George Vondriska provides essential tips and techniques for reducing chipping while crosscutting plywood. Scoring the plywood with a straight edge and utility knife first and then crosscutting, will result in cleaner edges on your plywood. Follow George’s helpful hints to optimize your cut quality. Your woodworking skills will greatly improve when practicing these techniques.
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Adding Tannins to Wood
George Vondriska demonstrates a unique way to color wood using a simple iron acetate solution that creates a chemical reaction with the natural tannins in wood. If you are using a wood species with a low level of tannin, George shows you the process for adding tannins so that the iron acetate will have a…
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Build Your Own Adjustable Woodworking Bench
Have you ever wanted the ability to raise and lower the benches in your woodworking shop while working on various projects? George Vondriska shows you how valuable and easy it is to have an adjustable bench in your shop.
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Bending Wood with a Hot Pipe
Bending wood is one of those techniques that can have a dramatic effect on a woodworking project, but many woodworkers shy away from it because it seems intimidating. Watch this demonstration by our expert woodworker George Vondriska to learn a simple, worry-free approach to bending wood quickly using a heated iron pipe.
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Climb Cutting on a Dovetail Jig
Router bit tearout is a nasty problem when you’re cutting dovetails. So master woodworker George Vondriska shows you how to avoid this devastating problem when completing your woodworking projects by using a technique on a dovetail jig called climb cutting.
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