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Woodworking

Wood as a material and how to dry it, then hand tools, machines, joinery, finishing, and green-wood craft.

160 lessons ~14 h 9 courses

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Building furniture and small projects from wood, starting from the log.

Course 1 of 9

Drying Wood: From Log to Lumber

How water sits in wood and how to dry it without defects; the foundation for everything else.

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Unit 1

Water in Wood

5 lessons · 24 min

  1. 1 How Wet Is Green Wood? 5 min Start
  2. 2 Equilibrium Moisture Content: Wood Follows the Air 5 min Start
  3. 3 Shrinkage in Three Directions 5 min Start
  4. 4 Predicting Wood Movement in Service 4 min Start
  5. 5 Why Boards Warp and Crack 5 min Start
Unit 2

From Log to Stack

3 lessons · 15 min

  1. 1 Felling and Log Care 5 min Start
  2. 2 Sawing for Drying 5 min Start
  3. 3 Stickering and Stacking 5 min Start
Unit 3

Air Drying

4 lessons · 20 min

  1. 1 Siting an Air-Drying Pile in Wisconsin 5 min Start
  2. 2 How Long Air Drying Really Takes 5 min Start
  3. 3 Air-Drying Defects and Stain 5 min Start
  4. 4 Finishing the Job Indoors 5 min Start
Unit 4

Kiln Drying

5 lessons · 25 min

  1. 1 How a Kiln Works 5 min Start
  2. 2 Reading a Kiln Schedule 5 min Start
  3. 3 Kiln Samples and Safe Drying Rates 5 min Start
  4. 4 Solar Kilns 5 min Start
  5. 5 Dehumidification Kilns, Equalizing, and Conditioning 5 min Start
Unit 5

Measuring Moisture

2 lessons · 10 min

  1. 1 The Oven-Dry Method 5 min Start
  2. 2 Using Moisture Meters Without Fooling Yourself 5 min Start
Unit 6

Drying Small Stock and Special Pieces

4 lessons · 18 min

  1. 1 Turning Blanks and Green Bowls 5 min Start
  2. 2 Green Chair Parts: Using Moisture on Purpose 4 min Start
  3. 3 Cookies, Slabs, and Timbers 5 min Start
  4. 4 Seasoning Firewood 4 min Start

Course 2 of 9

Woodworking Foundations

Tools, sharpening, machines, joinery, and finishing.

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Unit 7

Wood as a Material

4 lessons · 18 min

  1. 1 Reading Grain and Figure 5 min Start
  2. 2 Hardwood and Softwood Anatomy 4 min Start
  3. 3 Wisconsin Woods and What They're Good For 4 min Start
  4. 4 Buying Lumber: Grades, Board Feet, and Rough Stock 5 min Start
Unit 8

Hand Tools

5 lessons · 23 min

  1. 1 Sharpening: Edges, Angles, and Stones 5 min Start
  2. 2 Setting Up and Using Bench Planes 5 min Start
  3. 3 Saws: Rip, Crosscut, and Pull Saws 5 min Start
  4. 4 Chisels and Paring 4 min Start
  5. 5 Marking, Measuring, and Layout 4 min Start
Unit 9

Machines and Safety

4 lessons · 19 min

  1. 1 Table Saw Safety and Kickback 5 min Start
  2. 2 Jointer and Planer: Flat, Square, and to Thickness 5 min Start
  3. 3 Bandsaw Setup and Resawing 5 min Start
  4. 4 Dust Collection and Respiratory Protection 4 min Start
Unit 10

Joinery

5 lessons · 21 min

  1. 1 Edge Joints and Glue-Ups 4 min Start
  2. 2 Mortise and Tenon 5 min Start
  3. 3 Dovetails 4 min Start
  4. 4 Dadoes, Rabbets, and Grooves 4 min Start
  5. 5 Frame and Panel 4 min Start
Unit 11

Finishing

4 lessons · 17 min

  1. 1 Surface Prep: Planing, Scraping, Sanding 4 min Start
  2. 2 Oil and Wax Finishes 4 min Start
  3. 3 Shellac, Varnish, and Lacquer 5 min Start
  4. 4 Finishing Safety: Oily Rags and Fumes 4 min Start
Unit 12

First Projects

3 lessons · 12 min

  1. 1 A Workbench 4 min Start
  2. 2 A Six-Board Chest 4 min Start
  3. 3 A Wall Cabinet 4 min Start

Course 3 of 9

Pre-Industrial Furniture Making

Furniture made the pre-industrial way: Moxon's planing, holdfasts, riven oak joinery, hide glue, drawers, mouldings, and Swedish painted pine.

