Page 4 - Skill Builder Videos

  1. Setting Up a Small Woodworking Shop

    Setting Up a Small Woodworking Shop

    Tips for setting up a woodworking shop in a small space. You can have a woodworking shop and still park a car in your garage.
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  2. Video: Routing Slots Through a Workpiece

    Video: Routing Slots Through a Workpiece

    Learn how to cut a centered slot through a thick workpiece without needing an extra long router bit to extend through the entire workpiece.
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  3. Video: Creating a Smooth Wood Finish with Grain Filler

    Video: Creating a Smooth Wood Finish with Grain Filler

    There are many ways to create a smooth finish on wood, but one of the easiest is to use grain filler. In this video, Rob Johnstone demonstrates how to apply grain filler to create a smoother board surface.
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  4. Video: Installing Threaded Inserts in Acrylic Turning Blanks

    Video: Installing Threaded Inserts in Acrylic Turning Blanks

    A question that often comes up when turning acrylic handles is how to install the threaded insert that is included in most Rocklerturning kits into an acrylic turning blank.
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  5. Video: Lathe Dust Collection System

    Video: Lathe Dust Collection System

    Woodturners know that dust collection is challenge when working with a lathe. The Dust Right® Lathe Dust Collection System includes several tools to help improve your lathe's dust collection.
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  6. Video: Benefits of Negative Rake Cutter Turning Tools

    Video: Benefits of Negative Rake Cutter Turning Tools

    Turning tools that feature negative rake cutters make it easier to turn these hard materials. The term negative rake refers to the shape of the cutting angle of the carbide.
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  7. Video: The Perfect Work Surface

    Video: The Perfect Work Surface

    Protect your work surface or projects with one of our silicone project mats. These project mats are made from heat-resistant, easy-to-clean silicone, meaning wet glue rinses off and dried glue peels off.
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  8. Video: Why Are Woodturning Blanks Coated in Wax?

    Video: Why Are Woodturning Blanks Coated in Wax?

    When you shop for woodturning blanks, many of them are coated in wax. Should you scrape off the wax before turning? Leave the wax on the blank?
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  9. Video: You Can Do a Lot with Bench Cookies

    Video: You Can Do a Lot with Bench Cookies

    Bench Cookie Plus work supports feature high-friction rubber pads to hold your project rock-steady while sawing, sanding, or routing without the use of clamps.
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  10. Video: How To Make Waterfall Corner Joints

    Video: How To Make Waterfall Corner Joints

    A cabinet with waterfall corner joints features continuous grain flow around the corners of the cabinet. A waterfall miter joint is a great way to highlight wood with beautiful grain. You'll learn how to cut the miters using a large crosscut sled and how to clamp this joint with temporary clamping cauls.
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  11. Video: How To Make Tongue & Groove V-Groove Boards

    Video: How To Make Tongue & Groove V-Groove Boards

    V-groove board is a decorative panel board similar to beadboard. It features chamfered edges that form a v-groove between each board. The v-groove creates a nice shadow line. You can purchase special router bit sets that will cut the tongue and groove joint and the v-groove in a single pass on each board, but you can also make these boards using more common router bits.
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