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Free Chapter Download: Vacuum Press Basics

Ed Pirnik, Senior Web Producer

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The humble vacuum press opens up a whole host of new furniture possibilities to those willing to experiment.

Be sure to download a free chapter from Darryl Keil's latest book, Vacuum Pressing Made Simple.

The humble vacuum press opens up a whole host of new furniture possibilities to those willing to experiment.

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My first foray into the world of vacuum pressing came on the heels of a desire to build the absolute best humidor I could muster. For that, I settled on a solid mahogany box with rosewood veneer on the exterior. While I could have handled the veneer using clamps and a couple of pieces of MDF, I decided to experiment, and instead, turned to a little vacuum press nestled in the rear corner of our shop here at Fine Woodworking. The reward? Easily applied, perfectly flat veneer with nary a bubble to be seen.

In this free chapter download from Darryl Keil's Vacuum Pressing Made Simple, you'll learn about the basic method behind pulling a vacuum that performs flawlessly. Vacuum pressing opens up an entire new world of artistry to the intrepid woodworker and quite frankly, I'll never tackle another veneer job without "the bag!"

Click here to download your free chapter!

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Comments (7)

rollo1 writes: Thanks Gina. I didn't see all the ebooks available. That's very cool. The videos available for the ipad look pretty limited right now as far as a member basis. I may wait that one out. Thanks for the quick response!
Posted: 11:15 am on March 28th

GEide writes: Hi Rollo1,

Good point about the iPad... I'll forward your suggestion to our product team that you'd like this available as an eBook/video download as well.

For reference, many of our videos are now available so online members can view them on the iPad: http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/35994/at-last-fw-videos-on-the-ipad

You can also find our complete collection of eBooks here: http://store.finewoodworking.com/type/ebooks.html

This includes our popular SketchUp Guide for Woodworkers that's ONLY available as an eBook:
http://store.finewoodworking.com/sketchup-guide-for-woodworkers-tim-killen-ebook-077846.html

Thanks for the feedback, Gina, FineWoodworking.com
Posted: 8:32 am on March 28th

rollo1 writes: Can't buy the book as a PDF to read on my iPad? Can't view the video on fww nor access the flash content with the iPad either.....fww, you guys need to make your website and bookstore more friendly for mobile devices. I want to spend more money with you, but you make it so hard.
Posted: 12:04 pm on March 27th

Ed_Pirnik writes: Hi again folks.

You should be all set now. Enjoy!

Ed

Posted: 8:42 am on March 23rd

Ed_Pirnik writes: Thanks for the heads-up folks. I'm working on this technical error as we speak. Should have the download working very shortly.

Thanks much and sorry for the hassle.

Best,

Ed
Posted: 8:40 am on March 23rd

WouldWorker writes: Same problem for me.
Posted: 7:30 am on March 23rd

TonyMcG writes: Seems to be a problem getting to the Chapter download page, or is it me ?
Posted: 7:23 am on March 23rd

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