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New Mail-In Blade Sharpening Service
Send us your dull carbide sawblades, router bits, shaper cutters and
planer/jointer knives and our precision super-fine sharpening service will
return them to you fully restored to original factory sharpness. Print out the mailing form and include it with the blades you're sending to be sharpened.
Details and
mailing form:
Highland's Upcoming Woodworking Class
Schedule in Atlanta
Many classes fill up quickly. Register now to make sure we hold a spot
for you.
May 6
Gilding & Gold Leafing
May 9
Make and Take a Bookcase
May 13
Wood Coloring Basics
May 15
Power Tool Primer
May 16-17
Bowl Turning Workshop
May 23
Furniture Repair
May 23
The Magic of Milk Paint: Making a Painted-Face Wall Clock
Milk paint can be used
on practically any surface or format: metal, stretched canvas, bedroom walls, kitchen cabinets,
toys, furniture. It is incredibly durable,
eco-friendly and comes in a delicious color palette. Students will explore its versatility while creating their own set of painted sample
boards, then create their own
personally designed Milk Painted wall clock to take home.
May 24
Beginning Turning
May 27
French Polish Workshop
May 30-31
Women in Woodworking: More Power Tools
June 6
Make a Gift Box
June 8-11
Build a Base Cabinet with Drawer
June 13
Scott Antiques Mall Treasure Hunt
June 13
Basic Bowl Turning
June 14
Basic Bowl Turning
June 17
Quick Finishes
June 20
Turning Pens
June 24
Mortise & Tenon by Router
June 26-28
Relief Carving for Beginners
July 8
Sharpening Hand Tools
July 11-12
Woodworking Skills for Beginners
July 18-19
Antique Restoration
July 18
Sharpening for Turners
July 19
Make a Pepper Grinder
July 25-26
Bowl Turning Workshop
July 29
French Polish Workshop
August 1
Intro to Marquetry
August 9
Basic Bowl Turning
August 15
Basic Bowl Turning
September 20-26, 2009
Build a Continuous Arm Rocker with Curtis
Buchanan
October 24-25
Hand Joinery for Fine Furniture Making with Frank Klausz
November 6, 2009
Form
Follows Function: Exploring the Maloof Rocking Chair with Charles Brock
November 7-8, 2009
Building a Maloof-Inspired Rocker with Charles Brock
Classes Suitable for
Teens
This
Month's
Featured Highland Staff Member
Sabiha Mujtaba
Sales
A very busy full-time woodworker and carver for 20 years, Sabiha also uses her extensive woodworking experience helping customers part-time at Highland Woodworking
as well as teaching a number of popular classes here.
A member of
the Furniture Society, her work has been shown in American Craft Council
Shows, in the Decatur Arts Festival and the ACC Southeast. She was featured in
Fine Woodworking Design Book Seven
, and is represented by Shidoni
Gallery in Santa Fe, NM. Visit her website at
www.chrysaliswoodworks.com
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and compensation may vary depending on the published length.
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Certificates
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any woodworker anywhere.
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you live near Atlanta, or are just
passing through, we invite you to visit and leisurely browse our amazing retail store. The thousands
of
woodworking tools on display here await your personal examination.
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My Visit to the Mountaintop
By George T. (Terry) Chapman
Fairburn, Georgia
Well, I've been to the mountaintop.
I had a Master Class recently at Highland Woodworking in Atlanta with Mike Mahoney, world class bowl
turner.
It was a joy to watch
him work and to realize that with proper instruction (and enough practice) we could all do this too.
There were about ten of us in the class with a wide range of experience and ability and
many hailing from far away. The result was some good bowls, some mediocre ones and some chunks of
wood flying around the room.
Here's what I learned:
Q &
A
I just read
"Axes: Timber Framing Tools of the Trade" in the January
issue of
Wood News
and it got me to wondering. I have very little call
for an axe or hatchet, so what would be the best type to keep on hand in my shop
for when a need arises?
Thanks, Kenn H
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us
with your woodworking questions. If yours is selected for
publication,
we'll send you a free Highland Woodworking hat.
Creating Turned Models with SketchUp: Part 2
By Sean Headrick
San Jose, California
In last month's article you saw how to use SketchUp to model a turned bowl and
then use that model to create a template to use when turning on the lathe.
This month you will learn how to modify your design by adding feet and
handles, and alter the proportions to find a design that is just what you
imagined. We will also explore the technique known as "hidden geometry."
How to modify your design:
And They Call Me an Artist
By Wallace Macfarlane
TREEN: Made of "tree"; wooden. Of or belonging to a tree or trees; in quot. 1670, obtained or made from trees.
-- Oxford English dictionary
When I began to make treen for fun and profit, I worried about the competition.
How about all those woodturners who laminate exotic woods at an angle and turn
bowls translucently thin? Precise craftsmen with micrometers in one pocket and
scale drawings in another? How about those hand-rubbers who finish wood smoother
than a baby's cheek?
So what is "treen" anyway?
Going Pro as a
Woodworker
Part 8 of a Series:
Marketing Your Work
By Douglas Bittinger
Smoky Mountain Woodworks
OK, so now you have your tools collected and arranged in a suitable workspace,
you have your friends and family on board with the idea that you are a
professional, you have created a legal business entity, set up the bookkeeping
and found suppliers for the materials you will need to produce your product and
have decided how much to charge. Now all you need are customers to buy that
product and you are on your way!
