Shaping - Page 5 of 21

Use steam to create strong, curved parts with continuous grain.

Russ Filbeck doesn't use a steambox when bending wood for his ladderback chairs. Instead he uses a copper tray made by noted Shaker box maker John Wilson.

Give the stool an elegant look with subtle curves and hand-carved texturing on the legs, then glue it all together with hot hide glue.

The curved back of a regular sanding block makes a great tool for smoothing concave surfaces.

Ben Strano demonstrates how to build an accessory table that mounts in your lathe banjo when using it as a disk sander.

You can easily spend $100 on 5 climbing holds, so Ren Kauffunger asked his dad to show him how to make wooden climbing holds.

Instead of turning to a router or a shaper, Will Neptune produces various deep, wide coves using the tablesaw.

Mike Pekovich demonstrates how you can accurately and consistently taper parts on the jointer.

Matthias Pliessnig has perfected a painstaking process of steam-bending white oak ribs and slats to produce some of the most beautiful forms in contemporary furniture

In this video, Tim Coleman shows some of his early stamped-pattern work made entirely with letters, as well as later patterns made of combinations of altered shapes, especially circles, ovals, and crescents.