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Make a faceted octagon with hand tools

November 30, 2022

Michael Cullen demonstrates one of his favorite hand-tool exercises— making a perfect octagon—which tests a woodworker’s skill from material selection and careful layout to tool preparation, blade sharpening, and sawing…

Staining and dyeing wood with Mike Mascelli

May 13, 2022

With a seemingly endless array of wood stains and dyes, it’s very easy to get confused and overwhelmed when adding color to your furniture. Mike Mascelli will help you understand…

Sharpening Fundamentals with Bob Van Dyke

October 25, 2021

If you're not able to get your hand tools sharp, you're not going to have much success (or fun) with them. Early in my woodworking journey, I thought that everyone…

Turned wall shelf

August 4, 2021

In this bite-sized video series, you'll see how Mark Gardner creates these stylish shelves that look harder to build than they are.

Restoring vintage handplanes with Roland Johnson

January 27, 2021

Woodworking expert Roland Johnson teaches you how to tear down and rebuild three classic handplanes.

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Shaker candle stand with Christian Beckvoort

September 24, 2020

He’s built dozens of round Shaker stands over four decades, so there is no one more qualified than Christian Becksvoort to demonstrate making this classic. In this seven-part video series,…

Contemporary stool with a woven Danish cord seat

July 14, 2020

From joinery to parts shaping, soap finish to seat weaving, David Johnson builds a Danish-inspired stool from start to finish in a five-part series.

Start Woodworking: Small step stool

May 11, 2020

Built of walnut, this elegant step stool offers beginner woodworkers some great lessons in joinery that can be easily incorporated into larger projects as their skills progress. In this Video…

The fundamentals of using hide glue with Patrick Edwards

March 20, 2020

The traditional glue pot disappeared from woodshops and trade schools soon after World War I when synthetic adhesives took over, leaving later generations of woodworkers to learn this secret of…