Video Workshop Guide
Watch our experts build a piece of furniture step by step on video and download a detailed project plan so you can build along.If you’re looking for a new woodworking project try one of our video workshops. These are complete, online courses taught by some of the best woodworkers in the country, and include companion articles, project plans, and step-by-step video instruction.
And be sure to check out our video series Getting Started in Woodworking, which features essential instruction in using tools, choosing lumber, sharpening, and more. Plus, follow along as we build a basic workbench, a classic bookcase, a cutting board, and a small elegant box.
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Make Beautiful Bandsawn Boxes with Michael Cullen In this video Workshop, watch as Michael Cullen shows you how to build his bandsawn boxes that are quick to make, requiring no measuring, no joinery, and almost no planning. In this project series, you’ll watch as Cullen takes your through all of the steps to make three boxes, a simple four walled box, a textured and painted saddle lidded box, and a textured two-walled box. |
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Limbert-Inspired Arts and Crafts Coffee Table
with Kevin Rodel Watch as master furniture maker Kevin Rodel shows you how to build his elegant interpretation on a classic Limbert design. In this project series, you’ll learn how to use efficient building strategies, get gap-free through-tenon joinery, and dress up your furniture with pierced panels. |
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Ultimate Shaker Workbench
with Michael Pekovich and Matt Kenney Fine Woodworking staffers team up to produce a classic Shaker workbench for the magazine’s workshop. Made of cherry and maple, and accented with traditional milk paint, this bench features a big 84-in. x 26-in. footprint with plenty of workspace. A durable twin-screw vise and sliding dead man make supporting a variety of workpieces fast and easy—and with a whopping 10 drawers, storing all your favorite hand tools becomes a simple affair. |
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Pedestal Dining Table
with Timothy Rousseau Built of walnut, this pedestal dining table offers the perfect balance between elegance and strength. It features a central column joined together using a combination of lap joints and traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery. Its graceful top sports gently curved sides that are inviting to the touch and pleasing to the eye. |
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Woodturning Basics
with Mike Mahoney Learn all the basics of woodturning in this 11-part series with acclaimed turner Mike Mahoney. You’ll begin with tips on how to assemble a basic turnining tool kit before tackling five unique projects including turned wood bowls, a lidded box, an heirloom pepper mill, and more. |
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Single Board Side Table
with Michael Pekovich Put an end to mismatched boards and chaotic grain by building a side table from a single board. Michael Pekovich demonstrates advanced grain matching and milling techniques. With its modern twist on the cabriole leg, and lessons on traditional mortise-and-tenon and dovetail joinery, the Single Board Side Table offers a whole host of lessons for intermediate woodworkers. |
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Queen Anne Lowboy
with Philip C. Lowe Learn how to build a traditional Queen Anne Lowboy and take your woodworking skills to the next level. From the cabriole legs and dovetailed drawers, to the shapely stretchers and turned drop finials, Philip C. Lowe takes you through every step of the process. |
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Veneered Boxes with a Twist
with Adrian Ferrazzutti Learn how to build beautiful boxes sporting intricate geometric veneer patterns. Despite their complex appearance, Ferrazzutti’s veneered boxes rely on simple glue-up and resawing techniques that work together to make boxes graced by dazzling stripes. |
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Country Pine Hutch
with Andrew Hunter Hand tool expert Andrew Hunter shows you how to build a beautiful pine display hutch without the help of a single power tool. Learn classic hand tool techniques in this step-by-step video series. |
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Garden Chair
with Michael C. Fortune Wood-bending master Michael C. Fortune shows you how to build a beautiful garden chair with classy curves. |
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Federal Side Table
with Steve Latta Master craftsman Steve Latta demystifies a variety of techniques as he demonstrates how to construct a Federal Side Table chock-full of period details. |
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Arts & Crafts Glass-Front Cabinet
with Michael Pekovich From the through-mortise-and-tenons to the leaded-glass panel there’s lots to explore in this technique-packed Video Workshop. |
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Workbench with Built-in Storage
with Philip C. Lowe Philip C. Lowe shows you step-by-step, how to build the very same workbench that has served him for over 40 years. Its relatively small size means a craftsman can reach a workpiece resting on its top from all four sides—but don’t let its small footprint fool you. Down below, this bench is packed with plenty of storage for your favorite tools. |
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Bowfront Wall Cabinet
with Matt Kenney Learn how to build this bowfront wall cabinet with step-by-step instructions on vacuum press techniques, working with curved furniture parts, veneering tips, and much more. |
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Arts and Crafts Book Rack with Gregory PaoliniLearn how to build this Stickley-inspired book rack with step-by-step instructions on template routing techniques, through-tenons, book-matched end panels, and much more. |
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Tablesaw Techniques
with Marc Adams Master the tablesaw with a woodworking legend and gain insights on everything from safety, ripping, and crosscutting—to joinery, sleds, and more.
