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    2013
  • Number 92, April 2013  —  Bruce Herndon's bamboo flyrod shop  —  Ramon Gibbs' remarkable miniature furniture  —  Chris Adkins' wood carving  —  Jim Randolph on sanding  —  Brian Howe's doorbell safety tip  —  Carbide steel city planer video  —  Little Free Library  —  Zephyr toy plan  —  Lie-Nielsen 9-1/2 block plane  —  Steve Johnson's pyramid sharpening method  —  Craftsman Furniture book review  —  Milk Paint  —  Roy Underhill coming for Highland's 35th Anniversary

  • Number 91, March 2013  —  Phil Rasmussen's Woodworking  —  Hugh Parks' Wood Carvings  —  Tips from Sticks-in-the-Mud Woodshop  —  Lindsay Frost's Safety Tip  —  Carving with Mary May at the Woodwright's School  —  My Menagerie downloadable plan  —  Glen Bond's Workshop  —  Jig Design Contest Winners  —  Lie-Nielsen #5 Jack Plane  —  Woodworker's Metrification  —  Review: Super-Tune your Hand Plane DVD  —  Wipe On Finishes  —  SawStop March/April Rebate Offer  —  New Web TV episode  —  New Digital Marking Gauge  —  Tormek T-3 package deal  —  My Last Shop: Clearing the Way  —  How the Wood Slicer "changed my life for the better"

  • Number 90, Feb 2013  —  Doug Marples' Musical Instrument Shop  —  Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event Gallery  —  New CARBIDE Helical Planer  —  Joe Rowling's Unique Woodworking  —  Joe Butler's Carving  —  Compound Tenons on the Tablesaw  —  Lie-Nielsen Froes  —  Making Do With The Tools You Have  —  My Last Shop  —  Cabin Built with a Gransfors Bruks Axe  —  Dancing Molly Plan  —  Fading Finishes  —  John Smith's Tablesaw Safety Checklist  —  Handsaws: Tuneup, Setup & More DVD Review

  • Number 89, Jan 2013  —  Toggle Clamp Jig Design Contest  —  Gary Porter's Alaskan Shop —  Lie-Nielsen Boggs Spokeshave  —  Lance Chase's Adirondack Guide Boat  —  Tom Fink's Carvings  —  Roubo's Folding Bookstand  —  Maurice Clabaugh's bandsaw safety tip  —  Lie-Nielsen Low-Angle Jack Plane video  —  2013 Woodworking Resolutions  —  Rod Scott's Dovetail Boxes  —  Down to Earth Woodworker Shop Visits  —  Removing Stuck Router Bits  —  Smashing Repairs  —  2012 Best Sellers  —  Chris Schwarz Visit  —  New Lie-Nielsen Froes  —  Super-Tune a Handplane video  —  Japanese Ono Axes  —  Carter Bandsaw Fence and Log Mlll  —  New Narex Rasps

    2012
  • Number 88, Dec 2012  —  Holiday Gift Guide  —  Jeff Street's Workshop  —  Lie-Nielsen Dowel Plate  —  Stephen Johnson's Holiday Season Time-Saving Tips  —  Rocking Horses by Kenneth Sternberg and Jack Masten  —  Greg Little's Sculpted Jewelry Boxes  —  John Bonin's Stout Workbench  —  Howard Van Valzah's Woodworking Bucket List  —  Alan Noel on Steaming Mars  —  Dick Rank's Show Stoppers  —  Knew Concepts Titanium Birdcage Saw  —  Terry Chapman on Hammers I Have Known and Loved  —  James Randolph on Overconfidence in the Workshop

  • Number 87, November 2012  —  Tormek Special Offer  —  Shawn Nystrom's Workshop  —  Lie-Nielsen 101 Bronze Violin Maker's Plane  —  Fox Chapel Publishing Woodworking Books  —  The Versatile Pattern Maker's Vise  —  One Day Super Shop Cleaning Strategy  —  My Last Shop: Part 1 of a Series  —  John Weber's Furniture  —  Bill Cosentini's Carvings  —  Woodworking has Worked for Me  —  Cleaning a Finish  —  Book Review: The New Traditional Woodworker  —  Highland Woodworking Store Tour Video  —  Marble Launch toy plan

