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UPDATE: Using Your Router and Router Table Safely by Hendrik Varju

Betsy Engel, contributor

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Using Your Router and Router Table Safely by Hendrik Varju
Passion for Wood, 2011.
$89.95 Cdn; 8 hrs, 24 mins

Hendrik Varju has come out with another DVD. This time it’s about routers. Using Your Router and Router Table Safely covers a lot of ground starting with what features to look for in a router and router table. The DVD provides enough detail so you can build your own router table based on the one Varju uses. You’ll also learn about different router bits, how to rout rabbets and dados, and how to safely deal with climb cutting. At over 8 hours, the DVD provides a lot of important information, and as in his other DVDs, you’ll learn the techniques in real time. Varju doesn’t cut out important steps so it’s like having “Private Woodworking Instruction in a Box”.

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Comments (56)

BackYardHunt writes: Have been using routers for years, but only hand held. Maybe this will inspire me to try something new!
Posted: 12:37 am on November 26th

biffe writes: about to by my first router ,so could use it
Posted: 1:13 pm on November 23rd

wdeahl writes: I would love the chance to win.
Posted: 10:53 pm on November 18th

Dean7 writes: I would love to win one of Hendrik’s DVD’s. I’ve entered 3 or 4 contests to win one of his DVD’s but no win yet.


Posted: 1:14 pm on November 17th

PrGfitz writes: Sounds like an excellent resource for use here in Paso Robles, on the Central Coast of California, USA.
Greg Fitzgerald
Posted: 11:16 pm on November 16th

tbrown178 writes: This DVD would look good in the United States of America in North Carolina!
Posted: 9:41 pm on November 16th

Recruiter writes: I could user a book like this. I almost lost a couple of fingertips a few years ago-watch out for those knots. Hello from the little state of RI
Posted: 7:06 pm on November 15th

JoeCarey writes: Great topic. Router's can be the most dangerous tool in the shop if your not careful. Glad Hendrik put this together.

JoeCareyfrom Kearney Missouri.
Posted: 12:59 pm on November 15th

1850timberframe writes: Count me in! Toronto, Canada
Posted: 12:14 pm on November 15th

Meuleman writes: Somebody as far away as I am?
The Netherlands!
Posted: 10:58 am on November 15th

ISAF2007 writes: Im from Orangeville, On, Canada, not too far away from Mr. Varju
Posted: 9:31 am on November 15th

madjack writes: Another great dvd! Where I live self-taught is the way it goes. Hendriks vids are full of info and he is a great teacher. Thanks, Jeffrey
Posted: 9:21 am on November 15th

tlpmap writes: Beginning woodworker in Oregon needs this DVD!
Posted: 9:15 am on November 15th

JimLankford writes: This "old Tarheel" would love to win this DVD! N.C.
Posted: 8:42 am on November 15th

Jamul writes: There is always something to learn about a router from a good DVD.
Posted: 1:41 am on November 15th

rodk1 writes: Thanks for the chance to win this.
Posted: 11:32 pm on November 14th

eartag writes: USA - Virginia - I sure could use that DVD.
Posted: 11:18 pm on November 14th

louroehm writes: I've been a woodworker since I was 16. At school and throughout my career safety has always been paramount in everything I do. I am from Charleston, SC where there are ample early American furnishings to see and utililze as the basis for any type of furniture one might want to build. Beauty in wood, construction and furnishings.
Posted: 10:23 pm on November 14th

fletch27 writes: Memphis, TN. Please add my entry as well!
Posted: 4:30 pm on November 14th

TopspinD writes: Please enter me in the drawing. Kendrik’s videos are supposed to be great… would love to find out for myself. Thanks.
Posted: 3:32 pm on November 14th

C_Russell writes: USA - Texas.
I would love to have this video.
Posted: 3:02 pm on November 14th

casaheil writes: HI,
Live in Washington State in the USA. I have a router and table but have not really moved beyond basic tasks with it yet. This video looks like it you help.
Thanks!
--- Steve
Posted: 3:01 pm on November 14th

