Customer Reviews

Woodworking Vol. 1: Woodworking DVD

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I bought this and Vol.#2 from Amazon's site but from the cheaper alternative Do It Yourself Videos....man I'm sure glad I did. I can't comment on Vol.#2 as #1 is nothing but a bad sales pitch for the shopsmith,I just turned it off after skimming through the first 5 chapters,still have Vol.#2 in the wrapper. I'm sure glad I only paid about $10.00 to get them as they're not even worth that.

This is an instruction video on building a cabinet, not general woodworking. I wanted something to explain the tools and what they are used for. They do use the shopsmith and I suspect this is an old VHS tape converted to DVD so it's outdated.

But on the good side, it does a good job on how to build a basic cabinet.

As noted by other reviewers, You should own a shopsmith or equivilent for these videos. I got them from a reseller and I am glad I did. I have many DVD's and wood working videos. You can see my other reviews. These are commercially made, but slightly deceptive????

Many others to choose from, depends on what type of woodworking you are doing.

The reviewer who slammed this as a Shopsmith commercial sold the DVD in my case. This and volume two are filled with good, simple woodworking techniques, the fact that they are using a Shopsmith doesn't make any of them less useful or unsuited to standalone woodworking equipment. On the flip side, getting to see live woodworking done on a Shopsmith is a boon to me. My recently acquired second hand Shopsmith cost me very little, and while I don't use it for a table saw, all the other functions are saving me a ton of money and shop space!