Shaper Sessions

Mortise locks and side rail hinges will elevate your fine boxmaking projects, but they can be difficult to install. In this week's show we'll cover best practices for achieving clean, accurate mortises with Origin, ensuring a perfect fit for high-end hardware. With a variety of templates available in Shaper's Hardware Catalog, we'll also talk about the selection of hinges available on the market, and how to pick the right hinge for your project.

This week's project is a mind-bending Penrose Triangle inlay by Ramon Valdez. Join us to learn how we work with thin, commercial veneer - a material that will open your marquetry practice to an incredible variety of species and colors.

Arched doors add a striking element to architecture and cabinetry, but they can be difficult to make. This week we'll walk through the process of building arched frame and panel door with Origin, covering evertyhing from designing and cutting the arch, to joining the frame, and finally installing concealed hinges.

Plate is about more than just hardware and engraving. Join us this week as we go deep into Plate's lesser-known features to work on curved parts, vertical parts, and long cabinets.

You just got a new customizable MINI Systainer - now what?

This week we'll walk through a few different approaches you might take to design and cut your new toolbox, using Origin, Workstation, Trace, and Studio.

Need a last-minute gift for someone special? In this show we're engraving custom names and adding unique handles to classic cutting boards. Studio helps you personalize your projects with over sixty fonts, and with our new Studio Designs category on ShaperHub, it's now possible to remix projects while adding your own twist.

This week we're diving into Larkspur, Origin's twelfth free system update. This massive update includes flexible Workspace imports and exports, smarter Probing for circles and rectangles, and AutoPass Pocketing for faster material removal. See how these updates make Origin even more powerful.

Learn how to update your Origin at by checking our Software Releases page.

Ready to add curves to your next project? On this week's Session, we're using Origin to create templates for steam bending, and walking you through the basics of bending wood with steam. Whether you're building a unique chair back or the ribs of a boat, Origin keeps those curves smooth and accurate.

Tastefully splayed legs add a touch of elegance to Matt Kenney's latest project, and angled mortise and tenons are the secret to this style of woodworking.

On this week's Session we'll show you how to cut angled mortise and tenons with Origin and Workstation, so you can start your own splay-leg table at home.