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Turn a Peppermill with Hal Simmons, May 28
Freshly ground pepper always tastes better, especially if it comes from a pepper grinder you make
yourself. In this class, Hal Simmons will teach you how to make your own 6" peppermill on the lathe as
well as skills you need to make many more.
Turn a Peppermill, May 28, 2011
Highland's Upcoming Woodworking Class Schedule in Atlanta
Many classes fill up quickly, so please register now to make sure we hold a spot for you.
May 7
Introduction to Marquetry
May 9-12
Cabinetmaking Basics
May 14
Antiques Show and Tell
May 18
French Polish Workshop
May 21
Basic Bowl Turning
May 22
Turning Pens
May 25
Sharpening for Turners
May 28
Turn a Peppermill
June 1
Finishing the Finish
June 2
Timber Framing
June 4
Chip Carving
June 6-9
Build a Shaker Table
June 11
Beginning Turning
June 18
Basic Bowl Turning
June 19
Basic Bowl Turning
June 22
Taming of the Skew
June 25
Hand Cut Dovetails
June 25-26
Antique Restoration
June 26
Router Basics
Classes Suitable for Teens
See a List of All Our Classes
View
Slideshows of Classes
Three Rikon Bandsaw Models Are ON SALE at Highland Woodworking
A good workbench is the keystone of any woodworking shop. You'll be able to
approach your next woodworking project like never before with our AFFORDABLE new European Workbench.
Solidly constructed from beautiful European beechwood, this bench will help to inspire and enable
quality woodworking.
Japanese Katanaboy Folding Chainsaw
Well, it's not exactly a chainsaw. It actually even has a number of advantages over a chainsaw. It
requires no gas or oil. It makes very little noise. It's very lightweight. And although it's hard to
believe, its 76 very aggressive teeth will cut timber so fast that a chainsaw is not really
necessary. 46" long.
CLICK HERE for more info:
NEW Serious Toolworks Turning Tools NOW AVAILABLE at Highland!
Serious Toolworks turning tools are designed for
serious turners seeking the absolute highest quality top-of-the-line tools for enhancing and refining their turning experience.
See what we mean by SERIOUS:
Check out our new kit: The Mini-Texturing Tool!
Make your own Mini-Texturing Tool for adding professional
decoration to your woodturning projects.
CLICK HERE for more info:
Check out the innovative and easy-to-use Easy Wood Turning Tools!
Why so easy? The flat shank of the Easy Wood Tool allows the tool to always ride dead flat on the
tool rest, so the turner's attention can be focused on things other than the tool's edge, and the
cutter is simply moved straight into the work. This simple technique is a boon for beginner turners,
or turners who have struggled using standard tools and techniques in the past.
Take a look at our
Easy Wood Turning Tools:
GREAT DEAL on a Porter Cable 560 Quik Jig Pocket Hole Joinery System
This slick jig automatically adjusts to whatever thickness material you're using, then shows you on
a scale what length screw you need. We have just a few of these left PACKAGED WITH a Porter Cable
12V driver/drill for a very low price.
CLICK HERE for more info:
Earlex HVLP HV5000
Pro Sprayer,
Super
Special $249.99
(Reg. price $299.99)
Discover how fast and easy finishing can be without having to
apply using a brush. Flawlessly sprays stains, lacquer, shellac, polyurethane, and water-based
finishes, as well as thinned latex paint. Quantities limited.
CLICK HERE for more info:
WOODWORKING
TIPS MAP
An easy way to navigate our entire
highly-informative woodworking website.
Check It Out!
Another Testimonial for the WOOD SLICER
I want to give you feedback on a product I purchased recently. Last week I received a
3/4″ x 105″ Wood Slicer. I was very pleased when I received it so soon after ordering!! I had saved
some beautiful Cherry Laurel from a fallen tree and looked forward with great anticipation to sawing
it into planks for gift boxes. I installed the blade on my 14″ Delta bandsaw with risers. The
instructions that accompanied the blade were indispensible since this was my first venture into
resawing.
I could hardly wait to see how it would go. I was flabbergasted at what I felt and saw as I pushed
the rough-cut piece of log through the blade. The cut was so easy, and the wood tracked through the
blade straight as an arrow. I did not have to make any allowances for drift or blade curvature!! I
almost cried it felt and looked so good. The sides of the cuts looked like they had been through a
planer or jointer, no blade marks whatsoever!
So, I just wanted you (and other customers who might wonder if all of your claims for the Wood
Slicer are true) to know – I can say that they most certainly are!
Thanks,
— W.
Osburn
Get Yourself a Wood Slicer:
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Inside This Issue
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 history and description
of your woodworking. (Email photos at 800x600 resolution.) Receive a $50 store gift card if we show
your shop in a future issue.
By Steven D. Johnson,
Racine, Wisconsin
The Down To Earth Woodworker is busy moving into his new (old) house and his new
workshop and will be back next month with tales of near tragedies, minor victories, how a woodworker
builds stairs, wiring strategies for a woodworking shop, his “shop-in-a-box” moving strategy, and
the rigors of moving 5,700 pounds of woodworking equipment.
This month, we're bringing you a never-before-seen
Down to Earth
Woodworker video
on our
Youtube
Channel
AND featuring a Down To Earth Woodworker "Classic" article - How To 5S Your Workshop.
Steven Johnson is currently setting up his new workshop according to these guidelines - if you
are considering a spring clean for your workshop, this article will get you started right!
Ready to implement the 5S Program in YOUR Workshop? Click here to read on!
SALE on Iwasaki Carving Files
Rather than producing sawdust waste like rasps normally do, these amazing tools remove tiny shavings
that look as if they came from a miniature plane!