  • Number 86, October 2012  —  Highland Woodworker Web TV Show episode 3  —  Bas Dinant's Workshop  —  Lie-Nielsen 103 Block Plane  —  Rikon Power Tool Sale  —  New Festool Impact Driver/Drill  —  Pogonotrophy & Woodworking  —  Perfection is Overrated  —  Michael Fritz' Furniture  —  Brander Roullett's Carvings  —  Sanding Technique: Using a Trace Coat  —  Decorative Painting  —  Book Review: Furniture in the Southern Style  —  Veggie Girl toy plan

  • Number 85, September 2012  —  Karl Bischoff's boatbuilding shop  —  New book: Grandpa's Workshop  —  Lie-Nielsen Convex Sole Block Plane  —  Triton Router package deal  —  Fine Woodworking commemorative first issue  —  Rod Scott's furniture  —  The woodworking journey  —  Book review: Traditional Box Projects  —  Triton Multi-Stand  —  Tumble Clown plan  —  Using wood glues

  • Number 84, August 2012  —  New Festool Router Table  —  Rikon 10" Bandsaw Special Purchase  —  Dia-Flat manual grinding stone  —  Tom McMillan's Terrapin Workshop  —  Ultimate Miter Saw Work Station  —  Rick DeFrain's Woodworking  —  Chris Condon's Carvings  —  DVD Review: Line & Berry String Inlay by Router  —  The Better Pen Mandrel  —  Lie-Nielsen No. 95 Bronze Edge Planes  —  Using Touch Up Powders  —  Michael Gurczynski's Tablesaw Safety Tip  —  Free Pop-Up Dragon Downloadable Plan

  • Number 83, July 2012
    Iowa Veterans Freedom Center Workshop  — Roy Underhill's The Woodwright's Shop now on DVD  —  Video product tour: Hofmann and Hammer Premium German Workbenches  —  A Look Back: Navy Veteran Carves the Declaration of Independence  —  Lie-Nielsen Progressive Pitch Dovetail Saw  —  Ron Nielson's checkerboard patterned knives  —  Philip Malenfant's fish carvings  — Rag-in-a-Bag Controversy continues  —  Ultimate Miter Saw Work Station  —  BOOK REVIEW: Blanket Chests  —  Contamination in Antique Restoration

  • Number 82, June 2012  — Spokeshaves  — John Perella's Catskill Mountains workshop  —  Michael Sweet's Giant Carved Totem Pole  —  Wood Finishing: Prepping for the Top Coat  —  Earlex HVLP Sprayer  —  Lie-Nielsen Small Bench Planes  —  Workbench specials  — Friends who abuse tools  —  Tim Loonam's canoe paddles  —  Book Review: Made By Hand

  • Number 81, May 2012  — Unlocking the mystery of hand planes  — 2nd episode of The Highland Woodworker web TV show with Brian Boggs  —  Leigh Jig and Festool Router Giveaway  —  Lie-Nielsen Scraping Planes  —  New book: Making Wood Tools —  Satin Finishes  —  Matthew Curry's workshop  —  Tyler Stokes' jewelry boxes  —  Richard Cheek's carvings  —  Plan: Child's Scooter  — Dadoes with a Festool router

  • Number 80, April 2012  — New Festool Domino XL joiner  — SawStop Contractor Saw video  —  Lie-Nielsen Card Scrapers  —  New Czeck Edge tools  —  Tormek Planer Knife Jig video —  New Veritas Gent's Saws  —  Design Criteria for a Miter Saw Stand  — Using Wood Putty  —  Greg Matthews' shop  —  Andrew Sawyer's rustic frame —  Paul Wee's carved eagle claw handle  

  • Number 79, March, 2012  — More Roy Underhill web TV news  — Greg Little's shop  —  Christopher Perryman's mahogany chest  —  Elizabeth Anderson's walnut mammoth  —  Down to Earth Woodworker on countersinks, drawing & cutting corners  —  Lie-Nielsen #7 Jointer Plane video  —  Lie-Nielsen #271 small router planes  — Shop safety when friends visit  —  Rikon planer-jointers  —  Plan: Rolling Push Goat  —  Preserving Patina

  • Number 78, February, 2012  — New Web TV Show: The Highland Woodworker  — Mastepiece Wood Finish: New Oil/Wax Finishing System  —  Ken Allison's Workshop  —  John Eugster's Wooden Plane  —  Gimlets, Green Workshops, Old Egyptian Tools and Frozen Wood —  Peter Mohr's Relief Carving  —  Ring Toss Game  — Festool Dust Collection video  —  Knew Concepts Fretsaw video  —  Making Lumber from Logs —  Wet Sanding

