Recently, I had the opportunity to rent Don McConnell's new DVD "Traditional Molding Techniques: The Basics". That's right, I said rent. I've been interested in seeing this DVD for some time, being the traditional woodworker that I am, but I was hesitant to shell out the $25 to own it, especially if I decided that I didn't need to own it after watching it.
The service I used to rent the DVD was SmartFlix.com. When I first linked over to the site, my first thought was "why didn't I think of this?" SmartFlix.com is an online rental store for how-to DVDs. You choose what you want to rent from their collection (which is pretty impressive from my perspective), they mail you the DVD, you keep it for a week and watch it as many times as you want and then mail it back in the prepaid envelope. I think this is a real great way to see some of the instructional DVDs I've wanted to see, without having to buy them all (most of which I won't watch more than once or twice anyway).
Their woodworking collection is fairly extensive, with over 325 woodworking how-to titles in categories from furniture making, to turning to tools. The selections are old and new alike with videos from Chris Schwarz, David Charlesworth, Rob Cosman, Don McConnell, Mario Rodriguez, Frank Klausz and a whole bunch of other well known names.
They have other how-to video selections as well not just woodworking.
If you are the type of person who learns best by seeing something done, or if you just like how-to videos, this site may be of great interest to you.
I have no personal interest in the site, I was simply asked to try it and review the service for the readers of my blog. In exchange for my unbiased review, I got a free rental and you also benefit by getting a discount if you use the coupon code listed below. With that said, I do think this service would be of interest to a lot of my readers, so I urge you to check it out if you like how-to DVDs.
Use the coupon code LOGANCABINET when you check out and SmartFlix will give you $2 off of your rental.
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