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Build a Tool Storage Box with Jim Dillon August 16 In Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Spirit, Tradition, and Use , Toshio Odate describes a traditional toolbox used by Japanese carpenters for carrying their tools to the jobsite and storing them when not in use. In this class, you'll build a pine box inspired by Odate's design and take it home ready to use. The class will focus on basic skills like crosscutting, clamping, and boring and is ideal for beginning woodworkers. Build a Tool Storage Box Class with Jim Dillon, August 16 Highland's Upcoming Woodworking Class Schedule in Atlanta Many classes fill up quickly, so please register now to make sure we hold a spot for you. Aug 9 Introduction to Marquetry Aug 16 Build a Tool Storage Box Aug 16 Finishing 101 Aug 17 Router Basics Aug 27 French Polish Workshop Aug 30 Beginning Turning Sep 6 Hand Cut Dovetails Sep 7 Bandsaw Basics Sep 13 Spray Finishing Sep 16 Hand Tool Sharpening Sep 18 Milling & Jointing Lumber Sep 20 Carve a Wooden Spoon Sep 21 Turn a Peppermill Sep 27-28 Build a Shaker Candle Box Classes Suitable for Teens View Slideshows of Classes 
BIG SAVINGS on Rikon Bandsaws and Planers 10" Bandsaw 10-305
List $279.99
SALE $199.99
14" Bandsaw 10-325
List $999.99
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14" Pro Bandsaw 10-351
List $1499.99
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16" Helical Thickness Planer 23-400H
List $2699.99
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12" Helical Planer-Jointer 25-200H
List $2799.99
SALE $2399.99
CLICK HERE for more info: Show Us Your Woodworking! 
This month we are featuring the custom furniture of Zack Schaffer who incorporates several different design styles in his furniture, including several Chaffin-inspired and Bombé pieces. CLICK HERE to see more of Zack's projects: Show Us Your Woodcarving! 
This month we are featuring a variety of carving projects by Peter Burrowes, who began carving by whittling chains after being taught by his father. CLICK HERE to see more of Peter's woodcarvings: Tips From Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop 
By Jim Randolph
Long Beach, MS In this month's "Tips From Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop", Jim Randolph offers a tip on a "local neighborhood spot" to get your wood pressure-washed. He also has a tip on how to not waste any leftover paint you may have from a project. CLICK HERE to read this month's tips from Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop! 
This month we have a tip on how to leave your stress outside the shop so you don't let it cause dangerous mistakes. CLICK HERE to read the tip: Ask the Staff Question: I am finishing a highly carved clock case. It was suggested that I use stain conditioner, but once I had applied the conditioner, the wood became much darker than expected. I do not wish to add further stain, which will only darken the wood. My question is, can I apply a clear finish directly on the conditioner? For more details and the answer, CLICK HERE: E-mail us with your woodworking questions. If yours is selected for publication, we'll send you a free Highland Woodworking hat. Finishing Wood with Alan Noel 
Gilding Powders
Gilding powders or "bronzing powders" are very useful for decorating furniture and objects of art and they come in many colors. The most common techniques in finishing where you would use gilding powders include pin striping and stenciling. Here are SIX helpful tips to remember when using gilding powders: 
Woodturning has become the fastest growing part of the woodworking community. To give it the attention it deserves, we now offer a free monthly online publication devoted entirely to woodturning.
Check out the most recent issue! Sign-up to receive The Highland Woodturner every month! Want to join in? We invite you to SEND US PHOTOS AND STORIES of your favorite current turning topic. 
Our latest Woodworking Catalog is available to browse online! CLICK to start flipping through it: FREE SHIPPING on Leigh Jigs in lower 48 states 
Our Leigh Dovetail Jigs and Frame Mortise and Tenon Jigs will turn your shop into a cabinet factory.
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Charles Brock has singled out the specific tools he uses when building his sculptured chairs and listed them in one place for easy selection by woodworkers undertaking this challenging project. Check Out the Tools of the Trade: 
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Inside This Issue
Wood Pallet Projects Book Review Tips from Sticks-in-the-Mud Woodshop Show Us Your Shop Building an Electric Bass Guitar The Down to Earth Woodworker Q&A: Stain Conditioner Finishing Tool Review: Kreg Rip-Cut Woodturning with a Cause Show Us Your Stuff Show Us Your Carving FINISHING: Gilding Powders SAFETY: Stress-Free Workshop 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 credit if we show your shop in a future issue. 
This month we are featuring the newly constructed shop of Lyn Baker in Yellville, Arkansas, which he shares with his wife, and features a back deck! CLICK HERE to take a closer look at Lyn's shop: 
By Steven D. Johnson Racine, Wisconsin This Year's Biggest Woodworking Mistake (So Far) The Runner-Up Screw-Up 5S In The Woodworking Shop – A Learning Opportunity Healthy Egos Insightful, Controversial, and Funny Reader Feedback 
This month, Steve talks about the illegible mistake he made when writing dimensions, builds a too-small "winter" cover for his second floor exhaust fan, promotes his next class for Popular Woodworking University, explains the need for a healthy ego, and catches up on some reader questions and comments.
CLICK HERE to read more:
Our August Lie-Nielsen Tool of the Month: #5 Jack Plane 
The "bench" planes start at the No. 1 (incredibly small) and sequentially work up to the No. 8, which is the jointer and the largest in the group. As you can readily tell by the numbers, the No. 5 is pretty close to center of the pack, in sequence as well as in size. The bronze lever cap is both extremely strong and beautiful, while the cherry tote and knob feel wonderful in your hands and add elegant warmth to the plane. Read Lee Laird's blog post about the #5 Jack Plane: Take a closer look at the Lie-Nielsen #5 Jack Plane: 
Thinking of getting a SawStop
for your workshop? Your fingers are worth it! 