  • Number 77, January, 2012  — New Years Resolutions  — Dana Vogel's Post-Katrina Workshop  —  Auriou Rasps  —  Kreg K4 Pockethole Jig Rebate  —  Down to Earth Woodworker: 2012, Table Saw Rules, Shop Details  —  Mary May's Carvings  —  Wooden iPod  — Protecting Furniture  —  Mark Matthew's Woodwork  —  Child's Tugboat Plan

    2011
  • Number 76, December, 2011  — Why I Belong to a Woodworking Club  — Adjust-A-Bench  —  Sanding a Sculptured Rocker  —  How to Work a Trade Show  —  The Maker's Mark  —  Lie-Nielsen #62 Low Angle Jack Plane  —  JDS Air Cleaner  — Richard & Ninika Gordon's Timber Frame Workshop  —  Jason Straker's Native War Shirt Woodcarving  —  Larry Furguson's Carved Santas

  • Number 75, November, 2011  — New Video: Festool T18 Cordless Drill  — SawStop Contractor Saw  —  Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Giveaway  —  A Woodworker's Dream  —  Bob McConnell's 'Volunteer Workshop'  —  Gary Smith's Horse-Drawn Wagon Carving  —  Down to Earth Woodworker: Horizontal Pipe Clamp Rack  — Alex Entelis Wooden Toys  —  Oxalic Acid in Furniture Restoration  —  Wood Whisperer Charity Build

  • Number 74, October, 2011  — David Charlesworth Donations  — New Videos: Leigh r9plus Joinery System, Rikon bandsaw comparison, and Card Scraper Sharpening  — Festool Sander Sale  —  New Festool drills  —  Make the Wood Slicer even Better  —  Don Dumais' Jewelry Chest —  Kevin Ruble's Workshop  —  Travis Smith Woodcarving  — Distressing a Finish  —  Gluing over Latex Paint  —  Fall One-day Sale

  • Number 73, September, 2011  — New Videos: Rikon 14" bandsaw, Woodslicer and Earlex 5500  — Leigh R9plus Joinery System  —  Kreg Toolboxx  —  Learning to Build Fine Furniture  —  Carvings by Michael Tryba  —  Keith Woody's Woodworking  —  Stephen Nelson's Built-from Scratch Workshop  —  Off Gassing & Wood Finishes  —  Router Adapters

  • Number 72, August, 2011  — Rikon Bandsaw Sweepstakes  — New Charles Brock DVD: Shaping a Sculptured Rocker  —  Kids Toy Kits on sale  —  Arthritis and Woodworking  —  Carvings by Kari Hultman (aka the Village Carpenter)  —  Alfred J. Spitzer's Woodwork  —  Andy Rovelstad's Workshop  —  New Flexcut carving sets  —  New System 3 Epoxy products  —  Bleaching Wood

  • Number 71, July, 2011  — Video: Sharpening Chisels  — Video: Woodworkers Dial Caliper  —  Kids Toy Kits  —  Windsor Chairs  —  Sara Rowe's Carvings  —  Gary Smith's Woodwork  —  John Moore's Workshop  —  Collaborative Cradle  —  Woodworking Shop in Afghanistan  —  New Leigh R9pus Dovetail Jig

  • Number 70, June 2011  — Andrew Barton's Cool Mobile Workshop  —  New Festool CXS Drill Video  —  European Workbench Video  —  New Downloadable Project Plans  —  Lie-Nielsen Scrub Plane  —  Video history of America's Forests  —  New Windsor Chair Kits  —  Controlling Rust in the Shop  —  Down to Earth Woodworker  —  Glen & Pat Bond's Furniture  —  Zombie Apocalypse tool kit  —  Simple Veneer Repairs  —  Rikon Dust Collector Sale  —  Worksharp 3000 Special  —  Drill Doctor Special

  • Number 69, May 2011  — Stanley Sweetheart Sweepstakes  — Mike Davis' Workshop  —  Chester VanderZee's cabinet around a column  —  REVIEW: Stanley Sweetheart Chisels  —  Krenov-style wooden plane kit  —  Woodworking project kits for kids  —  Lie-Nielsen 60-1/2R Low Angle Rabbet Block Plane  —  Leigh FMT PRO Jig Rebate  — Turning Lampshades  —  Highland Video Channel  —  Floor Repair  —  Rikon Bandsaw Sale  —  Folding Chainsaw  —  Iwasaki Rasp Sale  —  Safety Tip: Use MSDS