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Unit 13

Working by Hand

3 lessons · 13 min

  1. 1 Coarse, Medium, Fine 5 min Start
  2. 2 Holdfasts, Planing Stops, and Simple Workholding 4 min Start
  3. 3 Reading Tool Marks on Old Furniture 4 min Start
Unit 14

Joined Work

3 lessons · 12 min

  1. 1 Riven Oak and the Joiner's Trade 4 min Start
  2. 2 A Joint Stool 4 min Start
  3. 3 Carved Oak: Strapwork, Lunettes, and the Carved Box 4 min Start
Unit 15

Casework

4 lessons · 17 min

  1. 1 Hide Glue 4 min Start
  2. 2 Wrought Nails, Cut Nails, and Clinching 4 min Start
  3. 3 Drawers: Half-Blind Dovetails, Bottoms, and Runners 4 min Start
  4. 4 Mouldings with Hollows and Rounds 5 min Start
Unit 16

Furniture Forms

3 lessons · 13 min

  1. 1 The Joiner's Tool Chest 4 min Start
  2. 2 A Plank-Top Table with Breadboard Ends 5 min Start
  3. 3 Swedish Allmoge Furniture and the Painted Farmhouse 4 min Start

Course 4 of 9

Green Woodworking and Sloyd

Axe, knife, and shaving-horse work in green wood.

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Unit 17

Foundations

5 lessons · 21 min

  1. 1 What Sloyd Is 4 min Start
  2. 2 Axes and Hatchets: Choosing and Sharpening 5 min Start
  3. 3 The Sloyd Knife and Knife Grips 4 min Start
  4. 4 Riving with Froe and Wedges 4 min Start
  5. 5 The Shaving Horse and Drawknife 4 min Start
Unit 18

Spoons and Small Things

5 lessons · 20 min

  1. 1 Butter Knives and Spatulas 4 min Start
  2. 2 Carving a Spoon 4 min Start
  3. 3 The Kuksa 4 min Start
  4. 4 Chip Carving 4 min Start
  5. 5 Kolrosing 4 min Start
Unit 19

Containers

3 lessons · 12 min

  1. 1 Shrink Pots 4 min Start
  2. 2 Bentwood Boxes 4 min Start
  3. 3 Birch Bark Work 4 min Start
Unit 20

Turning and Bowls

2 lessons · 8 min

  1. 1 The Pole Lathe 4 min Start
  2. 2 Carving Bowls with Adze and Hook Knife 4 min Start
Unit 21

Furniture

2 lessons · 8 min

  1. 1 Stick Stools and Benches 4 min Start
  2. 2 A Three-Legged Stool 4 min Start

Course 5 of 9

Rustic Furniture

Poles, saplings, and branches: Adirondack twig work, Old Hickory, round tenons and shrink fits, bent willow, and the Westport plank chair.

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Unit 22

The Rustic Tradition

3 lessons · 13 min

  1. 1 Adirondack Camps and Twig Work 5 min Start
  2. 2 Old Hickory and Park Furniture 4 min Start
  3. 3 The Westport Plank Chair 4 min Start
Unit 23

Stock and Joinery

3 lessons · 16 min

  1. 1 Gathering Poles and Saplings 5 min Start
  2. 2 Round Tenons and Shrink Fits 6 min Start
  3. 3 Bent Wood and Nails 5 min Start
Unit 24

Builds

3 lessons · 15 min

  1. 1 Build a Bent Willow Chair 5 min Start
  2. 2 Build a Park Picnic Table 5 min Start
  3. 3 Build a Westport Plank Chair 5 min Start

Course 6 of 9

Canoe Building

Ojibwe birchbark canoes and their materials, wood-and-canvas canoes on a form, and building a cedar-strip canoe.

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Unit 25

Bark Canoes

2 lessons · 10 min

  1. 1 The Birchbark Canoe and Its Materials 5 min Start
  2. 2 Building a Bark Canoe 5 min Start
Unit 26

Wood-Canvas and Cedar-Strip Canoes

2 lessons · 8 min

  1. 1 Wood-and-Canvas Canoes 4 min Start
  2. 2 Building a Cedar-Strip Canoe 4 min Start

Course 7 of 9

Traditional Paints and Finishes

The traditional coatings that finish the work.

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Unit 27

Linseed Oil

5 lessons · 24 min

  1. 1 How Coatings Protect Wood 5 min Start
  2. 2 Raw, Boiled, and Polymerized Linseed Oil 5 min Start
  3. 3 Making Linseed Oil Paint 5 min Start
  4. 4 Applying Linseed Oil Paint Indoors and Out 5 min Start
  5. 5 Oily Rags and Spontaneous Combustion 4 min Start
Unit 28

Milk Paint

3 lessons · 12 min

  1. 1 How Milk Paint Works 4 min Start
  2. 2 Mixing Milk Paint from Scratch 4 min Start
  3. 3 Milk Paint on Furniture: Layers, Wear, and Topcoats 4 min Start
Unit 29

Swedish and Norwegian Coatings

3 lessons · 15 min

  1. 1 Falu Red and Swedish Flour Paint (Slamfärg) 5 min Start
  2. 2 Pine Tar and Tar Mixtures 5 min Start
  3. 3 Lime Wash 5 min Start
Unit 30

Oils, Waxes, and Resins

3 lessons · 13 min

  1. 1 Soap Finish 4 min Start
  2. 2 Beeswax and Oil Blends 4 min Start
  3. 3 Shellac from Flakes 5 min Start
Unit 31

Color

2 lessons · 9 min

  1. 1 Earth Pigments: Ochres, Umbers, and Oxides 4 min Start
  2. 2 Rosemaling and Kurbits 5 min Start

Course 8 of 9

Chairs

Chair design, geometry, joinery, and builds, from stick chairs to ladderbacks.

