Sharpening For Woodworkers

Rob Cosman has been woodworking for most of his life. While earning a B.Sc. in Industrial Technology/Furniture Design at Brigham Young University, he was Dr. Dale L. Nishs teaching assistant. Rob has also worked with many of the worlds best craftsmen - including Alan Peters, Sam Maloof, Tage Frid, Monroe Robinson and Peter Korn. In the first of Rob Cosmans Master Craftsman Series, he teams up with renowned woodcarver, author and teacher Chris Pye to present a comprehensive DVD.

This insightful video will show you how to turn logs to lumber. You will get the lumber you want straight from your favorite trees using your own tools and even set up your own kiln for drying your wood perfectly every time. You’ll also gain an understanding of how boards are graded, and how to use that information to save money when you buy boards.

Keeping your waterstones flat, preparing the back of your blade, The Ruler trick, honing the bevel, preparinga curved blade, re-sharpening a curved blade, fetling the chip-breaker, assembly of the blade and chipbreaker and setting up the plane.

This set of 9 videos, each approximately 60 minutes long, was created by B. Allan Mackie and is packed with information and designed for the serious builder. Narrated by B. Allan Mackie himself, they contain everything you need to know to construct your own state-of-the-art home with consideration of the ecology in mind.

This DVD explores five important skills that will help you refine your woodworking. Woodworkers often debate the best way to get a smooth surface directly from the hand plane on difficult to plane woods. David’s techniques are easy and effective. Other tips on edge jointing, finish planing an assembled frame and panel, crisp decorative bevels to finish edges, and the effective use of the shoulder plane are all well thought out and refined by years of experience.