In our last lesson, you will learn how lumber is graded, measured, and sold. It is strongly recommended that you do the required reading prior to watching the video…
Associated Reading: Modern Cabinetmaking, Pages 205 – 210
Video length: 20 min, 6 sec
Now that we understand the mechanism of wood movement, when it moves, and how much, this lesson will explore how we use this knowledge to recognize when we have a wood movement issue, and more importantly, how we cope with the movement. Once you understand this, it’ll be easy for you to create strong, long lasting woodworking projects that will last a very long time. It is strongly recommended that you do the required reading prior to watching the video…
Before diving into how we cope with wood movement, please watch the first video to review some of the concepts in the previous lessons…
Associated Reading: Understanding Wood, Chapter 7
Video length: 16 min, 0 sec
Video length: 27 min, 32 sec
In this lesson, we will start to explore how moisture works in wood; how it gains and loses moisture in relation to environmental humidity. We also begin to explore how and why wood is dried before we use it. This is a very important and fundamental lesson to understand as it sets the stage for the remaining lessons in this course. It is strongly recommended that you do the required reading prior to watching the video…
Handouts: You can view and/or download several important handouts by clicking on the Materials tab above; scroll down to see all of the handouts.
Associated Reading: Understanding Wood, Chapter 6 : Modern Cabinetmaking, Pages 186, 198-200,
Video length: 26 min, 44 sec
In this lesson, you will gain a deeper understanding of wood including grain and figure, methods of sawing, and various other properties of wood. It is strongly recommended that you do the required reading prior to watching the video…
Associated Reading: Understanding Wood, Chapter 2 : Modern Cabinetmaking, Pages 185-186, 190-191, 196-198, 200-201
Video length: 26 min, 43 sec
Associated Reading: Modern Cabinetmaking, pages 153-165
Layout is a general term for marking your work to indicate where to make a cut, or to indicate the location of joinery, holes, or any machining that needs to be done. As with everything else related to woodworking; the more precise your layout, the higher quality your final product will be. The most common layout tools you’ll use are a square; either fixed or adjustable, a bevel gauge and/or protractor, and a pencil or other marking device. A high quality adjustable square is the most versatile in that it can be used not only to check for square on a part or a machine, but it can accomplish most any layout task with ease.
Watch the video below to learn how to use these tools for a variety of layout tasks, and to check for square (You must watch the video from beginning to end in order to continue with the course):
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Associated Reading: Modern Cabinetmaking, pages 149-153
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In this lesson we’re going back to the basics and talk about numbers including decimals; how we interpret them, rounding up and down, and more. Most importantly, we talk about fractions; what they are and how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide. Lastly, we talk about converting fractions to decimals and a little bit about the metric system and converting inches to millimeters and vice versa. We’ll cover more about measuring and the different measurement systems in subsequent lessons.