# 1993 VHS • Shop Secrets from Master Craftsmen 60 FPS

Shop Secrets from Master Craftsmen is a four-segment woodworking instructional video, each segment hosted by a different craftsman. Jan Eakes covers the table saw in depth, opening with fence upgrades and the limitations of the stock miter gauge, then demonstrating three essential jigs: the sliding crosscut table, the half-lap joint jig, and an open bridle joint setup using a dado blade. Frank Claus presents dovetail joinery, including hand-cut through dovetails and the tools and technique required for tight, square joints. Mike Dunbar focuses on hand planing, demonstrating how to true a board using a shooting board, sharpen plane irons on ceramic stones, and achieve a polished cutting edge. Joe Truwini closes the program with a segment on rabbet joints, showing how to rout them cleanly using a dedicated router mortise jig he designed himself. Truwini's jig allows precise depth and length control for consistent half-inch-deep mortises up to 2.5 inches long. Each segment runs approximately 12 to 15 minutes. The program totals approximately 56 minutes and is aimed at intermediate-level woodworkers seeking precision results from established shop methods.

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1993
- By: The Vista Group®
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/TheVistaGroup-ShopSecretsfromMasterCraftsmen1993)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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