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Stuff!
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 Christopher Perryman's award-winning "Chest de los Muertos".
CLICK HERE to take a closer look at Christopher's work:
Show Us Your Wood 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 Elizabeth Anderson's huge realistic carving of a prehistoric mammoth.
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 Aikens of
Warner Robins, GA, who found out that working in the shop while chit-chatting with friends who are visiting
can result in dire consequences.
CLICK
HERE to check out Dave's safety tip!
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
Wood News Online, we will compensate the contributor. We typically
pay up to $100 (in the form of a store credit) for a thousand-word-plus article with photos.
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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.
Lie-Nielsen
Tool of the Month:
271 Small Router Planes
Lie-Nielsen recently added a new companion to their #271
small router plane. The classic model features an "open-throat" design that provides
additional view of the intended cutting area. Available now also is a new "closed-throat" design,
which offers a bit more stability when working near the edge of a workpiece.
To tell us about how the two compare with one another, and to show what a small router plane is good for,
Lee Laird has written another in his series of Plane Facts in the Highland blog.
Read Lee's blog
post: "The Lie-Nielsen #271 Small Router Planes"
See the #271 Small Router Planes on our website:
By Steven D. Johnson,
Racine, Wisconsin
New Downloadable Project Plan: Rolling Push Goat
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 Rolling Push Goat. This delightful riding toy is a real muscle-builder for little legs that aren't yet walking.
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!
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Oh Boy,
MORE ROY!
After receiving so much positive feedback from our recent web TV story about Roy Underhill,
The Highland Woodworker
has decided to give you
MORE ROY!
We will soon be releasing bonus footage from our exciting visit with Mr. Underhill,
providing an exclusive glimpse into Roy's world with the master himself as our guide!
Ever wonder what Roy reads? A sweeping shot of his office library will give you another peek
inside the mind of one of the most interesting woodworkers of our time.
Watch for our email coming soon!
Praise for
The Highland Woodworker:
"...better than what's on TV" -
Marc Spagnuolo, the Wood Whisperer
"...gave me what's been lacking" -
Matt's Basement Workshop
"...I'd love to see more companies follow their lead" -
Shannon
Rogers, the Renaissance Woodworker
"Now THIS is a woodworking show" -
Wood Talk Online
CLICK HERE to play the first episode:
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!
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Knew Concepts Woodworker's Fretsaw
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and use, this extremely popular new premium fretsaw makes it easier than ever to remove waste when
cutting dovetails.
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.
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Finishing Wood
with
Alan Noel
Preserving Patina
When working with antique furniture, dents and dings on the
surface may pose a problem during the finishing process. With
antiques, I take the approach to try and determine which dents
or dings are the result of "use" versus "abuse". This in turn leads me
to a course of action to begin the finishing process and to save as
much of the patina as possible.
What IS patina, and what are the steps to preserve it?
Ask the Staff
Question:
Does anyone have a fast and easy way to obtain a straight edge on
rough lumber? I have a planer/molder and would like to make some base
molding in 8-12 foot lengths, but find them too long to get a true edge
using my jointer. Any help would be appreciated.
E-mail us
with your woodworking questions. If yours is selected for publication,
we'll send you a free Highland Woodworking hat.
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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