A rubber mallet is a great tool for avoiding damage to your woodworking. But often a rubber mallet can leave black marks on your wood and you have to sand it off. This tutorial from home improvement expert Danny Lipford gives you some great tips on how to prevent black marks from a rubber mallet. Danny also shows a great way to make a rubber mallet out of a regular hammer.
Ever feel like you don't have enough hands? Build a third one! You will need a 3 foot aluminum rod, a piece of 2 inch by 4 inch wood, a 25 pack of 1/8 in by 2 inch toggle bolts, #6 by 1/2 inch metal screws, an electric drill, drill bits, 14 inch cable ties, and a hacksaw or chop saw. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to build an animatronic robot hand.
In this Corel Draw X3 tutorial you will learn how to work with the line tools. This video is geared towards wood workers who use scroll saw and want to create designs in Corel Draw X3. No matter what your Corel Draw needs, if you are just learning and want to understand how to use the line tools, this tutorial will break them all down for you.
Forget the sticks and drop the matches, Joe Kelley shows you the easiest way to start a fire in the woods: steel wool and a battery. All you need to do is touch the volt battery to the steel wool. Watch this video camping tutorial and learn how to start a fire with steel wool and a battery.
This week, Indy Mogul, Erik shows how to recreate the effect of someone crawling out of a TV. Just like in that scary movie The Ring. It's actually not expensive, just about $30. You will need scrap wood, poster board, tape, and flat bright green paint. Watch this video film special effects tutorial and learn how to make the effect of someone crawling through a television.
Make your own wood polish with ingredients from your kitchen pantry. Watch this Home & Garden how to video and learn to use mineral oil, lemon oil, and wax to create recipes that will keep your furniture looking like new. Keep watching and see how the homemade natural polish should be applied.
Watch this ceramics tutorial video to learn how to make a wiggle cup, a loose spiral bowl similar to a faceted bowl used mainly with wood firing. The detailed instructions in this helpful how-to video will allow intermediate to advanced potters to make wiggle cups or loose spiral bowls.
Watch this video to learn how to cut a circle on a table saw. The idea behind this technique is to create a pivot point for the piece of wood.
Getting out of the wilderness alive is a matter of knowing what to do-and what not to do. This how-to video shows how to stay alive in the wilderness when stuck. Make sure to always have a way to stay warm and don't eat anything unless you know it is safe.
This is a video puzzle tutorial on how to solve the Right Brain Teaser made by Channel Craft, which some people would call the game device of cruel torture.
This tutorial golf video will show you how to hit a stinger shot. This is a shot invented by Tiger Woods for tricky situations where the wind is in your face. It essentially will turn your driver into a threewood, which is handy for hard situations.
Woodworking just isn't satisfying unless you have someone to recieve what you've made. In this video tutorial you will learn how to make a beautiful pencil holder out of pieces of wood. These make great gifts for the holidays.
Checkout this how-to video to make a simple focusing mask that works great. When not helping you to focus your camera, it also extends your dew shield to keep dew off of your lens.
In this video Bob Schmidt shows you how to prepare stained trim for installation and touch up during your home improvement projects.
Tim Carter demonstrates how to use a hidden French cleat to attach a gorgeous fireplace mantel to a wall. Learn this clever way to attach the mantel to the wall without using screws or nails.
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates a few easy tips to make perfect cuts on wood crown molding, especially in the corners of a room. You have to gave your house looking beautiful, don't you?
This is a sweet video showing you how to make a sick electric motor! You'll need some wood, a battery, and some PVC pipe, along with a few other things, and you'll be on your way to making that perfect electric motor of yours.
Create a primitive bowl in the woods. You will want to build a fire and transfer hot coals. Part 1 of 2 - How to Make a primitive bowl.
This video demonstrates how to turn a slimline style pen on a wood lathe.
Watch how to do this basic method of straightening bent wooden arrows using steam to soften the wood. Please be careful when using steam.
This video shows you how to use a can opener, like the ones found on Swiss Army knives. There's also a strange fruit in this video, something called lychees. So, if you're ever in need of opening a can of lychees in the woods, this is the video to watch.
This video will tell you all you need to know to get that fire of yours started using an aluminum fire piston. Never leave home without this, that is, if you live in the woods.
This video shows you how to properly set up and use a wood chip smoking box on a gas grill.
With allergy season in full swing, this video can help you clear the clutter from your bedroom and add a fresh coat of paint to create a soothing sleep sanctuary. Learn alternatives to the traditional headboard and create a new one from faux wood contact paper.
The Woodworking Underground shows in this video tutorial a quick and inexpensive way to repair the slot in your Festool MFT (multi-function table) work table, from pro Joseph Fusco. This how-to video is a must watch for all furniture and woodwork enthusiasts.
Vroom! Power a balsa wood vehicle from the energy of a mousetrap! Fun and easy project brought to you by Make Magazine!
Here's how to make your own fishing lure. Just whittle down some wood and then paint it and add a hook.
Using materials collected on Bois Blanc Island, Michigan you can create a fire quickly with the flint and steel method. Tinder fungus is common in North American woods.
This video shows you how to make summer sausage, highlighting the stuffing and cooking operations. The mixing of the meat and vacuum packing is not included. In this version, I use a domestic (residential) oven rather than the wood fired masonry unit in the back yard.
Made from cherry wood, this is a handmade woodcarved coyote call. Thanks to information posted on Preditormasters for the help in making this video.
Learn how to use 16" gage aluminum wire to make stop motion puppet armatures. It is very easy to do, and wire works great for anyone just starting out. You can also see how to make basic wood feet using tie downs.
In this video, the Wood Whisperer demonstrates a fundamental woodworking joint, the mortise and tenon.
This video explains one of the most critical and fundamental aspects of woodworking: milling lumber. The Wood Whisperer reviews his 4-step milling process, which requires some big tools. Since many folks don't have a fully outfitted shop, he also presents numerous alternative methods for jointing edges and flattening faces. The jointer's jumpin'!!!
Learn how to track wild hogs in the woods. Part 1 of 2 - How to Track wild hogs.
Build a 15' craft out of wood, fittings and epoxy resin. This is brought to you by ShipShapeTV. You may need some serious building materials and equipment to construct a water tight vessel.
Gomi Style shoes us how to cook skewered food with plumber's torch. It burns cleaner that wood. Then they use cheese puffs as fuel to cook a pot full of rice.
Andrew Price of Dyad Bushcraft teaches you how to create a crude water filter from natural materials. The usage of military-grade and other hi-tech filters is also demonstrated.
Tim Carter demonstrates how to use a router and how to change router bits. Great instructional video shows many uses to a router such as creating shelf grooves or ronding off edges on wood.
Everyone has those watermarks when you forgot to use a coaster but the solution is easy!! Here is a little step by step guide and a little video that might help - let me know what you think!
G'day Knuckleheads. Here's my latest one minute stud wall framing tip! Marking on the floor where your wall studs are located is a real handy thing to do. It makes installing your baseboard or skirting board that much easier. Give it a go. You'll be glad you did.
