as you want.

Complete Guide to Childrens Furniture
by Wood Magazine

On this comprehensive disc, you will learn:

• Build beautiful, strong, and safe cradles and cribs.
• Construct top-quality children's bedroom furniture, including matching sets.
• Provide storage for toys, books, and clothing. Create desks, tables, and other durable and useful furniture.
• Make attractive lamps, clocks, music boxes, and other accessories.
• Share the woodworking experience by helping kids build their own projects.

Included on this info-packed disc:

• More than 70 project plans.
• 6 slide shows and videos illustrating techniques.
• Comprehensive instructions to help you through every project.

Complete Guide to Bookcases
by Wood Magazine

On this comprehensive disc, you will learn:

• Build attractive bookcases in a variety of furniture styles.
• Create your own closet-organization system.
• Plan, design, and install shelving projects.
• Choose the right materials and construction techniques.
• Solve storage needs in every room of your home.
• Apply pros' favorite finishes.

Included on this info-packed disc:

• More than 60 step-by-step storage projects.
• Choose the right materials and construction techniques.
• Add versatile utility storage with lockers, bins, & more.
• Solve storage needs in every room of your home.

Complete Guide to Outdoor Furniture
by Wood Magazine

On this comprehensive disc, you will learn:

• Build durable outdoor furniture, including matching sets.
• Construct arbors, gazebos, and other garden structures.
• Add value to your home with decks and fences.
• Select materials and finishes for long-lasting projects.
• Make attractive outdoor lights, planters, and accessories.
• Create fun and practical birdhouses and feeders.

Included on this info-packed disc:

• More than 100 detailed project plans.
• 8 slide shows and videos of woodworking techniques.
• Dozens of tips to help you through every project.

Rough Cut - Chippendale Footstool
with Tommy Mac

DVD + Printed Plans

In Chippendale Footstool, Tommy provides detailed instructions for the dramatic features that this piece showcases, sharing his carving experience and skill. He also takes a trip to the shop of carving expert Will Neptune for a lesson in carving the ball-and-claw foot, then returns to his studio to speak with the North Bennet Street School's Steve Brown.

Rough Cut - Shaker-inspired Night Stand
with Tommy Mac

DVD + Printed Plans

In Shaker-inspired Night Stand, Tommy provides detailed project instructions for one of his favorite projects, highlighting techniques for mortise and tenon joinery, and leg tapering. He also speaks with North Bennet Street School president Miguel Gómez Inbáñez, and receives an in-studio visit from Steve Brown, head of the School's Cabinet and Furniture-Making department.

Rough Cut - Trestle Table
with Tommy Mac

DVD + Printed Plans

In Trestle Table, Tommy provides detailed project instructions for a table perfect in any kitchen, highlighting the mortise and tenon joinery technique. He also visits Artisan Lumber in Lunenberg, MA, to speak with Brian Brown about unique hardwoods, and is paid an in-studio visit by fellow Bennet Street School graduate Eli Cleveland.

Rough Cut - Shaker-inspired Step Stool
with Tommy Mac

DVD + Printed Plans

In Shaker-inspired Step Stool, Tommy provides detailed project instruction, highlighting the dovetail technique. He also visits The Breed School of Fine Woodworking in Rollingsford, New Hampshire, to speak with Allan Breed, a fellow craftsman and expert on historical furniture. Tommy is joined by in-studio guest Al D'Attanasio, a Canton, Massachusetts, resident who has been an avid woodworker for over forty years

Build A Shaker Table
by Kelly Mehler

From stock selection to final detailing

You'll watch the entire process of making a traditional leg-and-apron table, from stock selection to finish preparation. Through the processes used in the video you'll learn techniques for any furniture project you want to tackle.

For example, you will learn about:

• selecting and milling wood
• laying out, jointing and gluing tops
• milling and tapering legs
• mortising and tenoning
• fitting joints
• gluing up a table base
• sizing and smoothing a top
• edge treatments
• final detailing
• Much more!

Dovetail a Drawer
by Frank Klausz

Frank Klausz cuts quick, precise dovetails without jigs or templates, then glues up and fits the finished drawer.

You will learn about:

• Dovetail drawer anatomy
• Transferring dimensions from the scale drawing to a full-scale '' story-pole''
• Choosing lumber Marking out, ripping and crosscutting drawer parts
• Marking out the dovetails and pins
• Hand sawing the pins and tails and chopping out the waste
• Gluing up
• Applying finishing touches with a smooth plane

A professional cabinetmaker for more than 25 years, Frank Klausz operates a cabinet shop specializing in antique reproductions and restorations and in custom architectural fixtures. He also has made the other Fine Woodworking video workshops Making Mortise-and-Tenon Joints and Wood Finishing.

