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!


Woodworking Secrets: Tips & Techniques DVD
On this info-filled DVD you’ll learn...

• The 4 essential steps to squaring your stock
• How to duplicate any project part quickly and accurately
• How to choose the right saw blade for any task, and MORE!

A master's insight into machine woodworking

Mark Duginske offers a master's insights into machine woodworking and some honest shortcuts that will help you in your own journey toward woodworking precision. You'll see how to do fast, elegant joinery with basic power tools (with no need for expensive gadgets) and how to achieve zero-frustration, complete-control woodworking with machines.

You will learn about:

• "reading" lumber to avoid stock-preparation problems
• fine-tuning the table saw, bandsaw, drill press and radial-arm saw
• sawing beautifully fitting dovetails on the table saw
• making mortise-and-tenon joints on the drill press
• band sawing book matched panels
• making an ingenious 50-cent device that ensures accuracy to within 0.002 in.

The Pocket Hole Solution to
Router Tables

No workshop is complete without a sturdy router table to complete all of your shaping operations. Why not build one that will last a lifetime with plywood and the simplicity of pocket hole joinery.

Build your own customized router table. Marc's video includes all of his latest tips, techniques and router table secrets. If you're one of the thousands of woodworkers who have seen Marc Sommerfeld's live demonstrations, you know that he's the master of the router table. If you're one the thousands more who own one of the tables Marc has designed, you know his knack for creative solutions to every woodworking challenge. Now you can see all of his latest ideas in one informative, entertaining video. Study Marc's techniques at your convenience, then enjoy the ever-expanding world of woodworking on the router table.

(120 min.)

Simple steps to making the most of a small shop

Now, this timeless topic can be yours on DVD! With Small Shop Tips & Techniques, you can make the most of your small shop. Expert woodworker Phil Lowe shows you how to expand your shop's capabilities just by improving your woodworking techniques. You'll discover new approaches and methods of bandsawing a box, making a marking gauge from scrap, and cutting precise angled joints.

You'll also learn how to:

• Get a bandsaw to work properly
• Expand the role of your drill press
• Tune up a chisel
• Sharpen twist drill bits
• Make machines and hand tools work together

The next best thing to a private lesson. Small Shop Tips & Techniques takes you right into expert woodworker Jim Cummins' shop for an unforgettable 60-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.

Transform small scrap into valued treasure

Now, this timeless topic can be yours on DVD! With Small Shop Projects, you can become a wizard at creating beautiful keepsakes from scraps. Expert woodworker Jim Cummins shows you how to transform small scraps into valued treasures. You'll learn several variations on making intriguing boxes ... and discover a level of precision and technical wizardry that enhances all of your work.

You'll also learn how to:

• Match grain in hexagonal boxes
• Set up a saw for multi-sided boxes
• Create a sliding fulcrum lid
• Build a puzzle box
• Make splined mitered doors

The next best thing to a private lesson. Small Shop Projects takes you right into expert woodworker Jim Cummins' shop for an unforgettable 60-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!

Build a bench so big and impressive, it’s called The Monster. The answer to every woodworker’s dream, this bench is perfect for hand- and power-tool use. Plus, it features a thick top on a sturdy base with both glued and knockdown mortise-and-tenon joints, along with twin-screw vise and plenty of useful dog holes. Because this video leaves nothing to chance, you really can make it.

Build one of today’s most popular benches. In under one hour, you can learn what it takes to build the iconic bench everyone wants to own with Build a Hybrid Roubo Workbench. Woodworker John Tetreault, who specializes in using reclaimed lumber, walks you through the entire project and offers expert guidance at critical steps on this DVD, that includes a Bonus SketchUp Plan.

Use our expert’s tips to work smarter. This seasoned pro found a better way to build wall cabinets – and so can you. See how he uses sliding dovetails and an unorthodox face frame for greater strength and better looks. All your projects will turn out better when you learn his techniques for creating shop-made moldings and bandings, precise mitered corners, and perfectly fitting doors and drawers, Build this cabinet and build your skills.