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Highland's Upcoming Woodworking Class
Schedule in Atlanta
Many classes fill up quickly. Register now to make sure we hold a spot
for you.
New PCS Professional SawStop Tablesaw now available
The SawStop PCS is a world class precision piece of woodworking machinery based just on its own merits as a tablesaw.
However it's indisputably the SAFEST tablesaw in the world as well. The good news is it's available for a price that's competitive with
other professional tablesaws (all of which LACK SawStop's patented blade braking system). Drop by our store at your first opportunity
and see why the SawStop is the professional tablesaw that makes the most sense to buy.
YOU can own a SawStop tablesaw. (WHY WAIT FOR AN ACCIDENT?)
FIND OUT how to purchase:
Mount Tormek Jigs on Your Dry Bench Grinder
Now owners of traditional dry bench grinders can achieve the accuracy of a Tormek machine while shaping profiles on turning gouges, skews
& scrapers plus many carving tools. Tormek's new BGM-100 Bench Grinder Mount allows users to apply any of several Tormek jigs to
a dry grinding wheel.
Hofmann & Hammer Workbenches
We currently have a good stock of our premium German-made Hofmann & Hammer workbenches available for immediate delivery.
We believe there are no finer benches made anywhere.
Fine Woodworking
magazine has designated these benches as a "Best Value."
WOODWORKING
TIPS MAP
An easy way to navigate our entire
highly-informative woodworking website
Auriou Hand-Stitched Rasps Are Back!
French-made Auriou rasps have long been a mainstay for sculptors, patternmakers and chairmakers, but the aggressive cut and smooth
finish left by these steel works of art will endear them to anyone who works wood.
After a year-long interruption in the supply of Auriou rasps, we are excited
to offer them once again in limited quantities.
CLICK HERE to see Auriou Rasps
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Your Own Article
for Wood News?
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contributions
of editorial material (articles, photos and videos) from our customers and readership, and for every
one we
accept and publish in
Wood News Online
, we will compensate the contributor. We typically
pay up to
$100 (in the form of a store gift certificate) for a thousand-word-plus article with photos. The amount
of the gift
certificate may be prorated for shorter articles. Articles submitted may be edited by us at our
discretion,
and compensation may vary depending on the published length.
Visit Our Store
If
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.
1045 N. Highland Ave NE
Atlanta, Georgia
Highland Woodworking Gift
Certificates
An awesome present that's always appreciated by just about
any woodworker anywhere.
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Show Us Your Shop!
For this popular monthly column, we invite you to
SEND US PHOTOS
of your woodworking shop along with
captions and a brief description of your woodworking. (Photos can most easily be sent to us via
email. 800 x 600 resolution is preferred.) Receive a $50 store gift card if we show
your shop in a future issue.
Featured this month is Ralph Nelson's brand new shop that he just built in Helena, Montana.
CLICK HERE
for a quick tour of Ralph's shop:
Ask the Staff
Question:
You advertise a "Woodworker's Dial Caliper." What's the difference between a woodworker's dial caliper and any other dial caliper?
E-mail us
with your woodworking questions.
If yours is selected for publication,
we'll send you a free Highland Woodworking hat.
An Infrared Heater for a Small Workshop
by Steven D. Johnson
Racine, Wisconsin
We need heat for comfort, and for our finishes to dry properly. We need heat for our wood to
acclimate and for our glues to set. We need our heat source to be efficient and safe and we need it
to be effective. We ponder last year's utility bills and think about smelly fumes and noisy heaters,
or worse, the money we have wasted on ineffectual units. Inevitably, at this time of year, we all
wonder if there is a better way.
Here's my "better way":
How I Survived in the Woodworking Business
by Curtis Whittington
Boerne, Texas
I've been making furniture for more than 25 years. For the past nine years it has been my only
source of income. All my work is commissioned, so I rarely do any two pieces alike. This is a tough way
to make a living, and two years ago I nearly had to give it up. Then at a trade show I stumbled onto the
Multi-Router.
Here's the story of why I'm still in the woodworking business:
Take SketchUp to the Next
Level with Ruby Plugins
By Sean Headrick
San Jose, California
Last summer I was fortunate enough to attend a seminar called "3D Basecamp." It was a 3-day
seminar for SketchUp users from novice to expert level. There I discovered several
new techniques and applications. The most exciting ones were some
applications known as "ruby plugins."
Here's How They Can Help You Design a Project:
Finishing
Wood
with Alan Noel
Choosing a Finish
After building a project or deciding to refinish an existing one,
you need to choose what kind of finish to apply.
Before deciding, there are a number of things you need to consider.
Here are some tips that will help you choose:
This
Month's
Featured Highland Staff Member
George Wallace
Senior Cashier
Now in his third year at Highland, George is the point man for customers entering and leaving our Atlanta retail store.
A musician at heart since his early teens, he graduated from GA State University with a degree in music composition.
His band,
Fight to the Death
(known for its eastern European, indie-rock style, flavored with country & western overtones),
has recorded CDs and plays regularly at local venues.
Since we moved our huge woodworking book department close to his station in the front of the store, George
has absorbed more about woodworking than he ever imagined, and he works occasionally helping out in local professional wood shops.
No grass grows under George's feet. He's always busy helping make Highland a better place to shop.
Narex Mortise Chisels
The maker of our best-selling bench chisels has created a stout new very affordable mortise chisel for medium-duty
furniture mortising. Available in 3 sizes with European beech handles, and as a set of all 3.
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James Krenov, 1920-2009
World-renowned craftsman and author James Krenov passed away September 9, 2009 in Fort Bragg,
California at age 88. His first book,
A Cabinetmaker's Notebook
and the ones that followed have been a
lasting source of inspiration to thousands, and contributed greatly to the growth of interest in
fine craftsmanship that began in the late 1970s.
New Maloof-Inspired Rocker Plan Bundle
No woodworking book or DVD we've ever sold before has generated the response we've received from customers to Charles Brock's
excellent plan bundle that provides everything you need to know to build your own Maloof-inspired rocking chair. The bundle includes a
103 minute DVD, 48-page color-illustrated book and two 24"x48" full-size patterns. Chuck's entire first printing of the bundle sold out in just 3 months,
and a second printing has just arrived. Sample our free online video for a look at this great woodworking project.
More info and sample the video
Our Leather Shop Apron:
The Perfect Gift
Every holiday season we seem to run out of this beautiful,
rugged top-grain leather shop apron. It's the perfect gift that will please any woodworker.
Order now:
Personalized Shop Sign
Hang a shingle outside your Olde Shoppe with our two-sided custom cast sign. Makes a handsome gift.
Order now:
Festool:
THE LAST DRILL
You'll Ever Need to Buy
Tests have
shown the Festool T+3 drills outperform the competition's 15 and 18 volt drills. You can literally drive more than 1,000,000 screws with one of these drills.
Built to last a lifetime, it is literally the last drill you will ever need to buy.
Festool has repackaged their new 12+3 and 15+3 lithium-ion powered drills making them easier to afford. Previously each model came with 4 different
drill chucks. Now each drill comes with 2 standard Fastfix chucks: the 1/2" drill chuck and the Centrotec chuck. (A right-angle chuck and an eccentric chuck
are available as optional accessories.)
Now Stocking a Wide Selection of Freud Sawblades
Freud sawblades offer the ultimate combination of fused tooth grind geometry, blade body
rigidity, precise tensioning, a special carbide blend and superior carbide brazing, non-stick
Perma-SHIELD coating and high performance anti-vibration – all working together to
provide the ultimate cut.
WOOD SLICER Testimonial
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