What Have You Made With Your
Highland Woodworking Tools?
by Rob Beers
Harness Creek, MD
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I have always been interested in woodworking. Growing up, my father was
constantly building something, and I was his Number 1 guy. So, when I saw that
they offered woodworking shop classes in junior high, I immediately signed up. I
continued with courses in senior high school and in college I progressed to more
advanced courses, such as furniture design.
Fast forward 30 years, I am now a computer scientist and I have a number of hobbies
but woodworking and fine furniture building continue to be my passion. I mainly
work with exotic and highly figured domestic woods. I have built everything from
beds, to live edge dining tables, console tables, mirrors, and cabinets. My latest
project was a birthday present for my wife. I made her a cherry blanket chest lined
with aromatic red cedar. There is inlaid black walnut and varied spaced dovetails. I
added butterfly key joints and hand carved detail around the top of the chest to
match the detail in the "paw feet." Yes, I said "paw feet"...inspired by our 130
pound black Labrador retriever, Cooper.
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The joinery for this chest was created with the
Leigh D4R Pro 24" Dovetail Jig
and
the
Foredom 2252 Chisel Carving Kit
, both purchased from Highland Woodworking. The piece was
finished with tung and linseed oils and
Waterlox Original Satin Topcoat
. The Leigh
Dovetail Jig was especially useful due to the flexibility and infinite setting of the
dovetail framework. Thanks Highland for the exceptional service!
You can email Rob at
no1fishhead@gmail.com
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