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The Not-So-Big Workbench with Ed Pirnik Learn how to build a traditional cabinetmaker’s workbench that’s sized for smaller home workshops. |
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Hanging Tool Cabinet with Michael Pekovich This traditional hanging tool cabinet features dovetailed casework and loads of versatile tool storage solutions. |
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Asian-Inspired Hall Table |
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Arts and Crafts Coffee Table |
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Dovetail Techniques |
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Shaker Chimney Cupboard with Michael Pekovich Inspired by traditional Shaker designs and joinery methods, this narrow chimney cupboard features dovetailed drawers, frame-and-panel doors, and a simple finish that makes cherry glow. Buy the digital plan |
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Router Table |
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Elegant Side Table |
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Basic Box-Making |
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Guitar-Building Basics |
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Build a Hayrake Table with Michael Pekovich Inspired by the English arts & crafts movement, this dining table features beautiful angled mortise-and-tenon joinery on its signature hayrake stretcher system. Buy the digital plan |
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Build a Classic Cherry Bookcase with Jeff Miller Craft a beautiful bookcase featuring dovetail construction, hand-crafted crown molding and an ingenious wooden shelf standard system. Buy the digital plan |
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Building Picture Frames with Mark Schofield Build a specialized tablesaw sled that yields picture-perfect miters. Then, use it to craft two beautiful frames. Download the members-only plan |
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Build a Hybrid Roubo Workbench with John Tetreault Build an heirloom-quality workbench of reclaimed chestnut and maple. Buy the digital SketchUp plan |
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Build an Entertainment Center with Anatole Burkin Craft a sleek console for your flat-screen TV. |
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Two Ways to Make a Box with Matt Kenney Craft a mitered box or learn a unique twist on the dovetail joint. |
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Make a Cabriole Leg with Philip C. Lowe How to carve and turn this quintessential Queen Anne element. |
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Craft a Sheraton-Style Leg with Philip C. Lowe Get an expert demonstration on turning this leg and carving elegant reeds. |
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Carve a Flame Finial with Philip C. Lowe A seemingly daunting carving is broken into a series of manageable steps. |
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Build a Small Tool Cabinet with Garrett Hack Learn how to build a hanging cabinet perfect for your favorite hand tools or collectibles. |
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Build a Mission-Style Bed with Matt Berger Make an Arts and Crafts bed with step-by-step video instructions and learn smart shop tips for saving money and time. |
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Build a Garden Bench with Matt Kenney Learn how to build this garden bench with step-by-step video instruction from a Fine Woodworking editor, Matt Kenney. |
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Bow-arm Morris chair with Gregory Paolini This comfortable recliner features sturdy mortise-and-tenon joinery and striking quartersawn grain. Don’t miss Paolini’s smart method for laminating the bow arms. |
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Small cabinet project with Tim Rousseau This frame-and-panel cabinet would fit perfectly as a nightstand or end table in your house. Rousseau guides you through each step of construction and building this piece serves as a great introduction to case work using a variety of joints including mortise-and-tenons well as dovetails.Apr. 14, 2009–This video series was named an Official Honoree for the 13th Annual Webby Awards in the How-To and DIY Online Film and Video category |
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Build a Monster Workbench with Matt Kenney Build a massive, maple workbench from start to finish with expert instruction from a Fine Woodworking editor. |
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Build an Entertainment Center with Marc Spagnuolo Build a plywood entertainment center with basic woodworking tools in this video workshop with Marc Spagnuolo, host of the The Wood Whisperer video podcast. |
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Build Small Step Stool with Tom McKenna Learn how to build this small step stool with step-by-step video instruction from Fine Woodworking editor, Tom McKenna. More than 30 minutes of video how-to instruction for mortising, tenoning, pattern-routing, and tapering at the tablesaw. |
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One bookcase, two looks with Phil Lowe See how to make a basic bookcase and then get two options for the base. The basic case has a flat-bracket base, with simple curves cut on the bandsaw. Or, you can substitute an ogee bracket foot. |
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Round table |
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Hanging wall cabinet with Mario Rodriguez This simple, functional cabinet utilizes several types of joinery: dovetails, mortise-and-tenon, dadoes, biscuits. In more than 30 minutes of video, Rodriguez shows how to use router jigs to make the joints for the drawer and the door frame and how to assemble the case with biscuits. |
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Multidrawer cabinet with Chris Gochnour Gochnour shows an easy way to make the drawers, using joints cut on the tablesaw. But if you want to take this cabinet to a higher level, you can make dovetailed drawers. Gochnour shows you how to lay out and cut precise half-blind and through-dovetail joints. |
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Elegant dining chair with Matthew Teague An ambitious project for anyone with at least intermediate woodworking skills. In more than an hour of video instruction, Teague demystifies the chairmaking process, showing how to lay out curves and joinery in a full-size drawing and how to use loose-tenon joinery to simplify construction. |
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Comments
Hi, thanks for the excellent material, i noticed some links are down, are the workshops still available?
for example Limbert-Inspired Arts and Crafts Coffee Table
with Kevin Rodel
thanks again
Javier
This page is outdated. All of the video workshops can be found here: https://www.finewoodworking.com/videoworkshops/
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