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Inside This Issue
Timber Framing Class
October 11,
2010
Mike Goldberg's seminar will cover every aspect of timber framing in today's trades from understanding wood,
joinery layout, cutting and raising, to recycling storm damage into building materials and hybrids.
If you've ever been interested in timber framing as historical knowledge, or as a diy project, this
is an excellent opportunity for homeowners, contractors, architects, designers, and engineers to
draw on 30 years experience in the timber framing world. The knowledge gained in this 3 hour class is
not only powerful and enlightening, but priceless as well!
Highland's Upcoming Woodworking Class
Schedule in Atlanta
Many classes fill up quickly. Register now to make sure we
hold a spot for you.
October 5
Hand Tool Sharpening
October 6
Finishing the Finish
October 9
Turning Pens
October 9
Antiques Show and Tell
October 10
Turn a Peppermill
October 11
Timber Framing
October 13
French Polish Workshop
October 17
Dovetail Variations with Roy Underhill
October 19
Using Hand Planes
October 20
Taming of the Skew
October 23 & 24
Antique Restoration
October 23 & 24
Windsor Chair Making Seminar with Peter Galbert
October 23-29
Build a Child's Windsor Balloon Back Chair with Peter Galbert
October 30
Basic Bowl Turning
October 31
Basic Bowl Turning
November 1-4
Cabinetmaking Basics: Build a Base Cabinet with Drawer
November 5-7
Relief Carving for Beginners
November 6
Spray Finishing
November 10
Sharpening for Turners
November 13
Chip Carving
November 13
Antiques Show and Tell
November 14
Introduction to Turning for Furniture
November 17
French Polish Workshop
November 20
Tablesaw Basics
November 21
Basic Bowl Turning
December 4 & 5
Fundamentals of Woodworking
December 7
Hand Tool Sharpening
December 8
Taming of the Skew
December 9
Build a Durable Picture Frame
December 11
Turning Pens
December 12
Basic Bowl Turning
December 14
Using Hand Planes
December 15
Finishing the Finish
December 18
Beginning Turning
Classes Suitable for Teens
Check Out our YouTube Channel
The Highland Woodworking YouTube channel is chock-full of
fascinating and instructive woodworking videos for your enjoyment. From monthly offerings by our
Down to Earth Woodworker, Steven Johnson, to demos of new tools shot onsite at our retail store to
instructional videos from our many vendors, there is something for everyone at the Highland
Woodworking YouTube Channel.
This month, we have a new video from The Down to Earth Woodworker, who makes some modifications
to his standard
bench hook design
that will provide some extra benefits in the workshop.
CLICK HERE to check it
out!
Save $120 on our Rikon 12" Lathe Package Deal
Our woodturner's turnkey package deal is a great way to get
started in the world of woodturning. We've supplemented Rikon's highly popular 12" x 16" 6-speed
mini-lathe with our signature set of 6 Bodger HSS turning tools plus added the world's most popular
turning video, the New Turning Wood DVD with world-renowned turner and teacher, Richard Raffan.
Includes set of 6 HSS turning tools, instructional DVD, live center,
12-position indexed headstock, 6 speeds - 430-3900rpm, 3" faceplate, 1/2 HP motor and 2 year warranty. Weighs 89 lb.
CLICK HERE for more info:
Turn the Rikon Mini-Lathe into a 12" x 40" Lathe for an additional $99.99
This heavy cast iron bed extension turns the Rikon Mini-Lathe into a full-size lathe with 40" capacity between centers. Easily bolts onto the
cast iron bed of the lathe. You can even add multiple extensions to create a solid lathe with practically unlimited length capacity.
CLICK HERE for more info:
NOW SAVE EVEN MORE
on our Deluxe Steel City
14" Granite Bandsaw!
Purchase the 50100G bandsaw for $599.99 and get
the 12" Height Adjustment Riser Kit for just $49.99 (reg. $89.99). Total cost of this package deal (our item 50100GR) is $649.98 plus shipping.
If you're in the market for a powerful, full-featured bandsaw capable of any challenge from
heavy-duty resawing to fine, delicate fretwork, look no further.
We believe the Steel City model 50100G is one of
the best 14" bandsaws available at any price, anywhere.
Quantity purchasing has kept our cost low, and we're passing the savings along to you.
More Info and How to
Order
NEW Steel City 8" Granite Jointer with Quick Change
Knives Is a Terrific Value,
only $899.99
This great value in a longbed 8" jointer is finally in stock and available for immediate shipment!
