DVD's

Rough Cut - Blanket Chest
with Tommy Mac

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In Blanket Chest Tommy provides detailed instructions for a project that's been around since the 1600s, highlighting the mortise and tenon joinery techniques, and dramatic yet simple carving. He also stops by the Whipple House in Ipswich, Massachusetts, to speak with artisan Rob Tarule, and hosts his friend and fellow woodworker, Al D'Attanasio, for a chat in his studio.

Rough Cut - Bread Box
with Tommy Mac

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In Bread Box Tommy provides detailed instructions for this kitchen essential, and illustrates the deceptively simple tambour door technique. Plus, he joins curator Dean Lahikainen for a tour of the Peabody Essex Museum's collection of early American furniture, and is paid an in-studio visit by fellow North Bennet Street School alumnus Eli Cleveland.

Rough Cut - Chippendale Footstool
with Tommy Mac

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In Chippendale Footstool, Tommy provides detailed instructions for the dramatic features that this piece showcases, sharing his carving experience and skill. He also takes a trip to the shop of carving expert Will Neptune for a lesson in carving the ball-and-claw foot, then returns to his studio to speak with the North Bennet Street School's Steve Brown.

Rough Cut - Finishes
with Tommy Mac

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In Finishes, Tommy provides detailed project instructions for work requiring a finishing technique. He visits the shop of Christine Thomson, a period finisher working out of Salem, Massachusetts, and is paid a visit by Mark Libby, a fellow Canton, Massachusetts, resident and local finisher.

Rough Cut - Flag Box
with Tommy Mac

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In Flag Box, Tommy provides detailed project instructions, highlighting the technique for achieving successful splined mitre joints, and gets help from five retired servicemen to fold the flag for display. He also goes on location at the USS Constitution to speak with naval historian Margherita Desy, and is paid an in-studio visit by local woodworker Al D'Attanasio

Rough Cut - Keepsake Box
with Tommy Mac

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In Keepsake Box, Tommy provides detailed instructions, and addresses the subject of herringbone veneer techniques. Then, he takes a trip to the John Adams House in Quincy, Massachusetts, to visit one of John Adams's desks, covered in magnificent veneer and banding. Tommy is joined in the studio by Neil Lamens of Furnitology.com.

Rough Cut - Octagonal Lazy Susan
with Tommy Mac

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In Octagonal Lazy Susan, Tommy provides detailed project instructions for this magnificent piece, with a focus on the inlay technique. He also takes a field trip to Historic New England, a private warehouse in Haverhill, Massachusetts, full of important furniture, and works back in the studio with fellow North Bennet Street School alumnus Eli Cleveland.

Rough Cut - Serving Tray
with Tommy Mac

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In Serving Tray Tommy provides detailed instructions and discusses the technique of creating compound angles--and offers up a trick that helps create the angle that defeats so many woodworkers. Then he joins Gerry Ward--from Boston's Museum of Fine Arts--at the First Church of Ipswich, Massachusetts, and returns to his studio for a visit from the North Bennet Street School's Steve Brown.

Rough Cut - Shaker-inspired Night Stand
with Tommy Mac

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In Shaker-inspired Night Stand, Tommy provides detailed project instructions for one of his favorite projects, highlighting techniques for mortise and tenon joinery, and leg tapering. He also speaks with North Bennet Street School president Miguel Gómez Inbáñez, and receives an in-studio visit from Steve Brown, head of the School's Cabinet and Furniture-Making department.

Rough Cut - Shaker-inspired Step Stool
with Tommy Mac

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In Shaker-inspired Step Stool, Tommy provides detailed project instruction, highlighting the dovetail technique. He also visits The Breed School of Fine Woodworking in Rollingsford, New Hampshire, to speak with Allan Breed, a fellow craftsman and expert on historical furniture. Tommy is joined by in-studio guest Al D'Attanasio, a Canton, Massachusetts, resident who has been an avid woodworker for over forty years

Rough Cut - Trellis
with Tommy Mac

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In Trellis Tommy provides detailed instructions for building a trellis, the perfect accent for any outdoor space. He also steps outside the studio with Trellis Structure's David Valcovic, and the two of them visit the John Adams House in Quincy, Massachusetts, which showcases its own impressive collection of trellises.

Rough Cut - Trestle Table
with Tommy Mac

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In Trestle Table, Tommy provides detailed project instructions for a table perfect in any kitchen, highlighting the mortise and tenon joinery technique. He also visits Artisan Lumber in Lunenberg, MA, to speak with Brian Brown about unique hardwoods, and is paid an in-studio visit by fellow Bennet Street School graduate Eli Cleveland.

Rough Cut - Wall Cabinet
with Tommy Mac

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In Wall Cabinet, Tommy provides detailed project instructions for crafting dentil, cove, and quarter-round moldings. He also visits Boston's Old North Church for a closer look at its standout dentil molding, and stops by master craftsman--and director of The Furniture Institute of Massachusetts--Phil Lowe's studio in Beverly, Massachusetts, to talk about adding architectural detail to certain projects.