Where do you find buyers?
Finishing
Wood
with Alan Noel
Why Finishes Fail
Spring! We are finally getting into the best time of the year in terms of the weather. Now
is the best time to clean up, clear out, throw away and rediscover treasures lost
in the clutter of the winter months.
This can also be the time when we unwittingly do the most damage to those treasured pieces
in the home, especially to the older pieces that have been around for quite a while.
Here's how to avoid risking that damage:
Attend our Atlanta Spring One-Day Sale
Saturday, May 16
If you're within driving distance of Atlanta, please join us for our big spring
one-day sale, featuring Steel City, Festool, Kreg and other demos, and special in-store-only savings on selected
tools. Free Highland T-Shirt with $20 purchase, limit one.
1045 N. Highland Ave NE
Atlanta, GA
Hardwood Lumber Now
in Stock in Atlanta
Available for in-store purchase only, premium hand-selected Walnut, Cherry,
Mahogany, Red Oak, quartersawn White Oak, Maple, Poplar, European steamed Beech
and others. Random widths and lengths, planed 2 sides, one straight edge. Stop in and check it out!
Used Workbenches
For Sale, $850 each
We've re-outfitted our store's woodworking classroom and the six massive English-style workbenches that served us well
for decades are now for sale.
Each is mounted with 2 vintage Record
Bench Vises (52-1/2D or 53E).
Top is 2-1/2 inch thick hard maple,
3 feet wide x 5 feet long x 34" high
(one bench is 31" high).
Base is constructed of full 3" x 3" pine.
Weight approximately 300 lbs. each.
MUST be picked up at our Atlanta store.
Our big new Spring/Summer 2009
Tool Catalog is out.
Don't have one yet?
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FESTOOL's Extraordinary New Cordless Drills
Festool has redefined the cordless drill with its new line of T+3
drill/drivers.
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to see how Festool's incredible torque, brushless
motor, multiple chucks, electronic clutch and amazing 3-year warranty on its
lithium-ion batteries have revolutionized cordless drilling.
SPECIAL OFFER
Save $69.50
Steel City Bandsaw
Now Only $499.99
We have only a few of these 1-1/2 HP bandsaws left. Includes ball bearing guide system,
cabinet stand with integral mobile base, 2-speed drive, magnetic worklight, large cast-iron table & 5-year warranty. Available optionally
are the rip fence and 6" riser kit. Ships by truck.
While supplies last, order one of our Tormek T-7 wet grinders, and upon registering your grinder with Tormek, receive free a Gransfors Bruks premium hand axe, a $110 value.
Great Savings on
Steel City Granite
Jointers & Tablesaws
We are now offering Steel City tablesaws and jointers at prices hundreds of dollars lower than we list in our most recent mail order catalog. The saws all feature the new-style solid granite tables and the jointers have solid granite beds. The dense black granite from which these tools are made will never rust, warp or twist, and is guaranteed for ten years. The machines themselves include a five-year factory warranty.
Granite Jointers
40635 6" with quick change knives
40640 6" with helical cutterhead
40655 8" with quick change knives
40660 8" with helical cutterhead
Granite Tablesaws
Free Forrest Woodworker II blade ($130 value) with purchase of 1.75 HP models below, while supply lasts
35930 1.75 HP with 30" fence
35900G 1.75 HP with 30" fence
35905G 3 HP with 30" fence
35910G 1.75 HP with 50" fence
35915G 3 HP with 50" fence
Save on our Kreg Precision Package Deals
Increase the accuracy of your work and save more than $40 each on your choice of
Kreg's innovative woodworking solutions, only while our limited supplies last:
Bandsaw Fence Package
Save $40.97
Miter Gauge Package
Save $42.97
BARGAINS
Hurry, quantities on these deals are now very limited:
Festool TS55 Plunge Saw
includes 2 free quick clamps
$76 savings
Festool TS75 Plunge Saw includes 2 free quick clamps
$76 savings
Festool PS300 Trion Barrel Grip Jigsaw includes 35 free blades
$55 savings
Festool PS300 Trion D-Handle Jigsaw includes 35 free blades
$55 savings
Festool Vac Boom Arm package includes large handle and tool holder
$60 savings
Festool 10" Sawblade package includes 60t universal and 80t fine
$48 savings
Cabinetmaker's
Shop Calculator
Here's a great deal on a really useful tool. Our solar-powered cabinetmaker's shop calculator converts fractional inches to metric and back again.
You can perform any function with multiple fractions, and even add fractions to metric millimeters. Includes dustproof case and built-in notepad.
Sale quantity is limited.
New Lower Prices on our Leigh Jigs
Narex Mortise Chisels
The maker of our best-selling bench chisels has created a stout new mortise chisel for medium-duty furniture mortising. Available in 3 sizes, with European beech handles.
Red Hot Special for Woodturners
Get a free set of Cole Jaws, a $79.99 value, with purchase of the
SuperNova2 lathe chuck
.
Teknatool of New Zealand pioneered the first 4-jaw self-centering
scroll chuck in 1988, and their current SuperNova2 version incorporates the latest in chucking technology. This offer is a special purchase.
Our special offer supply is limited.
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