In the U.S., a tablesaw accident happens EVERY 9 MINUTES! 
Our 2014 Summer Episode
BOOK REVIEW: Wood Pallet Projects 
Review by
J. Norman Reid Delaplane, VA Are you looking for fresh ideas for some fun woodworking? Would you like to build things with free lumber? Do you favor the "shabby chic" look you get from rough-surfaced wood? Then this may be just the book you need to get you started on your way. READ the rest of the review here: HIGHLAND VIDEO: Product Tours and Tool Demonstrations available on our YouTube Channel! Check out the great product tour videos and demonstrations on our Youtube Channel . Our good friends Morton, Curtis, and Chris demonstrate some of our most popular products for your benefit in these tours. Click below to watch an interview with Master Chairmaker, Jeff Miller, on his Designing and Building Chairs class: Are there any products you'd like to see in a product tour? If so, we invite you to EMAIL US and let us know what YOU would like to see! 
Knew Concept Saws
Our line of innovative premium saws now includes the Titanium Birdcage Fretsaw in 3 sizes, as well as a 6-1/2" Coping Saw along with the original extremely popular 5" and 8" premium aluminum fretsaws. Incredibly stiff and strong, all of these saws have featherweight balance for the utmost control. CLICK HERE for more info: 
This Month on The Highland Blog 
Take a look at our Beginning Turning Class with Hal Simmons Woodworking education is very important to us and we teach a variety of classes and seminars on different woodworking subject matter. We recently sat-in on Hal Miller's Beginning Turning class to take some pictures and be able to show our blog readers what goes on in our classes. CLICK HERE to read more about the turning class: NEW Rikon 25-200H Helical Planer-Jointer 
This new version of Rikon's popular 12" Planer-Jointer features a helical cutterhead with 56 individual cutters arranged in four overlapping rows for ultra-smooth planing. Hefty 3 HP motor allows 1/8" thick stock removal in a single pass.
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FREE Belt Sander
with purchase of our Triton 2 HP Router 
This extremely versatile 2 HP plunge router is great for hand-held use, and also provides extremely convenient performance in a router table.
While supplies last , you'll also receive FREE a Triton Compact Belt Sander worth $79. CLICK HERE for more info: NEW Steel City Industrial-Duty Low-Speed Grinder 
Save with our Upgrade Package Deal. We've added the items you need to get the most out of this industrial duty low speed grinder.
It's a great solution for safely shaping and sharpening your turning tools as well as other edge tools.
CLICK HERE for more info: Instantly access any article ever published in Fine Woodworking Now for only $69.99 
This new DVD archive contains every article in the 237 issues of Fine Woodworking magazine published in the past 38 years. Easily search and view an entire generation's worth of woodworking wisdom. While supplies last, save $30 off the $99.95 list price.
CLICK HERE for more info: Earlex Gemini Spray Station 
Spraying is a great way to get
a quality finish on your woodworking projects without brushmarks, especially on odd-shaped pieces. HVLP
sprayers are excellent for spraying the clear finishes woodworkers commonly
use. Unfortunately, they're not as great at spraying other finishes – like
latex paint. The Earlex Gemini Spray Station bridges that gap. It excels at
spraying latex paint AND clear finishes.
CLICK HERE for more info: 
Building an Electric Bass Guitar: Part 1 - Design Considerations By Lee Laird Austin, TX Lee Laird has been playing musical instruments for most of his life and has already designed and built his own Les Paul. Now he has begun to build an Electric Bass Guitar and gives us all of the details in his new build series. Check out his design plans HERE: Woodturning with a Cause 
By Aaron "Cujo" Cooley Aaron "Cujo" Cooley is a Georgia woodturner who has turned several different urns and other projects for "We Ride To Provide", a non-profit organization dedicated to honoring, serving, and supporting K-9 teams in GA. CLICK HERE to read more about Aaron's turning and the cause he is helping: 
TOOL REVIEW: Kreg Rip-Cut By Jeffrey Fleisher New Market, VA After woodworking for almost 25 years there are not many tools that I get excited about, but I really had a smile on my face as I used this new rip-cut jig from Kreg. If you need to 'break-down' large sheets of plywood into manageable sizes this is the jig for you. CLICK HERE to find out more: 
FESTOOL Cooltainer Cooler
Here's a special new limited edition Festool Systainer that's designed to keep things either hot or cold. The Cooltainer is lined with 1.25" thick foam inserts that will nicely insulate your lunch or favorite beverage. Available in limited quantities, while supplies last. CLICK HERE for more info: 
Premium Router Bits
for CNC machines We offer several sets of Amana's new premium CNC router cutters that are ideal for use in CNC machines large and small. CLICK HERE for more info: WORKBENCH SALE Save up to $200 
Several models of our ever-popular European and German workbenches are now on sale. Choose the model that fits your shop and budget.
CLICK HERE for more info:
Benchcrafted Vises Now Available from Highland
We are pleased to offer Benchcrafted vises, the finest workbench hardware made anywhere, along with detailed plans for building your own Roubo-style workbench.
See our Benchcrafted Vises:
Steel City Helical Planer
with Carbide Cutters Only $499.99 
Steel City's affordable 13" helical-style thickness planer now comes equipped with 26 CARBIDE CUTTERS for long-lasting edge retention. CLICK HERE for more info: WOOD SLICER Testimonial 
I just received your 3/4" resawing blade. Wow that thing is awesome!!
I think I'll throw away all my other blades.
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