Peter Sefton Timber Preparation Download

Peter Sefton Timber Preparation. Peter teaches the fundamental techniques needed to take timber from a rough sawn plank through to dimensioning the finished component to exacting standards.

Using hand tools, he shows how to accurately cut out and flatten a board, mark out and plane to thickness, details how to deal with difficult grain, shows how to produce a face side and face edge, how to plane end grain; all to extremely high tolerances.

An inspiring video full of tips and techniques that will help you master fundamental skills required for timber preparation and fine furniture making.

Also available as a DVD

Peter Sefton is the owner of Wood Workers Workshop and is an award winning Master Craftsman and Commercial Designer Maker with 35 years’ experience in bespoke furniture making. With our partners at Artisan Media, Peter brings his fine furniture making knowledge to a series of DVD's and Digital Downloads to share with everyone.

One of only 300 Liverymen of the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers, he was recognised for his work in education and the development of craft skills. He is a qualified Furniture Lecturer and Assessor and has his own internationally renowned private Furniture School in the heart of England. Peter has devoted the past 20 years of his professional career to teaching and mentoring woodworkers.

He also writes regularly for magazines; he is a well-rounded furniture maker with vast experience in hand tool techniques, wood machining, veneering and designing.

CONTENTS: 

• ASSESSING TIMBER
• IDENTIFYING DEFECTS
• HANDSAWING
• BENCH WORKHOLDING
• GRAIN DIRECTION
• REMOVING STOCK
• MARKING GAUGES
• PLANING THICKNESS
• END GRAIN PLANING
• SHOOTING BOARDS

NTSC | English | Stereo | Color | Widescreen | Shot and mastered in HD | 

Total Running Time 1hr 40min