The Way to Woodwork DVD Series

Getting Started in Woodturning

Woodturning is growing in popularity as people of all stripes discover that it is inexpensive and easy to get started in this practical, fun and creative craft. This entertaining full-length DVD teaches everything you’ll need to know to start woodturning safely and with more than enough knowledge to have fun right from the start.

This fun to watch DVD will cover these topics and more:

  • Woodturning tools and how to use them
  • The parts of a lathe and what they do
  • Spindle turning: cutting coves and beads, using spindle gouges, skews and scrapers
  • Bowl turning (face plate turning): mounting large blanks and mastering the bowl gouge
  • Sanding and finishing on the lathe

In addition, we’ve included a bonus sharpening section teaching how to get your tools sharp and keep them that way.

Ernie-HeadErnie Conover: With more than 40 years of experience teaching woodturning, Ernie is the perfect person to instruct people beginning in the craft of woodturning. A talented woodworker across the spectrum of woodworking, he was also one of the founding members of the American Association of Woodturners.

Kim-Head Kimberly McNeelan: A professional woodworker and author, Kimberly brings a fresh and artistic bent to her woodworking. Her focus is “aesthetically pleasing and functional wood furniture.” A regular contributor to Woodworker’s Journal magazine and website, Kimberly is a rising star in the world of woodworking.

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Mastering the Table Saw

Learn to safely and confidently operate the most important tool in your workshop: the table saw. Our experts teach everything, from the basics of ripping and crosscutting, working up to more advanced techniques. You’ll also discover how jigs add versatility, safety and accuracy to your table saw. Expert or rookie, this DVD has something for every woodworker.

And to make this DVD even more useful and practical, our experts take what they’ve just taught you, and put those techniques to work building a classic Arts & Crafts Nightstand made entirely on the table saw.

Johnstone-DVDRob Johnstone: With over 35 years of woodworking experience, 17 of them with Woodworker’s Journal, Rob is a trusted name in the woodworking industry. His humor and easy-going style lend themselves to explaining woodworking in a way that respects the learner and elevates the craft.JoJo-2

JoAnne Liebeler: For over 25 years, JoAnne (JoJo) Liebeler has been dispensing advice about home improvement on television and video. As a host and producer of TV shows such as Hometime, Home Savvy and Passport to Design, she has a zest for learning about new tools, techniques, products and best practices.

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Step-by-Step to a Perfect Finish

Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced finisher, you’ll find a wealth of must-have information in this DVD. It’s based on the “Finishing Flow Chart,” a step-by-step process that guides you seamlessly through the finishing experience.

You’ll learn which steps to take and which to omit to create any finish, simple or complex, as well as what materials to use and exactly how to use them. It’s both a guide and a course on the path to a perfect finish every time.

Michael-DresdnerMichael Dresdner: With over 40 years of experience, Michael is a nationally known finishing expert and the author of four books and four videos on the subject. He has taught and lectured extensively and has written thousands of articles, and is a long-time contributor to Woodworker’s Journal magazine.JoAnne-Liebeler1

JoAnne Liebeler: For over 25 years, JoAnne (JoJo) Liebeler has been dispensing advice about home improvement on television and video. As a host and producer of TV shows such as Hometime, Home Savvy, and Passport to Design, she has a zest for learning about new tools, techniques, products and best practices.

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Woodworking’s Critical Path

Whether you’re a woodworking beginner or someone with advanced skills, the three-DVD series “The Way to Woodwork” will help you step up to the next level. You’ll gain knowledge and skills for specific joinery and construction techniques with both hand and machine cutting, and put them into practice with specific projects included on the DVDs. Most importantly, though, you’ll get comprehensive woodworking instruction that applies to any piece of furniture you might want to build.

Woodworkers Ian Kirby, trained as a master in the British Arts and Crafts tradition, and LiLi Jackson walk you through skills, design, mock-ups and projects on the DVDs in an accessible manner that introduces you to the methodology behind this tradition — and lets you put it to use in your own shop. From designing to completing a project, you’ll be able to follow the “Critical Path” of woodworking, thanks to their clear and competent instruction.

ianIan Kirby: With over 50 years of experience as a master woodworker, educator and trained designer, Ian is uniquely qualified to teach woodworking. His blended skills as an educator and a master woodworker combine to make this DVD a remarkable achievement.lili

LiLi Jackson: A woodworker who has studied at many of the top woodworking schools in the country, LiLi grew up in the Rockler family business — Rockler Woodworking and Hardware. LiLi brings all of her unique experience to bear in these DVDs.

The series is available by individual episode (Volume I: Essential Starters, Volume II: Building on Basics, and Volume III: Advancing Your Skills or as a complete 3-volume set.)