The Wood Whisperer Guild
What is it?
The Wood Whisperer Guild is your ticket to additional Wood Whisperer content and assistance with your woodworking projects and questions, as well as special discounts with participating vendors. Check out the video to the right or read below for more details.
What do Guild members receive?
- One new Wood Whisperer video per month.
- Immediate access to our growing archive of Guild videos (see below).
- Interactive monthly Guild meetings and exclusive live interviews with notable woodworkers. (These meetings will be recorded and posted on the Guild site for folks who can’t make it to the live events)
- Need urgent assistance with a project? You’ll have access to a high priority email address where you will receive prompt replies to your woodworking questions.
- Standing discounts on tools, lumber and supplies at participating vendors such as Rockler, Eagle America, and Bell Forest Products and Wood Werks Supply, just to name a few (see complete list bottom of right column).
- 20% off all Wood Whisperer DVD’s and T-shirts.
- Email alerts for all Live Wood Whisperer events and Guild Video releases.
- Automatic monthly entry into the Wood Whisperer Giveaway.
What’s in the Guild Archive??
Wall-Hanging Tool Chest- This rugged tool chest is worthy of any wood shop. It can store everything from planes to chisels to drill bits with plenty of room to customize and add tools as you build your collection. And the entire thing is made with Baltic Birch plywood!
The Knife Block- This project comes from Popular Woodworking’s “I Can Do That” series. A simple and elegant knife block that would look great in anyone’s kitchen!
Library Magazine Rack- An incredibly cool-looking magazine rack that is constructed with, believe it or not, pocket screws!
Outdoor Finishes Demo- In this demo I focused primarily on the application of Epifanes and Smith CPES for outdoor furniture.
AWFS 2009 Tool Demos- A special Guild edition of our AWFS video featuring more tools from the show and longer demos.
Ebony Plugs-After my Greene & Greene experiences lately, I realized just how important the finer details of a project are. And one of the most notable details in G&G is the ebony plug. Using methods I adapted from Darrell Peart, I’ll show you how to create the mortises and the plugs themselves.
Flexible Sanding Strip and Sandpaper Jig- Flexible sanding strips are awesome for finalizing curved templates as well as the curved parts themselves. Fortunately, they are incredibly easy to make. I’ll show you how!
Advanced Joinery with Darrell Peart and William Ng- A look into some advanced joinery and advanced Greene & Greene elements with Darrell Peart and William Ng.
A Guild Chat with Darrell Peart- A Live Guild Meeting with Darrell Peart, accomplished furniture-maker, designer, author, teacher, and Greene & Green expert. Advice on design, inspiration, and a little journey into the world of Greene & Greene furniture.
You and Dye- I grossly simplify the confusing world of dyes, while also giving you the knowledge you need to determine the working characteristics of any dye just by looking at the ingredients. Knowledge is power!
Intro to Bent Lamination- A simple introduction as I demonstrate how to create a graceful curved piece. But it will provide you with the foundation you need to try some really crazy curves. Once you have this technique down, you are only limited by your imagination.
Cove Moldings on the Tablesaw- A review of some standard methods for creating symmetrical and asymmetrical coves on a tablesaw.
Parallel Cove Jig-A video plan for creating a Parallelogram Cove Jig. The jig is used to setup and create cove moldings on the tablesaw in the safest way possible.
Reaction Wood & Case Hardening- Ever cut a board and it just about explodes on you? Maybe you’ve made a long rip and suddenly your straight board curves like a pretzel. This video covers the science behind these phenomena, what it means to you as a woodworker, how to avoid it, and what you should do about it.
Just Some of the Topics Covered in Live Guild Meetings- The Blum smoothing plane, card scraper sharpening for dummies, my workbench, the Veritas Twin Screw vice, DeWalt Tracksaw vs the Festool TS55, vlue of high-priced tools, the economy on The Wood Whisperer, advice for a new podcaster, getting the most fleck from white oak, reaction wood and case-hardened wood, what makes curly maple curly, specialized chisels, demo of the Laguna Driftmaster fence, Tansu hardware, Greene & Greene History, John Hall mirror, free-hand router inlay, combination squares, wall-hanging tool chests, chessboard expansion, fixing knots using epoxy and other glues, fixing mistakes, the new Veritas mini scraper.
What is The Guild??
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