Wood News Online, No. 175, March 2020

Now Is The Best Time To Upgrade Your Shop With a New SawStop PCS

There is no better time to upgrade to a SawStop - from now until April 30, 2020, you will receive a free upgrade accessory valued at $249 when you purchase a SawStop Professional Cabinet Saw.

Choose Overarm Dust Collection or Integrated Mobile Base
A $249 Extra Value

Inside This Issue

Show Us Your Workshop
The Drawknife
Show Us Your Woodcarving
Stories from Grandpa's Workshop
Finishing: Aging Hardwoods
Woodturning Pens with Children
Taunton Press Book Specials
Quick Tip: Makeshift Moxon
Women in Woodworking
Show Us Your Woodworking
Video: Chisel Sharpening
Book Review: Hammer Head

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Sjöbergs Scandi Plus 1825 Workbench Package Deal

This special limited time package deal offer includes the Sjöbergs Scandi Plus 1825 Workbench with deluxe cabinet, plus an accessory kit that includes an adjustable bench holdfast, a set of self-adhering rubberized cork jaw liners, and an all-purpose anvil for metal working at your bench.

Save over $300
through March 31, 2020

The Drawknife
By Andy Glenn

Of all the hand tools, Andy Glenn thinks the drawknife can be the most intimidating - especially if you've never picked one up before. There's something about the simplicity of the tool that makes it appear so challenging. It's just a blade with two handles that make it work and in this article Andy explains best practices when using the drawknife.

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Upcoming Woodworking Classes in Atlanta

3/4 Sharpening for Turners
3/7 Strip Canoe Building
3/8 Bandsaw Basics
3/14 Beginning Character Carving
3/15 Table Saw Basics
3/18 Finishing the Finish
3/21 Finishing 101
3/23-26 Cabinetmaking Basics
4/1 Coloring Wood
4/4 Intro to Marquetry
4/5 Whittle a Swedish Dala Horse
4/8 French Polish Workshop
4/9 Intro to Pen Turning
4/11 Turn a Peppermill
4/14 Using Hand Planes
4/15 Taming of the Skew
4/18-19 Handcrafting Wooden Utensils
4/23 Hand Cut Mortise and Tenon
4/25 Finishing 101
4/28 Hand Tool Sharpening
4/30 Milling and Jointing Lumber

Featured Class:
Whittle a Swedish
Dala Horse
April 5, 2020

This is a perfect beginning carving/whittling project that uses minimal tools, but will let you learn and practice knife whittling skills to set you on your way for a hobby of wood carving. Instructor, Jim LeClaire will show basic techniques for controlled, safe cutting, give pointers on sharpening and share tips for painting your newly carved Dala horse at home.

Click here to sign up


Show Us Your Shop Our finishing expert and instructor, Alan Noel, shares his story of moving from shop to shop throughout his antique restoration and finishing career as well as photos of his current "retirement" shop. View Alan's current shop	Show Us Your Woodworking We're sharing a variety of Dennis Nowak's woodworking projects which he enjoys making out of wood that has been discarded as waste or firewood. *View Dennis' woodworking projects*	Show Us Your Woodcarving We're sharing Dan Katz's woodcarving projects including several monograms from the beginnings of what Dan hopes will become a full set. *View Dan's carving projects!*

Book Review:
Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter

The majority of books we sell at Highland are "how-to project books", but we just recently started carrying Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter by Nina McLaughlin, which tells the story of perseverance in the face of frustrations and adversity for a woman in an almost wholly male-dominated profession.

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Women in Woodworking:
Meet Hannah Rogal

This month's feature, Hannah Rogal, works as the Design Lead at Boulder Furniture Arts, a modern contemporary furniture studio that specializes in made to order shaker style furniture in Boulder, Colorado.

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Stories from
Grandpa's Workshop:
The Big World of Mr. Small
By Bob Rummer

After struggling to decide who would inherit each piece of antique furniture, Bob's grandfather ended up making intricate dollhouse-sized copies of the different pieces for each family member.

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Video: Chisel Sharpening It is a universal truth that sharp tools work better. But many woodworkers still don't sharpen their hand tools enough, or know how to do it well. In this short video, Jim Dillon walks through the step by step process for maintaining sharp edges and getting the best results from your chisels. Click here to watch	Finishing: Aging Hardwoods with Uric Acid and Ammonia Alan shares a story of how he found out the "recipe" to a mixture that would age various hardwoods...though part of the recipe was quite surprising and unexpected... Click here to learn more	Quick Tip: Makeshift Moxon Randy Cordle recently needed a last minute Moxon vise for work-holding but hasn't had the time to make a more permanent solution. In the meantime, he has come up with this "makeshift moxon" which has proven very useful. Click here to read more	Woodturning Pens with Children Temple is always trying to encourage more children to get into woodworking and woodturning and a good way to do this is with a project that kids will find easy and rewarding....turning pens and pencils. Click here to read more

New Tools and Deals for Your Workshop

Free Grindstones for Life with the Purchase of a Tormek Sharpening System

Buy a Tormek T-4 or T-8 Sharpener in March 2020 and you'll get a certificate for free grindstones for life.

Deal ends 3/31/2020

NEW Woodpeckers
OneTime Tool
Viseless Work Support

Whether you have a fancy workbench with vises and dog holes or a piece of plywood nailed to two-by-four legs, Woodpeckers' Viseless Work Support provides a versatile, adjustable, stable platform on which you can clamp your stock for more accurate hand and machine work.

Last day to order is
March 16, 2020

NEW Festool STM 1800 Mobile Sawing Table

The STM 1800 is a versatile sawing table and assembly bench that can be used on the jobsite or in the home shop. When you are done with the job, it folds up so you can put it in your truck or store it out of the way. It's the perfect complement to your Festool Track Saw!

Last day to order is
April 12, 2020

Festool Kapex Package Savings!

Buy a Kapex KS 120 REB Miter Saw with Stand and Extensions and save $465! Sale price good through June 30, 2020 or while supplies last.

Pre-order now for shipment April 1, 2020

NEW Fine Woodworking Magazine Archive 1975-2019 Flash Drive Save 20% for a limited time!	Record Power 12-Piece Carving Chisel Set and DVD Save $20 for a limited time!	Save 33% on the Portamate 6-Shelf Lumber Rack Start Spring Cleaning your shop!	Save $110 on the Fisch Wave Cutter Forstner Bit Set of 16 Save while supplies last!

Taunton Press Book Specials Save 33% on these titles through 3/31/2020	NEW Leigh TD330 Through Dovetail Jig *Get Leigh accuracy for only $99*	NEW Narex Richter Cryo-Treated Bevel Edged Chisels *Click here for more info*	NEW Bora Mobile Bases *Up to 1500 lb. weight capacity!*

Flip Through Our Early Jan-Mar 2020 Woodworking Catalog *Flip through now!*	Festool RAS 115 E 4-1/2 inch Rotary Sander Save over $100 while limited supplies last	Elipse P100 Dust Mask Click here for more info	Rikon Carbide Turning Tool System Save $100 for a limited time

NEW Shaper Origin Handheld CNC Router *Click here for more info*	Non-Slip Parallel Bar Clamps *15% off for a limited time*	Rikon 14" Deluxe Bandsaw 10-326 w/ FREE Mobility Kit Save $190!	Wood Slicer Resaw Bandsaw Blade *Click here for more info*

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