You can enjoy the benefits of 77" long solid straight granite jointer beds, cutterhead with 3 quick-change knives, 2 HP
230 volt motor, solid 48" long center-mounted granite fence that tilts in and out for bevels or
chamfers, integral mobile base, and a depth of cut up to 1/2". All this plus a 5-year
warranty at a very affordable price! Net weight 460 lbs.
Steel City 8" Granite Jointer
with quick change knives
Other Steel City Granite Jointers
40635 6" with quick change knives
40640 6" with helical cutterhead
40660 8" with helical cutterhead
You'll Love our Mail-In Blade Sharpening Service
"Recently I used your saw sharpening service and I wanted to let you know that they did a super job on my
blade. I not only needed the blade sharpened, but one tip was missing and they replaced it as well. Turn around time was only about a week from my
home in Tennessee. The blade cuts as good as a new one. You can bet that I will be using you again when needed."
Thanks,
Charles Arkon
CLICK HERE for Details
Leather Shop Apron
Now on Sale for $49.99
You'll love this handsome and practical workshop accessory. Made of top grain leather, it gives much greater protection
than canvas or nylon aprons. Convenient pockets have flaps to keep out sawdust.
More Info and How to Order
Visit our Retail Store
for a Delightful Highland Woodworking Experience!
When passing through Atlanta, be sure to stop and browse our amazing retail store, featuring over TEN THOUSAND woodworking tools, books, supplies and accessories.
Our knowledgeable and experienced staff will be glad to discuss your shop needs and answer all your woodworking questions.
1045 N. Highland Ave NE
Atlanta, Georgia
Map to Highland Woodworking
Highland Woodworking Gift Certificates
An awesome present that's always appreciated by just about any woodworker anywhere.
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Show Your Shop!
For this popular monthly column, we invite you to
SEND
US PHOTOS
of your woodworking shop along with captions and a brief history and
description of your woodworking. (Email photos at 800x600 resolution.)
Receive a $50 store gift card if we show your shop in a future issue.
The Future of Woodworking
By Steven D. Johnson
Racine, Wisconsin
This month, our
Down To Earth Woodworker
, Steven Johnson, provides us with a futuristic look
at woodworking, and discusses what we need to do to keep our craft alive and well. He also offers a
thorough discussion of sound safety tips for your shop, and builds a torsion box bench hook with, of
course, several corollary benefits.
CLICK HERE to start reading about the future of woodworking:
Lie-Nielson Tool of the Month
#102 Low-Angle Block Plane
Never owned a Lie-Nielsen plane before? Want to fall in love? Our advice to you: buy this delightful little Lie-Nielsen
low-angle block plane. It will perform like no other hand plane you've ever owned. It may even change your whole attitude towards hand tools. And this one costs
less than $100.
Go ahead. You know you want it.
CLICK HERE to do it:
Ask the Staff
Question:
I have recently come across some old reclaimed wood. Are there some resources or classes available
to help with working with reclaimed wood? Are there any special cleaning methods or products that
need to be use when prepping the wood, or special techniques for finishing the wood?
Check
out the answer HERE
E-mail us
with your woodworking questions.
If yours is selected for publication,
we'll send you a free Highland Woodworking hat.
The Incredible Homemade Work Shop
By Mickey Hudspeth
Duluth, GA
Woodworking has been my hobby for over 30 years. I made most
of the machines in my shop from scrap metal materials and a South Bend metal lathe. Some of my
homemade machines are approaching 30 years old and I'm still using them.
CLICK HERE to take a closer look at my homemade workshop:
The New Galbert Caliper
This superb invention will enhance your spindle turning experience. Peter Galbert's
direct reading caliper is a "tape rule for woodturners."
CHECK IT
OUT:
Build a Child's Windsor Chair with Peter Galbert, October 23-29
Here's the perfect gift for your favorite grandchild (or any other kid you know).
You'll build the entire Windsor chair during this 7-day event, plus take home the skills to build many more. Professional chairmaker
Peter Galbert will show you all you need to know, plus coach you from start to finish. Space is limited, so sign up early.
FIND OUT
MORE inside
,
or sign up for the class
HERE
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Finishing
Wood
with Alan Noel
Builders and Finishers
Model a No. 72 Gustav Stickley Bookcase
Using SketchUp
By Sean Headrick
San Jose, California
This month I will show you a typical work flow for designing a bookcase with separate components
capable of showing construction methods and complex joinery details.
Click here to
learn how to model this elegant bookcase:
Woodworker's Guide to Google Sketchup 7 is
now available from Highland Woodworking
Bob Lang's excellent instructional eBook for learning Google's free design program is now
available for purchase at Highland Woodworking. If you've ever been frustrated trying to learn the
ins and outs of Google Sketchup and how you can use it for your own woodworking, this eBook is the
thing you've been looking for.
