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Straddle Square

NEW Woodpeckers® OneTIME Tool®
Straddle Square

Mark both faces and one edge of your stock with absolute precision in one quick step with the latest Woodpeckers OneTime Tool Straddle Square. The Straddle Squares come in two different sizes to fit all your stock requirements.

Last day to order is July 15, 2019!

Inside This Issue

Show Us Your Workshop
Finishing: Summertime Blues
Women in Woodworking
Sharpen This, Part 6
Show Us Your Woodworking
Poll: Project Mistakes
Video: Hock Plane Irons
Show Us Your Woodcarving
Turning With a Story Stick
Is it a Defect or a Feature?
Review: Woodworking With Hand Tools
Spring/Summer 2019 Catalog
The Highland Woodworker
Tips From Sticks-In-The-Mud
Workbench

Premium Workbenches
On Sale

We just received a large shipment of our premium Hofmann & Hammer workbenches and they're on sale now for a limited time at up to $200 off!

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Defect or Feature

Is it a Defect or a Feature?
By Jeff Fleisher

When searching for the perfect piece of wood for your project, what one person thinks is a defect in the wood could possibly be another person's perfect feature. Jeff discusses and shares several of his own projects where he used pieces of wood that others may have thrown in the scrap pile.

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Upcoming Woodworking Classes in Atlanta

7/9-10 Build a Bookcase
7/16 Using Hand Planes
7/17 Coloring Wood
7/18 Milling and Jointing Lumber
7/20-21 Intro to Relief Carving
7/20 Finishing 101
7/27 Hand Cut Dovetails
7/28 Turn a Peppermill
7/31 Intro to Pen Turning
8/3 Tips and Techniques for Staining, Dyeing and Glazing
8/4 Intro to Spoon Carving
8/6 Hand Tool Sharpening
8/7 Finishing the Finish
8/10-11 Fundamentals of Woodworking
8/13 Table Saw Orientation
8/15 Hand Cut Mortise and Tenon
8/17 Build a Tool Storage Box
8/17 Finishing 101
8/18 Bandsaw Basics
8/20 Build a Krenov-style Plane
8/22 Milling and Jointing Lumber
8/24 Beginning Turning
8/25 Basic Bowl Turning
8/27 Intro to Pen Turning

Introduction to Relief Carving with Sabiha Mujtaba

Featured Class:
Introduction to Relief Carving with
Sabiha Mujtaba
July 20-21, 2019

Relief carving is the art of creating depth and the illusion of 3D in a relatively shallow plane of wood. In this introductory class, Sabiha will help you understand carving tool profiles and how to carve with them safely and efficiently. You'll learn how to transfer a design onto wood and how to plan out your cutting sequences so you can remove wood in the manner needed to best achieve your design objectives.

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Show Us Your Shop

Show Us Your Shop

We're sharing Bob Rummer's 1600 square foot workshop in Lawrence, KS.

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Show Us Your Woodworking

Show Us Your Woodworking

We're sharing a variety of woodworking projects made by Ron Lepionka, who took up woodworking after his wife told him he needed a hobby during retirement.

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Show Us Your Woodcarving

Show Us Your Woodcarving

We're sharing several carving projects made by Robert Paul who had always been interested in carving as a boy, but couldn't afford to start until his 40's.

View Robert's Carving Projects
 
Turning with a Story Stick

Turning the Corner: Short Tale of a
Story Stick

When you're in need of turning multiples of the same part for a project, using a story-stick makes the job a lot easier. Temple discusses how he used a story stick to turn the parts for multiple chairs replicated from history.

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Women in Woodworking

Women in Woodworking
Meet Angela Hollis

This month, Char introduces us to Angela Hollis, a retired Resource Teacher who is now devoted full-time to her carpentry company, Angela Hollis & Co.

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Sticks in the Mud

Tips from Sticks
in the Mud

Jim continues with Part 3 of his floor board panel project and also shares a money-saving tip on how to make magnetic clothespins to hang your shop plans and papers.

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Poll: Project Mistakes

Poll: Project Mistakes

When you make an error while working on a woodworking project do you usually call it a happy mistake or own up to the error?

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our poll
 
Woodworking With Hand Tools

Book Review:
Woodworking With Hand Tools

If you're a hand tool woodworker or have wanted to start using more hand tools on your projects, Woodworking With Hand Tools, by the Editors of Fine Woodworking Magazine, is a must-have for your woodworking library.

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Finishing

Finishing:
Summertime Blues

It's officially Summer and the humidity is likely high where you are, which is probably affecting the time it takes for your finishes to dry. Alan Noel has a tip on how to speed up those times during these hot and humid summers!

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Hock Plane Blade

Video: Hock Plane Irons

Whether your plane's blade is used up, pitted with rust or just plain no good, a Hock Plane Iron can be the quickest way to get your hand plane cutting its best. In this video, Jim Dillon takes a look at these irons and explains what makes them so good.

Check out other videos and product tour demos on our YouTube Channel.

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Chris Schwarz

Sharpen This, Part 6
The Bevel
& the Devil
By Christopher Schwarz

In Part 6 of his sharpening series, Chris Schwarz discusses the bevel and how there is so much talk about the right shape and angle it needs to be, when really there are so many more important things in life to focus on.

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New Tools and Deals for Your Workshop
Joiner's Work'

Pre-Order
The Difference Makers by
Marc Adams

Marc Adams is a well known woodworker who runs one of the best woodworking schools in the country with classes taught by many different woodworking legends. His new book chronicles the lives of 30 of these woodworkers and the path they took toward their career in woodworking.

Pre-order now for
Late July delivery
Wood Slicer

Our Famous
Wood Slicer
Resaw Bandsaw Blade

If you have yet to try a Wood Slicer Blade on your bandsaw, you are missing out! This blade makes resawing easier, quieter, and more consistent by making cuts as smooth as butter. Don't take our word for it. You can read customer reviews here.

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The Highland Woodworker

Watch our latest episode of The Highland Woodworker featuring Phil Colson, a talented woodturner and an employee of Highland for over 30 years! Plus tool tips from Popular Woodworking and more!

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Flexcut Carving Tools

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Carving Tools
Get Cash Back!

For a limited time, buy any Flexcut products totaling $50 or more and get $5 cash back. $100 or more, get $10 back.

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rebate form

 

Joiner's Work By Peter Follansbee

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Timbermate
Wood Filler

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Bora Centipede Portable Workstand

Bora Centipede Portable Workstand

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Flip Catalog

Flip Through Our Spring/Summer 2019 Woodworking Catalog

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FWW Archive

Fine Woodworking Magazine Archive
1975-2018
Flash Drive

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Stanley Sweetheart Socket Chisels
Set of 8

Save $30 for a
limited time!

Workbench

Save $22 on the Portamate 6-Shelf Lumber Rack

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Elipse OV/P100 Organic Vapor & Dust Mask

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David Barron Magnetic Dovetail Saw Guide

Makes it easy to hand cut perfect dovetails

Kid's Tool Kit

Woodworking Tool Kit for Kids

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for more info

Moxon Vise

Acer-Ferrous Toolworks Moxon Vise Kit

Save $10 for a
limited time!

Quick Action Bar Clamps

Quick Action
Bar Clamps

Now back in stock!

 

Narex Spoon Carving Starter Kit

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Stanley 175th Anniversary Tape Measure - 10ft

Great Collector's Item!

Workbench

Festool Limited Edition Bluetooth Starter Kit

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Save $10 on the
Flex Arm Magnetic
LED Worklight

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