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Unit 32

How a Chair Works

4 lessons · 27 min

  1. 1 The Two (and a Half) Families of Chairs 6 min Start
  2. 2 The Geometry of Sitting 7 min Start
  3. 3 Wood for Chairs 7 min Start
  4. 4 What Makes a Chair Good 7 min Start
Unit 33

Makers & Movements

6 lessons · 40 min

  1. 1 Mingei and Modern Japan 6 min Start
  2. 2 The Japanese-American Synthesis 7 min Start
  3. 3 Danish Modern 7 min Start
  4. 4 The Wider North 6 min Start
  5. 5 Continental Currents 7 min Start
  6. 6 American Studio Furniture (and Eames, Briefly) 7 min Start
Unit 34

Design Thinking, Drawing & Chair Math

7 lessons · 48 min

  1. 1 How Chair Designers Work 7 min Start
  2. 2 Reading and Making Plans 6 min Start
  3. 3 The Geometry of Chairs 6 min Start
  4. 4 The Physics of Chairs 8 min Start
  5. 5 Proportion and Form Language 7 min Start
  6. 6 Designing Your Own Variation 7 min Start
  7. 7 Rocking Chairs 7 min Start
Unit 35

Joinery & Techniques

10 lessons · 72 min

  1. 1 The Mortise-and-Tenon Family 7 min Start
  2. 2 The Chairmaker's Joint 7 min Start
  3. 3 Japanese Joinery and Hand Tools 7 min Start
  4. 4 Riving and Shaving Chair Parts 7 min Start
  5. 5 Carving a Plank Seat 8 min Start
  6. 6 Bending Wood 7 min Start
  7. 7 Turning for Chairs 7 min Start
  8. 8 Woven Seats and Finishes 8 min Start
  9. 9 The Slip Seat: A First Upholstered Seat 7 min Start
  10. 10 Repairing Chairs 7 min Start
Unit 36

The Builds

7 lessons · 55 min

  1. 1 The Designer's Invitation (Mari's Sedia 1 or Rietveld's Crate Chair) 7 min Start
  2. 2 Stick Chair Warm-Up (*Build a Chair from Bulls%$t*) 9 min Start
  3. 3 Bent Lamination: The Butterfly Homage 7 min Start
  4. 4 Building an Icon (Choose Your Track) 8 min Start
  5. 5 Rustic Stretch 7 min Start
  6. 6 Capstone A: The Democratic Side Chair 8 min Start
  7. 7 Capstone B: The Post-and-Rung Ladderback 9 min Start
Unit 37

The Plan Room

4 lessons · 46 min

  1. 1 The Chairmaker's Resource Atlas 8 min Start
  2. 2 Complete Plan: The Four-Square Stool 11 min Start
  3. 3 Complete Plan: The Three-Point Backstool 18 min Start
  4. 4 Museum to Mockup: An Honest Inspiration Plan 9 min Start

Course 9 of 9

Upholstery

Webbing, springs, stuffing, and covers for the seats the shop builds.

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Unit 38

Foundations

3 lessons · 12 min

  1. 1 The Layers of an Upholstered Seat 4 min Start
  2. 2 Tools and Materials 4 min Start
  3. 3 Stripping and Frame Repair 4 min Start
Unit 39

Traditional Upholstery

4 lessons · 15 min

  1. 1 Jute Webbing 4 min Start
  2. 2 Coil Springs: Setting, Sewing, and Tying 4 min Start
  3. 3 Burlap, Edge Rolls, and Stuffing 4 min Start
  4. 4 The Muslin Cover 3 min Start
Unit 40

Modern Upholstery

2 lessons · 8 min

  1. 1 Sinuous Springs and Elastic Webbing 4 min Start
  2. 2 Foam, Wraps, and Flammability 4 min Start
Unit 41

Covers

3 lessons · 12 min

  1. 1 Choosing Upholstery Fabric 4 min Start
  2. 2 Fitting the Show Cover 4 min Start
  3. 3 Welting and Cushions 4 min Start
Unit 42

Projects

3 lessons · 11 min

  1. 1 A Traditional Drop-In Seat 3 min Start
  2. 2 A Sprung Footstool 4 min Start
  3. 3 Restoring a Sagging Sprung Seat 4 min Start