Sejackson writes: I'm in Birmingham, AL
Posted: 1:40 pm on November 14th

konaman writes: I COULD USE IT
Posted: 12:11 pm on November 14th

papabear62 writes: Please throw my name in the hat Papabear62 Mobile AL USA.
Thank you
Posted: 12:11 pm on November 14th

papabear62 writes:
Posted: 12:09 pm on November 14th

Halz57 writes: Hard to imagine I couldn't learn something from an 8 hrs, 24 mins DVD.
Posted: 11:07 am on November 14th

dehvo writes: I never stop learning!
Posted: 10:49 am on November 14th

Boogief writes: Count me in. I want all the info i can get

Posted: 10:20 am on November 14th

chicagopete writes: I'm from Chicago, IL, home of Jeff Miller and the Chicago-style hot dog!
Posted: 9:47 am on November 14th

JLYoung writes: New Brunswick, Canada. I'd love to have this DVD. I don't know what it is about routers that intimidates me but I have a really tough time getting the results I want out of them. They make mistakes way too fast and they scare me so perhaps this DVD would increase my confidence level.
Posted: 9:23 am on November 14th

308defense writes: I think I am the one that really needs this because I spent a evening in the Emergency Room to get FIVE stitches in the tip of my index finger. and $2500.00. It does not pay to be unsafe at a Router Table.
Posted: 9:14 am on November 14th

Larrythewoodguy writes: Ontario Canada to win one thanks.
Posted: 8:43 am on November 14th

"eleu" writes: I am still learning. Waialua, Hawaii
Posted: 4:49 am on November 14th

VegasHiRoller writes: Las Vegas, NV USA - looks like a really great dvd. would love to have it.
Posted: 3:00 am on November 14th

KenHANGITALL writes: Would love to win a DVD by Hendrik . He is so knowledgeable in would be great to see him instead of just reading his great articles.
Posted: 11:53 pm on November 13th

MrMiz writes: USA - Colorado - and want to keep all my fingers and such.
Posted: 11:48 pm on November 13th

montee writes: This looks like a must have book!
New York
USA
Posted: 11:46 pm on November 13th

Circuit Rider writes: This would be a great addition. Put me in.
Posted: 10:09 pm on November 13th

Jollyroger writes: Right now I'm working wood in the United States in the state of Missouri, but that's not the only place this passion has possessed me. I've not seen anything by Hendrik yet. Let's hope this is the chance.
Posted: 10:07 pm on November 13th

picciuto writes: !!United States, Ohio!! Help a new woodworker out!
Posted: 8:15 pm on November 13th

Ti_Norm writes: Laval Québec, a Good opportunity to learn again !
Posted: 8:13 pm on November 13th

lsteed writes: ...west coast canadian would love to have this one!
Posted: 7:51 pm on November 13th

charlton writes: Pick me! Pick me!
Posted: 6:52 pm on November 13th

geb4111 writes: In Nashville, TN we try to make wood sing.
Posted: 6:49 pm on November 13th

seanile writes: New Jersey, we deserve some kind of a break for putting up with life in NJ
Posted: 6:06 pm on November 13th

Bob_Ottawa writes: Hendrik's advantage over anyone else is that he covers the steps in real time, as he's doing the task with minimal editting. He goes into such fabulous detail. I don't have this DVD bit would love it.
Posted: 5:18 pm on November 13th

Mikecorwin writes: Awesome dvd!
Posted: 3:59 pm on November 13th

Portage1969 writes: Pennsylvania would love an opportunity to win this DVD.

Posted: 3:09 pm on November 13th

skay1611 writes: This looks like a fantastic tool for a guy like me to learn from!
Posted: 2:19 pm on November 13th

griph0n writes: Ohhhh one of these days we'll win up here in Yukon Canada.
Posted: 2:11 pm on November 13th

cahudson42 writes: Maybe this time...:>)
Posted: 1:45 pm on November 13th

PurdueDan writes: This Indiana hoosier would love to watch the DVD.


Posted: 1:31 pm on November 13th

farms100 writes: pick me!! :)
Posted: 1:27 pm on November 13th

jverreault writes: Sweet!! Hendrik's training DVDs are fantastic and would be a fabulous addition to my collection...not to mention adding a bit more Candian content wouldn't hurt.

Thanks for the chance at winning it.
Cheers

John
Posted: 12:33 pm on November 13th

manu31 writes: the first comment win i think
Posted: 11:46 am on November 13th

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