New Book from Woodsmith

The editors of Woodsmith and ShopNotes magazines have published a new woodworking book called, 200+ Woodworking Tips and Techniques. In addition to the 200+ tips in the book itself, it comes with a CD that includes 50 more tips, including videos.

This new book follows their previous tips compilation called 120+ Shop-Tested Tips and Techniques that went through four re-printings by my count, maybe five. In any case, they sold a ton of them, first on newsstands across the country, and then via email campaigns and on the WoodsmithStore.com.

Just how many woodworking tips are there in the world? I don't know. But I do know that there are few if any repeats of "old" tips in the new book (I couldn't find any). One way they achieved that is that the new book is heavy on techniques and light on quickie tips. So this book would make an excellent and obvious companion to the 120 tips book.

Like the first tips book, this is also 100 pages, soft-cover, no ads. And it's a typical Woodsmith production with excellent art and photography through out.

200+ Tips and Techniques is $9.95. Shipping and handling are free. For a while, you'll be able to buy one at a newsstand near you. And now, and into the future, at the WoodsmithStore.com.

Read a Good Book Lately?

How about three of them?

Here's a terrific offer from August Home Publishing (my boss) for woodworkers and home improvers. They're offering three 100-page softcover books for half price if you buy all three. They sold on the newsstand for $9.95 each. But now, for $14.95, you get all three--300 pages of woodworking plans, techniques articles, and home improvement storage projects. And just in time for woodworking season -- yes, Virginia, cooler weather will return.

Go here to see what's in each book. Then dream about spending some real time in your shop again.

Hand-Cut Dovetails Video

Over at WoodworkingOnline.com, Joel has posted the latest in the series of woodworking seminar videos. This one is Hand-Cut Dovetails with Robby Pedersen. Robby has spent almost 20 years teaching cabinetmaking to young people. His shop and showroom in Story City, Iowa, is a destination stop for school children throughout central Iowa. Before starting his business making reproduction furniture, Robby ran the period cabinet shop at the Living History Farms in Clive, Iowa.
During this seminar podcast, Robby demonstrates cutting dovetails with the same tools and techniques used by pioneer craftsmen of the 1800s.

You can stream the video to your computer, or download it and watch it later.

These seminars are conducted in the seminar room at the Woodsmith Store in Des Moines, Iowa, often with more than 100 people in attendance. They've been doing this for three years, and many of the seminars are recorded and posted as podcasts. So be sure to look around for other seminars you'd enjoy watching.