Jim Heavey has been educating and inspiring audiences from coast to coast at The Woodworking Shows for 8 years running. Now you can bring Jim into your own home with these info-packed video DVD's featuring his best tips and techniques for woodworking success. Jim’s easy-to-follow approach will change your shop ways—and results—forever!

Finishing Made Simple DVD
On this info-filled DVD you’ll learn...

• How to choose and use sandpaper to prep for finish
• Matching your stain color from end grain to face grain
• Perfect topcoats with a brush or sprayer, AND MUCH MORE!

Surface prep, wipe-on and spray finishing, and a visit with a finishing expert

In this DVD, finishing expert Michael Dresdner shows you what you need to know to become a proficient wood finisher, starting with classic surface-prep problems and their solutions -- how to recognize and remove dents, how to recognize and fill gouges, how to pre-raise wood grain to get the best results under waterborne finishes, and, most important, how to sand wood.

You'll learn how to apply a simple wax finish, shellac-and-wax, and a polyurethane with only a rag for a tool. It's a simple process: rag on your finish, wipe it off, let it dry, recoat. You’ve got to see this to learn how little you have to do to get a classy, silky, surface that’s ideal for most indoor furniture.

A master woodworker covers the essential techniques.

Nothing completes a woodworking project like a beautiful, durable finish. In this tape, expert cabinetmaker Frank Klausz shows you how to choose the right finish and how to apply it.

You will learn about:

• preparing the surface
• sharpening a scraper
• sanding
• stripping
• applying a tung-oil finish
• completing the finish
• oiling intricate pieces
• staining
• spray lacquering
• varnishing
• French polishing

Get perfect hand-applied finishes, with technique advice from a pro finisher.

Simple tools and the correct techniques are all it takes to produce flawless finishes by hand. This DVD combines two videos: Hand–Applied Finishes: Coloring Wood and Hand–Applied Finishes: Applying Topcoats to offer a complete video guide to these time-tested techniques. You'll learn about:

• Preparing surfaces
• Using pore fillers
• Mixing stains
• Brushing on varnish
• Using pad laquer and shellac
• Applying French polish
• Rubbing out a finish

Discover the secrets of refinishing fine furniture

With Refinishing Furniture, you can put your fine-finishing skills to work. Expert woodworker Bob Flexner gives you the working knowledge you need of the practical and decorative aspects of refinishing. He shows you when to rejuvenate an old finish, how to remove a finish that has failed, and how to finish all your fine furniture.

You'll also learn how to:

• Strip finish and repair the surface
• Seal and fill
• Stain with pigments, dyes, and chemicals
• Glaze for unique effects
• Adjust and repair finishes

The next best thing to a private lesson. Refinishing Furniture takes you right into expert woodworker Bob Flexner's shop for an unforgettable 65-minute lesson. You'll see firsthand exactly how to do the work-- the tools, the techniques, and the subtle rhythms of each process.

Impossible to miss a single step! Go directly to the chapter you want to watch and replay it as often as you want. Master it before you move on!

All 195 back issues (many of them now out of print) on one disc, with a single, comprehensive, searchable index, maintaining a super-high-quality, 300-dpi resolution, ensuring you crystal-clear illustrations and photos.

DVD features:
The user-friendly index of all back issues makes it easy to find any project plan, shop tip, or skill-builder from this huge archive. Click on the indexed article and go to it instantly! Or browse through the issues using the prominent bookmarks, linked covers, and table of contents. There, too, one click takes you to the information you need.

High resolution PDF's make for easy, enjoyable reading.
View every photo, drawing, and detail in digitally reproduced, crystal clarity. Zoom in for a closer look, or print articles for use in the shop with the handy “Print this article” button.

Save hundreds of dollars versus buying back issues.
In fact, many of the most sought-after issues on this disc have been out of print for years and are no longer available in any other format.