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We invite you to
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PHOTOS
of your favorite woodworking projects along with captions and a brief
history of your woodworking. (Email photos at 800x600 resolution.) Receive a $50 store gift card if
we show your stuff in a future issue.
This month we are featuring John Eugster's exquisite handmade hand plane made of Purple Heart,
Canarywood, Ebony and Zebrawood.
CLICK HERE to take a closer look at John's plane:
Show Us Your Carving!
For this new column exclusively devoted to woodcarving, we invite you to
SEND US PHOTOS
of your favorite woodcarving projects along with captions
and a brief history of your woodcarving. (Email photos at 800x600 resolution.) Receive a $50 store
gift card if we show your carving work in a future issue!
This month we are featuring striking relief carvings by Peter Mohr.
CLICK HERE to take a closer look!
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.
This month's tip comes from Dave Zerby of Rockmart, Georgia, who learned the hard way
that investing two minutes to be safe is a lot more valuable than the time otherwise saved.
CLICK
HERE to check out Dave's safety tip!
Sculptured Rocker on Display at
Highland
Highland blogger Terry Chapman has completed constructing the left side of our Sculptured Rocker
Kit, leaving the right side assembled but not yet sculpted to shape. Drop in to take a look and see
the contrast in this "work in progress."
Or read more about it HERE!
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:
The Highland Woodturner
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accept and publish in
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Inside This Issue
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.
By Steven D. Johnson,
Racine, Wisconsin
New Downloadable Project Plan: Ring Toss Game
Here's a new downloadable project plan for a children's
plaything designed by Kevin McGuire, author of the popular book "The All-New Woodworking For
Kids". This month we are featuring the Ring Toss.
This ancient game – known in some countries as quoits – has been a worldwide favorite for
centuries. This version features knock-down construction requiring a minimum of storage space.
Place your order online and after it has been processed by our staff, you will receive an
email with a link to download your plan set in PDF form. And check back next month for
another great new downloadable plan from Kevin!
Finishing Wood
with
Alan Noel
Wet Sanding
When a silky smooth finish is what you are after, wet sanding is definitely the key to success.
Achieving that flawless surface is what we all desire on our projects after all of the hard work and
effort.
Here
are EIGHT tips that will help:
Ask the Staff
Question:
I'm sort of new to bandsaws, but I want to use mine for cutting pieces out of whole, small
logs to make picture frame material. I would like a nice 80" resaw blade for my bandsaw so I can
rip pieces out of the small logs I get. The current blade I have does not cut along the grain well
at all.
Can you point me in the right direction as to what's the best blade you sell for this job?
E-mail us
with your woodworking questions. If yours is selected for publication,
we'll send you a free Highland Woodworking hat.
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Premiering in February,
our new Web TV
show,
the Highland Woodworker
Keep an eye out for an email that you will receive from us next week!
When it arrives, click on the link provided and watch the premiere episode of our new show,
The
Highland Woodworker
, which will take you behind the scenes with woodworking legend Roy
Underhill.
The Highland Woodworker
is a quarterly web-based magazine show produced in HD for
woodworkers like yourself. Our host will be well-known chairmaker Charles Brock.
The show will connect you with master woodworkers who will
inspire you as they share their ideas for improving your work. You'll also learn more about tools,
supplies and great resources that will help you become a better woodworker.
CLICK HERE to find out what you'll see in the first episode:
Knew Concepts Woodworker's Fretsaw
Ingeniously designed to be both light and strong as well as simple to adjust
and use, this extremely popular new premium fretsaw makes it easier than ever to remove waste when
cutting dovetails.
Don't wait till it's TOO LATE before you
buy a SawStop Contractor Saw
The SawStop 10" Contractor Saw is the safest contractor saw on the market, and we are pleased to now
be able to offer and ship it to our customers nationwide within the 48 contiguous United States. Why
wait for an accident? We can ship your saw today!
More info and a demo video:
Starrett Electronic Combination
Protractor
Starrett has created a digital protractor that
conveniently works as a small computer. It quickly calculates both the bevel angle AND the miter
angle for setting up your compound miter saw to cut crown molding.
CLICK HERE
for more info:
Don't Own a Workbench?
Our affordable European Workbench will make a great addition to your
workshop
This affordable European Workbench will help transform your
woodworking.
Put one in your shop:
Highland Woodworking Gift Certificates
An awesome present that's always appreciated by just
about any woodworker anywhere.
Another Testimonial for the WOOD
SLICER
This is just a quick note to tell you how satisfied I am with the Wood Slicer
bandsaw blade I bought from you. Though it was somewhat of a chore to bring it
to Brazil, it was worth all the
effort. It cuts fast and makes a very thin kerf. Resawing has never been so
pleasant. Next time I'm in the U.S., I plan to get other sizes. I would like to visit your shop in Atlanta. Thank you.
— Fernando Gontijo
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Yourself a Wood Slicer:
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