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  • More Woodworkers' Essential Facts, Formulas & Short Cuts

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    In response to overwhelming demand, Ken Horner, author of the best-selling Woodworkers’ Essential Facts, Formulas, and Short-Cuts, drafted this follow up featuring all new information. Picking up wher...

  • Decorative Woodcarving

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    This book aims to provide beginners and inexperienced wood carvers with a sound grasp of the techniques of traditional decorative relief carving. The reader is first introduced to the basics of select...

  • One-Plank Woodworking Projects

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    There is no reason why woodworking projects should be over-complicated and involve numerous tools and materials. Andy Standing took up the challenge of demonstrating the many varied projects that can ...

  • Small Shop Tips & Techniques

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    Woodworker Jim Cummins shows you how to make the most of your small shop with essential, basic information for improving your woodworking. In this DVD, you'll discover new approaches and methods for b...

  • Elliptical Turning

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    David Springett’s detailed demonstrations make accessible the sixteenth century skill of elliptical turning. With great attention to technique, Springett also reveals how to build a specialist, yet af...

  • Cutting & Sharpening for Woodturners

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    A sharp edge helps you to produce the finest work and this DVD takes a detailed look at sharpening all your tools....

  • Illustrated Bald Eagle, The

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    Accurately portraying the physical splendour of the Bald Eagle can be a challenge. Illustrator, sculptor and wilderness enthusiast, Denny Rogers, offers comprehensive reference drawings as a solution....

  • Making Mortise and Tenon Joints

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    Woodworkers rely on the versatile mortise-and-tenon joint for making sturdy frames, panels, stools, tables and stands. Frank Klausz shows you how to make the joint cleanly and quickly, using hand tool...

  • Turning Wood with Richard Raffan

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    The appeal of woodturning is simple: with only a few hand tools and a lathe, remarkable results can be quickly achieved, including beautiful bowls, boxes in the round, lamp bases and furniture parts. ...

  • Carving Swedish Woodenware with Jogge Sundqvist

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    In this DVD, Swedish woodworker Jogge Sundqvist shows you how to use only hand tools - axe, knife, adz, and gouge - to make a dough bowl and spoon, from start to finish. You'll also learn how to visua...