Tutorials

P. Michael Henderson

Over the years, I've done a number of tutorials on different subjects, some as web pages and some as PDFs.  To see a tutorial, click on the picture or the link.

  Making a Step Stool

Making a Rectangular Serving Tray.

Making an Eight Sided Serving Tray.

Making hand-cut through dovetails

Making hand-cut half-blind dovetails

Making cauls for use in a glue up (web page)

Making a small brass hammer (web page).  Also available in PDF.

Making an Offset Mallet (web page)

Carving a Simple Flower (web page)

Carving a "Square Flower" (web page)

  Carving a Simple Shell (web page)

Carving the Second Shell (web page)

Carving a Complex Shell (web page)

Carving a Simple Early American Fan (web page).

Making a veneer compass rose (PDF)

Making a different veneer compass rose (web page)

Making a veneer sand shaded fan (PDF)

Making templates for a veneer sunburst table (PDF)

Companion Excel spreadsheet to the template article (.xls)

While not a tutorial, here's the Owner's Manual and Parts List for a Dremel Model 1671 Type 2 Scroll Saw.  It's an older scroll saw and people may buy one and not have a manual for it.

  And here's a manual for the Hawk Ultra 226VS scroll saw.

Making a sharpening disk to sharpen carving tools (web page)

Making south Louisiana gumbo (web page).

Making Creole Jambalaya (web page)

How to make the best home-made tomato soup (web page)

Peaches and Cream Dessert (web page)

Any questions, please e-mail me at mike@mikes-woodwork.com  

And you can see some of my woodwork here.