  • Number 68, April 2011  — Building Codes  — Dave Owens' Workshop  —  Robert Clark Rutkowski's Industrial-style pieces  —  REVIEW: Stanley Sweetheart Chisels  —  New Festool Carvex Jigsaws  —  New Festool CXS Compact Driver Drill  —  Lie-Nielsen Boggs Curved Spokeshave  —  Leigh Super 18 Dovetail Jig Rebate  — CNC for the small shop  —  Highland Video Channel  —  Using a Pantograph  —  Rikon Bandsaw Sale  —  Tormek Grinder Specials  —  New Festool First Aid Kit  —  New Publication: The Highland Woodturner  —  Safety Tip: The Boy Scout Test  —  Building the Andre Roubo Bench

  • Number 67, March 2011  — WOODTURNING Special Edition  — George Yohanek's Woodturning Workshop  —  Martin Harris' Turnings  —  Tom Soles' Customized Oneway Lathe  —  Easy Woodturning Tools  —  Texturing Tool  —  Woodturning Career  —  Dunning-Kruger Effect  — Dump Love Affair —  Stanley Sweetheart Chisels  —  Using the Pantograph  —  Tormek Grinder Specials  — Rikon Bandsaw Sale  —  Festool Contractor's First Aid Kit

  • Number 66, February 2011  — The Unhandy Handyman  — Confessions of a Lumberholic  —  Triton Routers  —  Lie-Nielsen Standard Angle Adjustable Mouth Block Planes —  Oily Waste Can  —  A Primer on Paste Wood Fillers — Michael Curtis' well-equipped workshop  — Chris Brettnacher's Corner Winerack —  BLOG: More Progress on the Maloof-inspired Rocker Walnut Parts Kit  — Q&A: Restoring an Old and Rusty Plane  —  SAFETY TIP: Take a Break

  • Number 65, January 2011  — A Few of the Down to Earth Woodworker's Favorite Things  — Pricing Treen  —  BLOG: The Five Days of Scroll Saws — Festool Rotex 90 Sander  —  Lie-Nielsen Small Scraper Planes —  Imperial Blades  —  Disposing of Finishing Products — Andrew Pensavalle's light-filled workshop  — James Raine's Bookshelf —  BLOG: More Progress on the Maloof-inspired Rocker Walnut Parts Kit  — Q&A: Remove Sandpaper from a Disc Sander  —  SAFETY TIP: Table Saw Stripe

    2010
  • Number 64, December 2010  — The Incredible Future of Woodworking  — Dilo Fernandino's Tiny Chest of Drawers  —  BLOG: Navy Veteran Carves the Declaration of Independence — New Iwasaki Carving Files  —  Lie-Nielsen Smooth Planes —  DVD: How a Woodworker Survived in the Wild  —  Repairing the Finish after the Party — Dan Chiappetta's apartment workshop  — Steve Szilvagyi's Furniture —  BLOG: Building the Maloof-inspired Rocker Walnut Parts Kit  — Q&A: Making Pine Look Like Cherry  — The Accidental Workbench  —  SAFETY TIP: Use the Hold-down Clamps

  • Number 63, November 2010  — Is Your Shop Prepared for a Disaster? —  Video: Assembling the European Workbench — Roy Underhill Chicken Leg Sawstop Video  —  Lie-Nielsen #60-1/2 Low Angle Adj. Mouth Block Plane —  New Rikon 18" Bandsaw  — Video: Sharpening a Plane Iron  —  Choosing a Finish — Theodore Wheatridge's workshop in the woods  — Jordan Kercheff's Furniture —  Maloof-inspired Rocker Walnut Parts Kit  — Tormek Sharpener Deals  — Year of the Workbench  — 7 Day Blog of Peter Galbert's Windsor Chair Class

  • Number 62, October 2010  — The Future of Woodworking —  Affordable European Workbench — Roy Underhill Coming to Highland  —  Lie-Nielsen #102 Block Plane —  New Rikon 12" Planer-Jointer and 16" Bandsaw  — Rikon 20" x 37" Lathe  —  Color Matching Secrets — Luke Cabenel's timberframe workshop — Harold Burrows' Furniture —  Flexcut Rebates  — Festool Router Sale  — New Festool Dust Extractors  — Use SketchUp on a Gustav Stickley Bookcase

  • Number 61, September 2010  — New Rikon Scrollsaw — Turning Pro  — Triton Sliding Compound Miter Saw  —  Achieving Consistent Turnings — Ed Grant's Shop — Ted Marrinan's Jewelry Box — Dyes, Stains & Glazes  — Woodworker's Guide to SketchUp

