Tape #36
This tape should have
been called "Making Corner and Odd angled Cabinets using a Kreg Jig".
For in deed, every joint in these cabinets were butt joints, held together by
glue and screws with the screw holes drilled using a Kreg jig. This is an
unusual way of making cabinets, since you start with the face frames and then
build the box to it. The sides of the box are held to the face frames by butt
joints. The bottom is held to the sides and the face frame by, you guessed it
butt joints, and the back to the sides by you get the picture. All, the joints
am, held together by screws with holes drilled at an angle. There is no doubt
that this is a strong joint, but the inside of the cabinet ends up looking like
it was put together with a machine gun due to many of those angled holes
showing.
Tape #51
This tape is more than
just making dove- tails, it's filled with tips and techniques for making
furniture using a combination of old world hand tools and modem machines. Frank
is from Hungry, where he was an apprentice in his fathers shop. He stresses that
hand work can be faster than power tools, when you include the set up time.
Frank claims to figure 20 minutes labor for each drawer and that's with dove
tails on both the front and back.
He uses power tools where they are faster; (i.e.) a table saw to cut the boards
to size, a band saw to re-saw them and a planer to bring them to proper
thickness. Then he proceeds to hand cut the dove tail and to hand plane the
sides and edges to smooth and fit them to the desk. He shows many time saving
techniques, including the use of story board layouts and stacking boards as he
chisels them to save hand movement.
This is a. very informative video. He has another one on mortis and tenon
joints, that I definitely will be watching this month.
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Tape #2
Sam Maloof describes, on this tape, the art of making hand crafted furniture. His main work is creating chairs, specifically rocking chairs. All of his chairs are the sculptured type similar to those demonstrated by Mr. Parker Converse II at our January, 2003 meeting. The tape goes further into detail of the joints and assembly. This tape would be very useful for anyone wanting to get into the sculptured type of furniture.
Submitted
by Gene
Mathes
Tape # 23
This tape shows all the fine points of using a hand plane in preparing surfaces for a good finish.
Ken Bowers explains how to properly prepare a flat surface with the other surfaces of the wood exactly parallel and perpendicular. After viewing this tape, I have much more respect for the use of a hand plane and am encouraged to purchase a good quality plane for future use.
Techniques
were also shown for end
grain planning, curly grain planning and preparing tenons. Ken also demonstrates
the proper use of a gauge in making the parallel surfaces. This is an excellent
tape for the fine woodworker.
Submitted by Gene Mathes
Tape
#28
This
tape is presented by Jim Cummins, Editor of Fine Woodworking Magazine. This is a
fantastic video showing many tips I have never seen. It is mostly about the
table saw and band saw. He also gave techniques for sharpening chisels and
drills. This is one tape I believe everyone would benefit from and enjoy.
Submitted by Gene Mathes
Tape #90
If you haven't tried veneering or don't know much about it, you won't be able to fully appreciate this tape. Starring the president of a company that produces the vacuum equipment, the tape begins with a crash course in glue selection and form building and then proceeds to demonstrate the processes of veneering an assortment of surface types including a simple curve, a cylinder, a straight bull-nosed counter edge, and (don't try this your first time out) a round table top including its radiused edges - no other way to do that!
Wait, there is more. He demonstrates veneering a number of molding profiles and other specialty parts I would not have believed possible. Not over yet - he also covers non-veneering applications such as laminating arched jambs and even the stringer for a spiral staircase. He says that the versatility of vacuum bagging is only limited by the imagination of the user and I would have to agree after watching the tape..
I found the video very informative, inspiring, and very well produced. I was surprised it was NOT a sales promo his equipment and stuck to hard-core veneering technique. I highly recommend the tape if you are at all interested in veneering.
Submitted by John Patti
Tape # 58
In this tape, produced by the National Carvers Museum Foundation, Kent demonstrates the use of various types of chisels used in creating a three dimensional look in a two dimensional blank of mahogany. He covers the basic techniques he uses to create the effect he wants. Like other artisans of his caliber, he makes relief carving look easy. Nevertheless, I found the tape to be a good introduction to this particular art form and worth the 45 minutes of viewing for anyone interested in trying it. I also believe some additional hands-on instruction would be most helpful - at least to me - before trying it on a valuable work piece.
Submitted By Joe Mathis
Tape #12
This is primarily a demonstration video on the use of the Shopmate combination machine in producing moldings and picture frames.
Although produced in 1984, it outlines some basic techniques still applicable today, whether on Shopmate equipment or any other brand of power machine. It is only moderately instructional as its underlying purpose is to demonstrate the use of the Shopmate product. I personally did not learn anything from this 20minute tape that I didn't already know.
Submitted By Joe Mathis
Tape #89
I had selected this tape with the mistaken understanding that it might provide some ideas on building contemporary design furniture. It turned out, however, to be nothing more than an info-commercial for a laminate core product known as Kerfkore. The latter is used in fabricating bendable laminates used in the construction of just about any project with a radius (cabinets, bars, walls, etc.). The tape targets commercial cabinet and woodworking shops and lacks any instructional or design value on how to use the product - only that it exists. It was of little value for my purposes.
Submitted By Joe Mathis