Frame and Panel Construction
by Graham Blackburn

Make and join the frame, then raise the panel Frame-and-panel construction is a fundamental strategy in woodwork, because it can accommodate wood’s inevitable seasonal expansion and shrinkage.

In this DVD, Graham Blackburn tackles the basic frame. He explains the functions and design opportunities of stiles, rails, and shows you how to combine them into a frame. He also shows you how to think out the proportions of the frame parts and their relation to the panel they contain.

Chairmaking Techniques
by Jeff miller

Now you can watch your own private demonstration on chairmaking with this valuable DVD from Jeff Miller. In clear, simple language, he shows you precisely how to create and put together framed chairs, post-and-ring chairs and chairs with plank seats.

By simplifying the complex and providing step-by-step techniques that are easy to follow, Miller's advice will have you ready to build extraordinary chairs in no time.

In this DVD, Jeff Miller demystifies the art of chairmaking. He shows how to build comfort, strength, and good looks into three different structural chair styles: framed chairs, post-and-rung chairs, and chairs with plank seats. You'll also learn how to:

• Lay out compound angles
• Cut complex joinery
• Strengthen chairs with corner blocks
• Construct curved backs
• Make comfortable seats
• Weave and upholster a seat

This classic Fine Woodworking DVD takes you right into an expert woodworker's shop. So you can see firsthand precisely how to do the work. And it gives you the flexibility to move at your own pace, reviewing any section as often as you like.

Making Rustic Furniture
by Paul Ruhlmann

Paul Ruhlmann makes all sorts of furniture, but especially beautiful chairs with refined Shaker lines and woven seats that have a bit of the frontier about them.

This video will teach you the entire process of making a rustic chair, including how to select the parts of your project from raw sticks and how to steam-bend posts when necessary; as well as making the joints, finishing and weaving.

Pocket Hole Joinery Tables
by John Sillaots

Accelerate your learning process with this pocket hole instructional video. The Pocket Hole Solution series features TV personality John Sillaots as he leads you through the various steps needed to build strong, sturdy tables in a matter of hours. Pocket hole joinery provides a fast, strong and simple approach to tackling your next woodworking project.

Biscuit Joinery Building A Bookcase
by Frank Klausz

Using skills learned from over 30 years as a professional cabinet maker, Frank Klausz brings you shop-proven advice and instruction to help you turn out handsome bookcases and cabinets using biscuit joinery. You'll see firsthand exactly how to do the work–the tools, the techniques, and timesaving tricks that can help you work efficiently. Frank takes you step-by-step from start to finish, demonstrating each process in detail.

Repairing Furniture
by Bob Flexner

Everything you need to repair furniture like a pro

With Repairing Furniture, it's easy to achieve professional results at home. You don't need extensive experience or an elaborate shop -- just the straightforward techniques Bob Flexner demonstrates for you, step-by-step. He shows you how to make repairs like the pros and, better yet, how to recognize and avoid bad repairs.

You'll also learn how to:

• Safely disassemble furniture
• Repair and build out joints
• Make special clamping jigs
• Repair veneer Work with hide glue
• Repair broken parts

The next best thing to a private lesson. Repairing Furniture takes you right into expert woodworker Bob Flexner's shop for an unforgettable 85-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!

Measuring Furniture for Reproduction
by Phil Lowe

Now, this timeless topic can be yours on DVD! With Measuring Furniture for Reproduction, you can learn the simple steps to masterfully reproduce any piece. Expert 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!

Rustic Furniture Basics
by Doug Stowe

If you're fascinated by the unique character and earthy charm of rustic furniture, here's a great way to learn how to make your own. As a companion to the book of the same name, this useful DVD shows you all the basic techniques you'll need to create distinctive rustic furniture. With clear, simple language and valuable close-up shots of each procedure, renowned woodworker Doug Stowe demonstrates how to master every facet of this ancient craft. From selecting branches and logs to finding recycled materials, you'll discover how rustic furniture making is the original "green" building practice. And you'll see precisely how to use basic hand tools and low-tech procedures to create attractive, functional pieces with a primitive, natural look.

Here are just a few of the techniques you'll learn about.

• Cut mortises using a bit and brace and power drill
• Cut round tenons
• Make a webbed seat
• Weave twigs into sturdy furniture
• Use simple joinery to make a storage chest
• Make tusk tenons to build knock-down furniture

If you've often admired the rustic furniture you've seen in an old country cabin or rural farmhouse, here's your chance to start making these beautiful pieces yourself -- with step-by-step advice from a seasoned pro.