A great tool to have if you love Sean Headrick's Sketchup column!
CLICK HERE for more info:
New Rikon 12" 3 HP
Planer-Jointer -
A BIG addition to your shop
for a SMALL price
The Rikon 12" Planer-Jointer offers tremendous power and capacity at a very reasonable price. Rikon's exceptional design provides not
only a jointer bed that is 12" wide by 49" long, but also includes a heavy-duty 12" autofeed
thickness
planer as well, excellent together for turning roughcut lumber
into boards that are perfectly flat and straight.
CLICK HERE for more
info:
New Rikon 16" Bandsaw
The Rikon 16" bandsaw provides valuable extra-width cutting capacity compared to your typical 14"
bandsaw, yet costs only a little more. Powered by a 1-3/4 HP 115/230 volt motor, this unit comes
ready to plug into your typical 115 volt outlet. An extremely sturdy steel frame helps maintain accuracy.
Double bearing blade guides add stability and reduce friction for longer blade life. This is an
excellent machine for using our Wood Slicer resawing blade for large capacity resawing.
CLICK HERE for more info:
New Massive Rikon
20" x 37" Lathe
is an Unbeatable Value
Rikon's new massive electronic variable speed lathe is a whole lot of lathe for the money! Weighing
461 lbs., its tremendous 20" swing over the bed increases even more with purchase and installation
of the optional bowl turning attachment. Powered by a 1.5 HP 220 volt motor.
CLICK HERE for more info:
New Lower-Priced SawStop Cabinet Saw
The award-winning SawStop Professional Cabinet Saw has just become more affordable. Now being offered
for August delivery with 120 volt 1.75 HP motor, the SawStop PCS175 is priced at only $2299.
(The 3 HP model requires that your shop be wired for 220 volts.) Now more shops than ever will have access to SawStop's
safety performance, quality, and innovative engineering.
CLICK HERE for more
info:
WOODWORKING
TIPS MAP
An easy way to navigate our entire highly-informative woodworking website.
Quantity Discounts on Hardwood Lumber
10% discount on 50 BF (assorted). 20% discount on 100 board feet.
Available for in-store purchase only, premium hand-selected Walnut,
Cherry, Mahogany, Red Oak, quartersawn White Oak, Maple, Poplar, European steamed Beech, Purple Heart and
others. Random widths and lengths, planed 2 sides, one straight edge. Stop in and check it out!
Hardwood Lumber Price List
Try our new Woodworking Article Search Feature
on the Highland Website
We've been writing and publishing articles on woodworking
techniques and the use of woodworking tools for over 30 years!
We're pleased to present a new search engine designed to make it easy to lead you to the info you need.
(Please continue to search
for our products using our original website product search engine.)
CLICK HERE to search for woodworking information:
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, Highland's ONE DAY SALE Featuring Free Demos by TV Star Roy Underhill
Join us at our Atlanta store Saturday, October 16, 9 AM to 6 PM for our annual Fall One-Day Sale.
Headlining this year's event is our good friend, Roy Underhill, star of the Woodwright's Shop TV show, who'll be in the store demonstrating
traditional hand tool woodworking techniques
throughout the day. Plus a number of our top vendors will also be on hand giving live demonstrations.
It's a great chance to learn new woodworking techniques
as well as save money on the many great deals we'll be offering throughout the store.
Roy will also teach a
$99 all-day class
on Sunday, October 17, demonstrating some of the many variations of traditional dovetails.
This Well-Built European Workbench Has a Surprisingly Low Price
We are delighted with the excellent quality of this highly affordable new workbench.
Comes complete with two 14" vises and 4 benchdogs. Made in the
Czech Republic using the finest European Beechwood, the bench weighs 103 lbs. and provides a 53" x 20" work surface.
CLICK HERE for more info:
Save $100 on the Best
13" Helical-Head Planer,
Now on Sale for $499.99
Steel City's patented helical cutterhead uses 24
four-sided HSS indexed cutting inserts and that makes this planer best in its class. A special purchase
allows us to offer these planers at an unprecedented low price, while supplies last.
CLICK HERE for more info:
Featured Tools This Issue
Show Your Stuff!
We invite you to
SEND
US PHOTOS
of your favorite woodworking projects along with captions and a brief history and
description of your woodworking. (Email photos at 800x600 resolution.)
Receive a $50 store gift card if we show your stuff in a future issue.