  • Number 60, August 2010  — Finding the "Zone" — New Highland Website Search  — Commodity, Firmness & Delight —  the new Galbert Caliper — Ken O'Neal's Shop — Tom Guralchuk's Fine Furniture — Preventing Furniture Damage  — How to Build a Steam Box for Bending Wood  — New SawStop Overarm Dust Collection Attachment

  • Number 59, July 2010  — The Gestalt of Good Design — New Highland Woodworking Blog  — Build a Better Shooting Board —  Controlling Rust in Your Workshop — Michael Youngblood's Shop — Ron Norris' Exquisite Carved Horses — Color Matching Basics  — SketchUp - Dovetails & Mortises  — New Lower-Cost SawStop Cabinet Saw

  • Number 58, June 2010  — Down to Earth Woodworking — Turning Chinese Balls (Hollow Spheres)  — Earlex 2900 Sprayer Review — New Maloof-inspired Lowback Dining Chair Plan Bundle —  Buying a New Router & Router Table — David Best's Shop — Jim Frantz's Wooden Toys — Stripping the Finish  — SketchUp-Mantle Clock  — New Steel City 40655 8" Granite Jointer, only $899.99

  • Number 57, May 2010  — What Tools Would I Buy? — Justifying Your New Tool Purchase  — Earlex 2900 Sprayer — Festool Track Saws — Power8 Workshop — Brent Franklin's Shop — What's to Know About Sandpaper  — Lumber from a Walnut Tree

  • Number 56, April 2010  — Turn a Baseball Bat — Shop Made Cauls — Earlex 2900 Sprayer — Festool Track Saws — Power8 Workshop — Jim Chandler's Shop — Maloof-inspired Rocker Wins Awards  — Steel City 40660 8" Granite Jointer  — SketchUp

  • Number 55, March 2010  — Improve Workflow in your Shop with 5S — Appreciating the Lie-Nielsen Small Shoulder Plane — Tom Sole's Shop — People Like You Are Building Maloof-inspired Rockers  — Steel City Bandsaw 14" 50100G  — SketchUp

  • Number 54, February 2010  — Hands-on Lie-Nielsen Class — I Bought a SawStop Tablesaw — Tom Skarda's Shop — 7-Day Maloof-inspired Rocker Class  — Russian Woodworker Builds Maloof-inspired Rocker  —  Dilo Fernandino Solo Exhibition in Brazil — SketchUp

  • Number 53, January 2010  — Thomas Lie-Nielsen Interview — Jack Olson's Shop —  Tuning a Bench Plane  —  Kreg Beaded Face Frame System — SketchUp

    2009
  • Number 52, December 2009  — Exquisite Woodwork in a Tiny Shop — Lee Tigner's Shop —  Woodturners Aid Samoa Tsunami Victims  —  Festool Day at Highland — SketchUp

  • Number 51, November 2009  — Infrared Shop Heat — Ralph Nelson's Shop —  JDS Multi-Router  —  Freud Bits and Blades — SketchUp

  • Number 50, October 2009  — Fein MultiMaster — Stephen Nelson's Shop —  Earlex Spray Station  —  Frank Klausz — SketchUp — Festool Drill

  • Number 49, September 2009  — Nova Chuck — Bill Evan's Shop —  Stanley Sweetheart Planes  —  Festool Drill — SketchUp 

  • Number 48, August 2009  — Auriou Rasps — Rick Salita's Shop —  Dilo's Lower Cabinet  —  Some Great Books — SketchUp — SafePaint — FastCap

  • Number 47, July 2009  — Jim Gillette's Shop —  Jorgen Larsen's Dining Table —  Going Pro: Retiring to Mgt — SketchUp — WoodEpox

  • Number 46, June 2009  — Bill Akins's Shop —  Woodturning Accessories —  Hiring Employees — SketchUp — SawStop

  • Number 45, May 2009  — Mike Mahoney Turning Seminar —  Making Treen —  Marketing your Work — SketchUp — Festool Bargains

  • Number 44, April 2009  — Bedroom Workshop — I Bought a Bandsaw —  Pricing your Work — SketchUp — Festool Bargains

  • Number 43, March 2009  — Making a Wooden Globe —  Shop Finances — SketchUp — Festool Parallel Guides

  • Number 42, February 2009  — Small Workshop Feedback — Genesis of a Lower Cabinet — Finding Suppliers — The Workbench

  • Number 41, January 2009  — An Unusually Small Workshop — Tooling Up — The Workbench — Caring for Router Bits


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