Their claim to fame is removing material quickly like a rasp while
leaving a very clean surface finish like you would expect from a file.
Available in 14 sizes/styles, or select from among several sets at great savings.
Details and How to Order:
Krenov-Style Wooden Plane Kit
Our Krenov-style Jarrah plane kit by Hock Tools is a fast and simple way to build your own wooden
hand plane and begin to enjoy the pleasure of planing wood by hand. Although it's an easy project to
build even for a novice, an experienced woodworker will also appreciate the quality and performance
of a plane made from this kit.
CLICK HERE for more info:
CLICK HERE to watch a video of the kit being built:
Woodworking Project Kits for Kids
These pre-cut kits are a great way to get kids started in woodworking. With just a few tools and a
little time, your child can have an assembled project – ready to paint or apply finish.
CLICK HERE for more info:
Small Combination Waterstone Now Back in Stock
Available once again, this pocket-size combination waterstone is especially handy to use on the
jobsite or around the house for sharpening carpentry, gardening and other edge tools. One side is
250-grit silicon carbide that's excellent for coarse work and reshaping an edge; the other side is a
standard 1000-grit medium stone for honing the edge.
CLICK HERE for more info:
Lie-Nielson Tool of the Month
No. 60-1/2R Low Angle Rabbet Block Plane
This month we're highlighting the Lie-Nielsen No. 60-1/2R Low Angle Rabbet
Block Plane. Our friend Lee Laird, of Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, recently wrote a blog post about how
to get the best use out of this versatile block plane.
Check out Lee's post on this versatile tool:
Finishing Wood
with Alan Noel
Floor Repair
For those of us that have hardwood floors throughout the house, the areas with the most traffic tend
to show wear very quickly and can use a little sprucing up from time to time. There are several
types of floor finishes on the market, and the ones used most often are polyurethane, an oil based
varnish, water based urethane, shellac and wax.
Here are SIX helpful tips for touching up your hardwood floors:
Ask the Staff
Question:
I installed the aluminum oxide wheel I got for my bench grinder and noticed it "wobbles". Could
my wheel be warped?
E-mail us
with your woodworking questions. If yours is selected for publication,
we'll send you a free Highland Woodworking hat.
Try our new Woodworking Article Search Feature
Easily search over 30 years of our informative woodworking articles!
(Please continue to search for our products using our website product search engine.)
Why Not Write an Article for Wood News?
We actively solicit 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.
Highland Woodworking Gift Certificates
An awesome present that's always appreciated by just about any woodworker
anywhere.
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NEW PUBLICATION:
The Highland Woodturner
A Unique Woodturning Project
By Andrew Sawyer
Chanhassen, MN
OUR LATEST NEW woodworking tool catalog is now available to browse
online!
CLICK THE IMAGE
TO BEGIN
HIGHLAND VIDEO:
Product Tours Available
on our YouTube Channel!
This month we are
featuring three brand new product tours on our YouTube channel! Our
good friend Morton demonstrates some of our most popular products for your benefit in these tours.
Click below to take a look at one of the three featured product tours we have available starting this month:
Are there any products you'd like to see a tour of? If so, we invite you to
EMAIL US
and let us know what YOU would like to see!
Buy an FMT Pro Mortise & Tenon Jig in May and get a FREE ACCESSORY KIT!
A veritable furniture factory in a box, the Leigh FMT Pro Jig plus your favorite router will
allow you to rapidly build cabinets and furniture in high volume, yet occupy only a small space in
your shop. The jig's simple setup also makes it just as practical for creating a single one-of-a-kind
joint. If you buy the FMT Pro from us by May 31, the 24-piece ACMTC Accessory Kit will be sent to
you for free direct from Leigh, allowing you to use the jig to make any of 68 different standard and
custom sizes of mortise and tenon joints. (Offer applies to U.S. & Canada only).
CLICK HERE for more info:
Coming June 1, Festool
CXS Compact Drill/Driver
Festool's new ultra-compact CXS Drill Driver conveniently brings Festool quality and ease of use into tight spaces. Weighing less than 2 lbs., the CXS compact drill driver packs ample power for tough
jobs.
More about the CXS Drill Driver:
Show Your Stuff!
We invite you to
SEND US
PHOTOS
of your favorite woodworking projects along with captions and a brief
history of your woodworking. (Email photos at 800x600 resolution.) Receive a $50 store gift card if
we show your stuff in a future issue.
This month we are featuring the work of Chester VanderZee of Volga, South Dakota.
CLICK HERE to take a look at his custom cabinets:
Steel City Helical Planer
Only $499.99 - Watch
our new
VIDEO DEMO
Steel City's patented helical cutterhead uses 26 four-sided HSS indexed
cutting inserts for ease of blade maintenance, quality of finish and significantly quieter
operation. A special purchase allows us to offer these planers at an unprecedented low price, while
supplies last.
CLICK HERE for more info:
Watch a VIDEO Product Tour here:
Our Popular Sculptured Chair Plan Bundles NOW ON SALE - Save up to $40
Our comprehensive plan bundles by Charles Brock provide all the information
and inspiration you'll need to build these beautiful sculptured chairs. Each set includes DVD, book
and full-size drawings.
CLICK HERE for more info:
Charles Brock has singled out the specific tools he uses when building his
chairs and listed them in one place for easy selection by woodworkers undertaking this challenging
project.
Check Out the Tools of the Trade:
Passing thru Atlanta?
Visit our Retail Store
Browse over TEN THOUSAND
woodworking tools, books, supplies and accessories.
Our experienced staff will be glad to
discuss your shop needs and answer your questions.
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