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Ask the Staff
Question:
I've found trying to smooth and flatten wood with a hand plane to be a frustrating experience. Even with the blade as sharp as I can get it,
I can't produce those thin, uniform shavings like you see in the woodworking magazines. What are some of the things I need to
know to get a bench plane to work well?
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with your woodworking questions.
If yours is selected for publication,
we'll send you a free Highland Woodworking hat.
Tough Leather Shop Apron
Recent Testimonial
Just wanted to let you know I received your new leather shop
apron that is on sale right now and LOVE IT!! The leather is high quality (being a
longtime horseback rider and saddlery owner I know leather) and it is the only one that I found
anywhere with the pocket flaps reinforced with rivets. I needed one that could see hard service in the shop and this unit
will do the job and then some. Thanks for the great product and service.
More Info and How to Order
Show 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. (Email photos at 800x600 resolution.
Receive a $50 store gift card if we show
your shop in a future issue.
Featured this month is Jack Olson's shop in Thomasville, Georgia.
CLICK HERE
for a look inside Jack Olson's shop:
Finishing
Wood
with Alan Noel
Preserving Patina
When I first started working on old furniture, I would give
everything a very good sanding before re-staining
and adding a new finish. However when I went to work for an antique
restoration shop while I was in college, I soon learned that not every piece
should be treated the same way.
Here are 5 tips to help
guide you in the right direction:
How to Plan a Kitchen Renovation Using SketchUp, Part 2
By Sean Headrick
San Jose, California
This month we will see how to make cabinets for the kitchen, create flat panel as well as glass
panel doors, then make drawers and add hardware to finish your kitchen design.
Once you're familiar with the techniques described here, you should have no problem creating all
types of cabinet models.
Here's how to use this FREE project design system:
Narex Bench Chisels
Named Best Value Bench Chisel by FWW magazine, boxed set of 6 rugged chisels.
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for Wood News?
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, we will compensate the contributor. We typically
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$100 (in the form of a store gift certificate) for a thousand-word-plus article with photos. The amount
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and compensation may vary depending on the published length.
PCS Professional SawStop Tablesaw
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:
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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SATURDAY, JANUARY 23 Highland's Winter Tool Festival & ONE DAY SALE Features Free Demos by THOMAS LIE-NIELSEN
Join us at our Atlanta store Saturday, Jan. 23 from 9 AM to 6 PM for our annual Winter Tool Festival and One-Day Sale.
Headlining this year's event is toolmaker Thomas Lie-Nielsen, who'll be at the workbench demonstrating his exquisite hand tools
thru-out the day.
Read our Interview
with Thomas Lie-Nielsen:
A number of our other vendors will also be on hand giving live demonstrations. Freud will bring it's
well-equipped "Workshop on Wheels" demonstrating building raised panel doors using a router table. Our Kreg rep will
demonstrate the ease and efficiency of pockethole joinery as well give live demos of their popular new Beaded Face Frame System.
We'll do the famous
SawStop hotdog demo twice during the day, at 11 AM and 2 PM.
It's a great chance to learn new woodworking techniques
as well as save money on the many great deals we'll be offering throughout the store.
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 rocking chair.
Now Chuck has singled out the specific tools he uses
when building the chair and listed them in one place for easy selection by woodworkers undertaking this challenging project.
Check Out the Tools of the Trade:
Recent WOOD SLICER Testimonial
Just got a 1/2" Wood Slicer for a project. Put it on, re-tuned the band saw and POW! Right out of
the box I'm slicing off veneers of hard maple that measure consistently .030". I'm impressed,
gentlemen. The blade is everything it's cracked up to be, sharp, consistent, quiet and it leaves a
surface that a couple strokes of a scraper will take care of. I'll be back for more. — Doug F.
CHECK OUT our phenomenal
Wood Slicer resawing
blade:
Now Stocking a Wide Selection of Freud Sawblades and Dados
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.
CLICK HERE for more info:
Freud's New Quadra-Cut Raised Panel & Profile Router Bits Cut Cleaner
Four carbide cutters work better than two, especially when two of the cutters perform upshear cuts while the other two make downshear cuts,
eliminating splinters and fuzz even on challenging cross-grain cuts and in the most delicate of materials.
Now available in a wide variety of router bit profiles.
New Hock Premium Carving Knives
The makers of Hock Tools are well known for their much-sought-after high-quality tool-steel plane irons. Now they've created a line
of beautiful handmade carving knives with Rc62 high carbon steel blades and comfortable bubinga handles.
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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