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Fretwork

Fretwork for Fretful Times
By Bob Rummer

Bob has written about some of the psychological benefits of woodworking before, how shop time can help us manage anxiety and stress and contribute to a more positive outlook on life. This month, as he thinks about our current situation he shares how woodworking can affect four key dimensions of our mental health and well-being.

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Inside This Issue

Show Us Your Workshop
Project: Singing Spin Tops
Submit Your Carving Projects
Fretwork for Fretful Times
Women in Woodworking
Whts Nxt Podcast
Finishing: Acrylic Finishes
Q&A: Restoring Rusty Hand-Me-Downs
Woodturning Donut Hooks
Taunton Press Book Specials
Poll: Extra Woodworking Time?
Show Us Your Woodworking
Book Review: The Craft of Veneering


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Now is a great time to learn a new woodworking skill. Here at Highland we've got a YouTube Channel full of how-to videos and product tours.

Build a Bookcase
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How to Flatten Your Workbench Top
How to Choose Sharpening Stones

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Show Us Your Shop

Show Us Your Shop

We're sharing Bruce Graybill's former camper workshop, which was unfortunately destroyed by a fire earlier this year.

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Show Us Your Woodworking

Show Us Your Woodworking

Dennis Ford combined his love of woodworking and antique cars and recently built a wooden body for his 1930 Model A Ford Huckster Wagon.

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Show Us Your Woodcarving

Woodcarving Project
Submissions Wanted

Have you been carving lately? We're looking for future submissions for our Show Us Your Woodcarving column! Submissions that appear in Wood News Online will receive a $50 Highland Woodworking Store Credit!

Submit your Carving Projects!
 
 
Rusty Tools

Q&A: Restoring Rusty
Hand-Me-Down Tools

Last month we answered a tech support question that we thought would be good to share with our readers:

I have received some of my grandfathers and Uncles hand tools. They have not been used for years and are quite rusty. Should I leave them like this or remove the rust and apply something to prevent them from getting so rusty?

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Poll: Woodworking Time

Poll: How Are You Spending Your Time at Home?

This past month, some of us may have found more time on our hands at home. For our April poll, we want to know how you are spending your time and if you've had more chances to get into the shop?

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Women in Woodworking

Women in Woodworking:
Meet Marylou
Garcia-Anderson

The beauty of woodworking is that it takes on many different meanings for all of us. For those like Marylou Garcia-Anderson, it's all about art form, which is exemplified in her projects.

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Turning a Singing Top

Project Idea: Turning a Singing Top

Spinning tops are often the first project taught to new turners, particularly if they are 12 or younger. Some of us are still fascinated by tops even though that 12 year old mark was passed many decades ago. John Wolf recently started making singing tops. These are tops that make a resonate note as they spin.

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how to make them
 
Podcast

Highland Woodworking Featured on
whts nxt Podcast

Molly Bagby, daughter of Highland Woodworking owners, Chris and Sharon Bagby, was recently interviewed on the podcast whts nxt. Molly discusses the history of Highland Woodworking and how she grew up in the retail store.

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Craft of Veneering

Book Review:
The Craft of Veneering

Norm has just recently started incorporating veneer into his woodworking projects, which he taught himself after reading The Craft of Veneering by Craig Thibodeau, a ready guide to a wide range of veneering practices that will get you started with this interesting material.

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Acrylic Finishes

Finishing: Acrylics and Touch Up

When you need to do a quick paint touch-up on a piece of furniture, Alan has a quick tip for getting the perfect color match!

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Woodturning Donut Hooks

Woodturning
Donut Hooks

In keeping with historic tradition at his local "Living History" presentations, Temple recently turned a "Donut Hook" for the resident baker to fetch freshly fried donuts out of the hot oil.

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