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The Down to Earth Woodworker Discusses "Climate Change"
by Steve Johnson
Racine, WI
This month, Steve Johnson, The Down to Earth Woodworker discusses climate change, specifically how this past summer has caused a lot of rusting in his shop and his solutions for getting rid of the rust. Steve also discusses how the weekly weather forecast can impact his projects and how sometimes beating the weather to finish the project isn't the greatest idea when it comes to shop safety. Lastly, Steve discusses how he and his plumber were able to come up with a project solution together!
The Down to Earth Woodworker – read more
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Tool Review: Woodworker's 6 inch Dial Caliper
A lot of woodworkers think the caliper is for metal working and is overkill for woodworking, but I disagree. It is actually one of my favorite measuring tools because of its accuracy and flexibility. Using the caliper you can make outside, inside, depth and stepped measurements very quickly and with a high degree of accuracy. In this review, I explain each of these different types of measurements and give a little background on the tool itself.
Read the Tool Review
Purchase the Woodworker's
6 inch Dial Caliper
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Book Review: Tom Fidgen's
The Unplugged Woodshop
Amid the current flurry of excellent books on hand tool woodworking, it is hard to say that one or the other stands out from the rest. And yet, as I see it, this one by Canadian woodworker Tom Fidgen does. The successor to Fidgen's earlier hand tool–oriented book,
Made by Hand
, this one is more than merely well–written, which it is, and beautifully illustrated in color, which it also is.
The Unplugged Woodshop
is a stimulating source of ideas and techniques that will help any woodworker build her or his hand tool skills, all the while creating beautiful and useful projects for the home and woodshop
Read the Book Review
Purchase The Unplugged Woodshop
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Class: Carving in the Round with Sabiha Mujtaba
Oct. 25-27, 2016
In this in-depth class, you will make a scale model in clay, transfer the various profiles on all flat sides of a block of wood, cut out the waste and begin the shaping process. Carving your free-form design will involve deep shapes, undercutting, and possibly through cuts.
Carving in the Round with
with Sabiha Mujtaba – Sign Up!
More Upcoming Classes
10/8
Beginning Character Carving
10/8
Spray Finishing
10/11
Hand Planes
10/12
Finishing the Finish
10/13
Milling & Jointing Lumber
10/18
Hand Cut Dovetails
10/19
Sharpening for Turners
10/20
Intro to Pen Turning
10/22
Beginning Turning
10/22-23
Antique Restoration
10/24
Basic Bowl Turning
10/25-27
Carving in the Round
10/29
Intro to Marquetry
10/30
Router Basics
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Show Us Your Shop
This month we're sharing the woodworking shop of Bob Nisbet, who has accumulated so many tools over the past 40 years that he seldom has to buy anything nowadays.
View More of Bob's Shop
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Show Us Your Woodworking
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Show Us Your Woodcarving
This month we are featuring an ornate wood-carved border made up of several different carved pieces, created by Dilo Márcio Fernandino.
View Dilo's Carving Process
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Women in Woodworking:
Meet Jess Ouyang
This month, Andrea interviews Jess Ouyang a female woodworker who is lucky enough to have had her company (Facebook) sponsor a woodworking shop on the company campus, which has allowed Jess to delve deep into the world of woodworking.
Read Jess's Journey
in Woodworking
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Project Idea:
Wooden Loom
Recently, several local community groups in Orange County have gotten together to make recycled sleeping mats for homeless military veterans. To improve the speed and efficiency of making these mats, woodworker, Forrest Bonner, was approached by his neighbor to make several reproductions of the wooden loom that these mats were made on.
Read more about this
woodworking project
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Blog: How to Sharpen Woodworking Tools
Most woodworkers have their own method for sharpening their woodworking tools. This month, Justin Moon shares his detailed sharpening process and explains the steps he takes to get his tools sharp and ready for woodworking.
Read more about how to sharpen woodworking tools
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Tips from Sticks in the Mud
This month, Jim has a tip on sanding and finishing with the grain. He also has a money-saving tip on making his
reusable foam brush handles
even more effective when using them to install sanding disks onto random-orbit sander pads.
Read this month's
Woodworking Tips
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Pumpkin Carving Contest
If you're a woodcarver we're guessing you might have a pretty good eye for carving pumpkins this coming Fall, and we want to see what you've made! Send us photos of your carved pumpkins for a chance to be featured in our Novemer issue of Wood News Online and receive a $50 Highland Woodworking store credit if we feature your carving!
Email us your pumpkin carvings!
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Poll: What kind of footwear do you use in your shop?
In this month's poll, Jim Randolph asks: "What kind of footwear do you use in your shop?"
Answer the poll
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HIGHLAND VIDEO:
Instructional Videos and Demonstrations available on our YouTube Channel!
Woodpecker's Drill
Press Table
In this video product tour, Johnny Brooke from Crafted Workshop, provides a detailed overview for how he uses the
Woodpeckers Drill Press Table
in his shop.
Watch the video and find out more!
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Finishing Tip: Hide Glue Putty
This month, Alan shares his recipe and uses for hide glue putty, a mixture of dust and hide glue that will help strengthen your piece and guard against moisture.
Find out Alan's tips on
making and using hide glue putty
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Browse our latest
Woodworking Catalog
Flip through the pages online!
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Wood Slicer Resaw
Bandsaw Blade
Just wanted to tell you how impressed I am with the "Wood Slicer" bandsaw blade. I have it installed on my 18" bandsaw, and replaced an expensive carbide tipped blade with the Wood Slicer. My first try was a 2-1/2" wide scrap of white oak. I couldn't believe how effortlessly and how quietly it cut. I think that's the best the saw has ever performed! Thanks for such a good product and service! -Bill
Get your own Wood Slicer now!
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Festool Heaven
Read Issue #3 of Festool Heaven
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New Tools for your Workshop
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NEW Mueller Hand Forged Axes
Mueller's hand forged axes have a long-earned and much deserved reputation as being highly functional tools of uncompromising quality and workmanship. Made by specially trained forge masters that combine modern-day technical skills with hand-workmanship artistry passed down from generations of forgers.
Hand forged in Austria
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Woodpeckers OneTime Tool - Precision Framing Squares
"Measure Twice and Cut Once" won't help if the framing square you are using to draw your lines isn't precise. Woodpeckers has created a large-sized precision framing square, specifically designed for tight tolerance woodworking.
Last day to order is
Oct. 10, 2016
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SuperMax 19-38 Drum
Sander with Stand
The SuperMax 19-38 Drum Sander is ideal for use in small shops to reduce the drudgery and time spent sanding while making it quick and easy to achieve consistent smooth results. Sturdily built, this machine doubles as a surface finisher as well as a light-duty abrasive thicknesser.
A leader in design innovation
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SuperMax Pre-Cut Abrasives for Drum Sanders
SuperMax offer abrasive wraps for several brands and sizes of drum sanders. Each heavy duty aluminum oxide wrap is cut to a taper and length of the drum, and is ready to wrap on the drum.
Click here for more info
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New Kreg Hardware Installation Tools
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More Great Books and Tools for your Workshop
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