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2:20A drill press provides a great way for drilling holes, but sometimes isn’t capable of doing quite what you want it to do. When it comes to drilling tiny holes, anything 1/16” or less, many drill presses can’t help you. The chuck simply doesn’t get small enough to securely hold little bits. And that’s a…
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3:21Want to get more life out of your sandpaper? If you’ve been wondering how to clean sanding belts, good news is, it’s easy. All you need is an abrasive cleaning stick. Especially important on drum sanders Of course we want to get more life out of every piece of sandpaper we use in the shop,…
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5:35Learn the secrets for dealing with snipe on a benchtop planer. Benchtop planers are a great asset to any woodworking shop. They enable us to prepare rough lumber for use in our projects, and to machine stock to a precise dimension. One common problem that can occur when running a board through a portable planer…
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2:41George Vondriska teaches you how to use a benchtop mortiser and a 45-degree V-block to cut a mortise at a 45-degree angle. He stresses the importance of taking the first cut slowly, so as to avoid the blade glancing off of the surface and affecting the cut quality.
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7:48Watching our videos is a terrific way to learn how to build furniture. In this video, you’ll learn how to make wooden furniture legs that are planed to be dimensionally identical. Each step of the process is explained and demonstrated in real time so you can take what you’ve learned and apply it directly to…
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3:12George Vondriska teaches you how to adjust and set the auger on your benchtop mortiser so that it is in the proper position to make effective cuts for mortise and tenon joinery. Using a dime to set the shoulder on the hollow chisel, you can feel out the correct projection necessary for the auger on…
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3:08Master woodworker George Vondriska teaches you how to properly use your benchtop mortiser by demonstrating the correct sequence of cuts that you should make. He lays out the dimensions, lines up the mortiser, and shows how to use the hollow chisel to make initial cuts and then go back through to remove the bridges in…
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2:27Ever wonder what really goes on inside a planer to make that piece of cedar look perfectly smooth? George Vondriska uses a GoPro camera to show you exactly what is happening to your wood when you feed it through a wood planer.
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5:04George Vondriska teaches you the technique for making mortises on a drill press. The procedure requires a forstner bit and a fence on the drill press and a bench chisel to take the high spots off the drilled mortise.
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