Traditional Workshop Jigs & Devices: An Artisan Course with Simon James

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SIMON JAMES brings a fresh perspective to teaching woodwork, one that is very firmly based on the skills and techniques from the past, but with a passion to communicate them clearly to a modern audience, and often with fresh new insights. From an engineering background, Simon gained a Design & Technology teaching degree, specialising in woodworking. He has worked as a craftsman and taught woodworking over the course of 20 years and undertakes commissions from his workshop in North Wales. Traditional workshops had a vast array of clever jigs and devices, all designed, and usually shop-made, to make the work of a craftsmen faster and more accurate. In this DVD you will find a myriad of jigs and tricks that will open your eyes to new ways of achieving your goals, while providing many of those “why didn’t I think of that?” moments. This DVD is designed to compliment Simon James’s book: Working Wood 3 - The Cabinet Makers Workshop (also available on .comDVD CONTENTS: CAUL CLAMPSSAW HORSESBENCH DOGSCLAMP BAR GUIDESLONG BENCH CLAMP WINDING STICKS DIAGONAL STICK SHOOTING STICK EXTRA BENCH LEG