Description
Build Your Hand Skills (and a Bookcase)!
Using only hand tools, build a simple pine bookcase that will hold any size book. Designed for strength, this smart bookcase is a great way to get into handwork and it can be constructed in just a couple of days!
In this Video Download, you’ll learn:
- How to cut and build with dados
- About forged nails and how to pick the right type of nail for your project
- How to cut stopped grooves with a mortising plane
- The steps to create a tongue-and-groove back
- How to use a beading plane
- To mix and use milk paint
- And much more!
If you’ve been looking for a useful project to build your hand tool skills, look no further!
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About the Host:
Christopher Schwarz is a former editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine, where he worked between 1996 and 2011. He is now a contributing editor to that magazine and is the editor at Lost Art Press. He has produced numerous DVDs for Popular Woodworking and for Lie-Nielsen Toolworks on traditional skills. He is also the author of the book, “Campaign Furniture” (Lost Art Press) and others.
Here are some supplies and tools we find essential in our everyday work around the shop. We may receive a commission from sales referred by our links; however, we have carefully selected these products for their usefulness and quality.
