Cutting, Sanding or Wood Finishing

A woodworker at a table saw keeps their hands outside a line they can see only in their head. They push with a stick, feed at a speed matched to the wood, and listen for the motor bogging down. Sanding and finishing are quieter but no less exacting: too much pressure burns through veneer, and a drip in varnish is visible for the life of the piece.

Shifts in our footage include ripping and crosscutting on table and miter saws, bandsaw curves, planing and jointing, random-orbit and hand sanding through grits, raising the grain, applying stain with rags, brushing or spraying lacquer, and rubbing out between coats. The worker checks surfaces by touch and by raking light.

Head cameras capture the worker's line of sight at the blade and on the surface. Fixed cameras in the shop show stance, feed rate, and movement between stations, synchronized to the first-person feed. We record full working days in operating joinery and furniture shops in five countries.

The delivery is organized into episodes such as cutting a set of parts or finishing one panel, with steps labeled in plain language and tagged success or failure. Hand, tool, and workpiece tracking is available if you want it. Files arrive in your own schema in your own storage. All footage comes from paid, consenting participants and is licensed for commercial model development.

Ask for a sample and it arrives within a business day.