Videos and articles about finishing traditional wood projects.
In this video I show a historical method for darkening white oak furniture with industrial strength Ammonia, inside a makeshift plastic fuming tent, and I do it on
Tables with drawers are really enjoyable to build, but how everything fits together can be confusing for beginner woodworkers. So I'm going to
In this tutorial I teach how to mix melted beeswax, boiled linseed oil, and turpentine to create a lovely historic wood finish and furniture polish. This recipe
In part four of the above video workshop tour, Don Williams teaches how to use a French Polissoir with a beeswax wood polish to create an incredible
In this second part of Don Williams' workshop tour, he shares his ingenious method for melting and refining raw beeswax for use in his famous beeswax wood finishes.
HOW TO BUILD A DOVETAIL DESK WITH WOODWORKING HAND TOOLS (PART SEVENTEEN) You're not going to believe it. My family didn't believe it. Remember how I started building a dovetailed
I recently conducted an experiment to see what ammonia fuming results I could get using affordable (a.k.a. "cheap") ammonia from local hardware stores (Click here to read my article on
In this fourth and final video, professional engraver and flintlock rifle maker Mark Thomas shows us his historical method for creating a strong contrast in figured wood (especially tiger maple)
In my above video Elia Bizzarri shares his no-nonsense method for sharpening and using a card scraper...without expensive jigs! Elia shared this tutorial right after we finished filming out DVD
In my above video I share how I apply a finish to a new or antique saw handle, including a trick for keeping fingers off of the finish! This will
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