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UPDATE: Highland Woodworking COVID-19 Response
During this unprecedented time, we are continuing to ship all tool orders received online and via phone, and we are providing curbside pickup for our local customers. Due to the new wave of virus infections, our retail storefront will remain closed until at least March 10, 2021. At that time, we will reassess the situation and consider reopening our storefront for walk-in business and resuming in-person classes..
Our main concern is the health and safety of our employees and our customers. More than half our employees have worked here for over 20 years, so perhaps it is not surprising that the majority of us are also over 60 years old, unfortunately putting us in the vulnerable high risk category for COVID-19. We want to keep them healthy so they can continue to help fill orders and answer questions for all of our customers.
We look forward to the time when it will feel safe for us to reopen the retail store. In the meantime we are especially grateful for your patience and understanding.
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Show Us Your Shop
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Show Us Your Woodturning
Bob Easter was recently diagnosed with a form of Leukemia that has no known cure. Around the same time, he was gifted a lathe from his son to "take his mind off things." Amazingly, the severity of his cancer has shown improvement from the day he started using his lathe.
View Bob's projects and read his amazing story
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Show Us Your Woodcarving
Jeff Ellis has been carving since he was 11, and although he now has arthritis, it hasn't stopped him from creating a wide variety of beautiful carvings.
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Making Rustic Boxes By Norman Reid
Norm Reid has always enjoyed making boxes and it is one of his favorite woodworking projects. When his friend offered him some rustic looking wood that used to be part of a fence, Norm got creative and used it in his box making.
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Stories from Grandpa's Workshop: The Dreaming Part By Bob Rummer
This month, Bob Rummer shares his thoughts and philosophies on what he calls "the dreaming part" of creating a project, which is where the designing and planning takes place all in your head before the first sketch is even made.
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Poll: What Woodworking Skill Do You Want To Improve in 2021?
With 2020 now behind us, it's time to look to our woodworking resolutions for 2021. This past year, many of us found more time at home to learn a new skill. This month, we want to know what is a new woodworking skill you would like to learn or one you would like to get better at in 2021?
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Project: Advent Calendar Wine Rack By Temple Blackwood
With the holidays over, it's time to start working on next year's gifts. Temple recently took a quick break from his turning projects and planned out and built a wine bottle advent calendar for a dear friend.
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Book Review: A Cabinetmaker's Notebook By James Krenov Review by J. Norman Reid
A Cabinetmaker's Notebook, the first of several books by the legendary James Krenov, offers an opportunity to get inside the thinking of a man who was an exemplary artist, craftsman, and a deeply individual woodworker.
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Finishing: Graining Pencils By Alan Noel
If you have some colored pencils laying around the house, Alan Noel discusses how you can use them to add some color to wood fillers when you need a more exact match.
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Blog: Making French Rolling Pins By Terry Chapman
When Terry Chapman had some leftover black walnut from a mantle project, he decided to delve into a new project and make a french-style rolling pin. He then ended up producing a mass quantity to sell for a local children's charity.
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Achieving a Mission Style Finish By Jeff Jewitt
As a furniture style, "Mission" has become an icon for American furniture. The style has a handsome elegance about it, simple and unadorned, yet with a stately look that features crisp, bold rectilinear lines that exude a sense of solid, hand-crafted workmanship.
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