See the New Festool Dust Extractors
Festool's state of the art dust extractors are now available! The new Festool CT26E and CT36E
feature increased capacity, new self-cleaning filter bags plus an integral hose garage as standard
equipment. Why not make your workspace safer, cleaner and more efficient with a new Festool dust
extractor?
CLICK HERE
for more info
and how to order:
Check Out our New Woodworking Blog
The Highland Woodworking blog now has a bright new look and user-friendly interface for reading,
sharing and commenting. We invite you to expand your access to our growing woodworking community and
get new woodworking tips, news about our classes and first crack at special promotions.
CLICK HERE
to go to our BLOG:
ALSO VISIT HIGHLAND AT:
Try our Very Affordable
One-Handed Bar Clamps
Our new pump action light bar clamps make glue-ups easier
than ever before. One hand is all you need to apply up to 330 lbs. pressure to your workpiece. Jaws
can be easily reversed to turn clamps into spreaders. Available in 3 lengths, 12", 24" & 36". Save an extra 17% when you purchase 6 of one size.
CLICK HERE for more info:
NEW Earlex 3500 USER FRIENDLY HVLP Sprayer
NOW ON SALE
$129.99
The Earlex 3500 Spray Station (made in England) has made smooth and efficient spray finishing both user friendly and highly
affordable. Discover how fast and easy finishing can be without having to apply using a brush. Comes equipped to flawlessly spray stains, lacquer,
shellac, polyurethane, and water-based finishes, as well as thinned latex paint.
CLICK HERE for more info:
New Rikon 10-600VS 16" Var. Speed Scroll
Saw, Only $149.99
We've sweetened this excellent value in a full-featured scrollsaw by throwing in our popular DVD, "The Scroll Saw, a Beginner's Guide", a $19.95 value.
With its built-in worklight, variable speed control and sawdust blower and dustport, it is ideal for making toys, puzzles, letters, numbers, etc.
A highly useful bonus on this saw is its variable high speed power take-off. An
optional and very affordable flexible shaft accessory can turn the saw into a reciprocal power
carving machine.
CLICK HERE for more info:
A Two Minute Safety Tip
Do you have a great idea for staying alert and helping to avoid injuries in your workshop? If so,
we
want to hear about it!
. Receive a $25 store gift card if we feature your tip in a
future issue.
NEW Charles Brock Plan Bundle: Maloof-inspired Lowback Dining Chair
The latest new plan bundle in Charles Brock's series of Maloof-inspired furniture is now available.
Perhaps a bit less daunting than tackling the Maloof-inspired rocker, the Maloof-inspired lowback
dining chair is nonetheless a challenging and rewarding woodworking project. Charles Brock's
excellent plan instructional bundle includes a very enjoyable, informative and well-produced DVD, a
color illustrated book and full-size patterns for each chair part, and puts this project within reach of
any aspiring woodworker.
More info and how to order:
Charles Brock has singled out the specific tools he uses when
building his chairs and listed them in one place for easy selection by woodworkers undertaking this challenging project.
Check Out the Tools of the Trade:
Narex Bench Chisels
Named Best Value Bench Chisel by FWW magazine, boxed set of 6 rugged chisels, only $59.99.
Why Not Write
Your Own Article
for Wood
News?
We actively
solicit contributions of editorial material (articles, photos and videos) from our customers and readership, and for every one we accept and publish
in
Wood News Online
, we will compensate the contributor. We typically pay up to $100 (in the form of a store gift certificate) for a
thousand-word-plus article with photos. The amount of the gift certificate may be prorated for shorter articles. Articles submitted may be edited by
us at our discretion, and compensation may vary depending on the published length.
Recent WOOD SLICER Testimonial
I just shut down my shop for the night, and I feel obliged to
drop you guys a line. I bought a 1/2" Woodslicer bandsaw blade yesterday and left it in my truck. I
have a tendency to buy stuff and then forget about it. Well, this afternoon I started resawing stock
for some faux panels on the side of a bookcase using my old standby bandsaw blade from the Orange
bigbox. Darned if the saw didn't start choking on 6 inches of basswood--pathetic. I said some bad
words and forged ahead. Absolutely butchered the stock, of course. The blade was screaming, the
lights in the shop were flickering. It was really bad. Then I remembered my purchase, ran out to the
parking lot and grabbed the Wood Slicer bandsaw blade. I put it on and set up the guides, and kinda
cleaned up the saw a bit. Spun up the DC, turned on the saw, and wowee! I spent the next forty-five
minutes resawing various leftover hardwood scraps. I'm sold. I didn't think it was possible to
get that smooth of a cut out of a bandsaw.
— D. Petrides
CHECK OUT our phenomenal
Wood Slicer resawing
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