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Intro to Chip Carving
Saturday, June 9 
Chip carving is a popular form of relief carving in which the carver removes precise chips from the surface of the wood to produce decorative patterns and images that enhance any woodworking project. This class will get you started.
Intro to Chip Carving, June 9
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 12
Beginning Character Carving
May 12 Antiques Show and Tell May 16 Table Saw Orientation May 18-20 Relief Carving May 22-23 Build a Bookcase May 30 Taming the Skew May 31 Timber Framing June 3 Natural Edge Bowl Turning June 13 Coloring with Wood June 2 Beginning Turning June 5 Hand Planes June 6 French Polish Workshop June 9 Introduction to Chip Carving June 9 Antiques Show and Tell June 10 Basic Bowl Turning June 12 Make a Picture Frame June 16 Cabinets and Built-Ins June 22-23 Creative Furniture Design June 25 Build a Base Cabinet June 30-July 1 Marquetry in Depth July 7 Basic Bowl Turning July 7-8 Antique Restoration July 8 Turn a Peppermill July 11 Sharpening for Turners July 18 Taming of the Skew July 21 Hand Cut Dovetails July 22 Beginning Turning July 24 Jointing Lumber July 28 Hand Saw Sharpening July 29 Turning Bottle Stoppers August 4 Router Basics August 4 Spray Finishing August 5 Table Saw Basics August 7 Hand Tool Sharpening August 11 Character Carving Classes Suitable for Teens View Slideshows of Classes
Knew Concepts Woodworker's Fretsaw
Ingeniously
designed to be both light and strong as well as simple to adjust and use,
this extremely popular new premium fretsaw makes it easier than ever to
remove waste when cutting dovetails.
The Underappreciated Spokeshave
By Andrew Sawyer, Racine, Wisconsin
The most underappreciated, and underused tool in my shop is the spokeshave. I have five of them. The first one I had was a very frustrating tool to use, until I tuned it up. I had no idea what pleasure and versatility was hiding behind a good tune up. These highly maneuverable tools can help anyone. First I'll tell you about the different types of spokeshaves I have in my shop, and how I use them. Then I will cover how to tune them up.
CLICK HERE to read more about the most underappreciated tool in your toolbox!
Show Your Stuff!
This
month we feature Tim Loonam's gorgeous canoe paddles made from reclaimed wood.
CLICK HERE to take a closer look at these beautiful designs:
Show Us Your Wood
Carving!
This
month's column features an amazing totem pole carved by Michael Sweet.
CLICK HERE to take a look at pictures showing how Michael turned an 11 foot long, 32 inch diameter piece of wood into this beautiful totem pole!
Dennis Horton is a professional firefighter, so he has a whole slew of great safety tips. Check out a couple of them HERE:
New Downloadable Project Plan: Tot Lounger
Here's a new downloadable project plan for a children's plaything designed by Kevin McGuire, author of the popular book " The All-New Woodworking For Kids ". A simple two-piece carry-chair sized just for your young child! Place your order online and after it has been processed by our staff, you will receive an email with a link to download your plan set in PDF form. Check back next month for another great new downloadable plan from Kevin!
Rikon 70-050VS VARIABLE SPEED Mini-Lathe, only
$249.99
Save with our Rocker
SUPER
BUNDLE
First you build the rocker. Then you sculpt it into a
piece of functional art. These 2 DVDs and plan set give you all you need to
know to build the chair and help you master the sculpting
process.
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:
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Inside This
Issue
Show Your Shop!
This month we are featuring John Perella's Catskill Mountains workshop, where he turns, designs, and builds furniture, all with local hardwoods.
CLICK HERE for a look inside:
Our June Lie-Nielsen
Tools of the Month: Small Bench Planes
This month's Lie-Nielsen Tools of the Month are the small bench planes; the #1, #2 and #2I. The layout of these small planes allows for great precision, but they can be used for larger projects as well. Lee Laird wrote an informative blog post on the Highland blog about how best to set up and use these bench planes in your own woodworking.
Read Lee's blog post about the Lie-Nielsen #1, #2 & #2I here: Take a closer look at the small bench planes: Lie Nielsen #1 bench plane Lie Nielsen #2 bronze bench plane Lie Nielsen #2I cast ductile iron bench plane :
By Steven D. Johnson, Racine, Wisconsin
The Destroyer of Tools
The Ultimate Miter Saw Work Station (I Hope!) Could This Be The Next Big Country Song? Astute Reader Catches Big Mistake
In his June column, our Down to Earth Woodworker, Steven Johnson, offers his thoughts on a couple topics many woodworkers can identify with: the friend or family member who borrows and destroys your tools, and growing old with your truck. He also reports back with a whole list of great ideas for his new miter saw work station thanks to you, our readers! And finally, he addresses a big mistake from last month's column.
CLICK HERE to read Steven's great idea for fending off his own "destroyer of tools", and much more!
See Chairmaker Brian Boggs on
The Highland Woodworker
web TV
The latest episode spotlights master planemaker Ron Brese, who could not find plane perfection until he made his own. Find out how chairmaker Brian Boggs uses everything from a shave horse to an adult erector set (see photo) to build beautiful seating in our Moment with a Master. Bert the Wood Expert tells us where cherry gets its character. Our Tool Box segment demonstrates a tool you should carve out a place for in your tool box, and much more. 
Masterpiece Wood Finish, New 3-part oil/wax
finish
Masterpiece Wood Finish is a new oil/wax system designed by a chairmaker to enhance the beauty of wood for interior furniture. This system takes the guesswork out of selecting a great finish for the fine woodworking projects in which you've invested so many hours of work. Check out this great new wood finishing solution:
Set of 6 Narex Bevel Edge Chisels with
Magnetic Tool Holder, only $49.99
Making Wood
Tools
with John Wilson 
Veteran toolmaker and teacher John
Wilson brings us what may be both the most beautiful book of the year as well
as the most useful. Interesting stories, innovative designs, and detailed
plans introduce you to the age-old art of making for yourself the tools you
use in your shop for working wood. 275 photos and 50
drawings.
CLICK HERE for more info:
Ask the Staff
Question: I'm thinking of purchasing an Earlex hp5500 spray system. I've read the reviews, which most rated it well for woodworking, but didn't like it for spraying paint. Why is that? I see in your new ad that it now comes with another tip for paint spraying. Does the new tip improve its paint-spraying capabilities?
Finishing Wood
with Alan Noel 
Prepping for the Topcoat All of the sanding has been done. Two or more coats of finish have been applied and you are now ready for the final coat or "top coat". Here are SEVEN TIPS to help smooth the way: 
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FATHER'S DAY SALE on Hofmann & Hammer Premium Workbenches Save up to $200! Three models of our ever-popular Hofmann & Hammer premium German workbenches are now on sale. Choose the model that fits your shop and budget. CLICK HERE for info: 
FREE ROTATING BASE (a $55 value) with purchase of a Tormek T-7 Grinder during June, 2012
Tormek makes sharpening chisels, plane irons and other edge tools fast, accurate and efficient. Buy a Tormek T-7 during this limited time special and get the new Rotating Base for FREE. CLICK HERE for more info:
Buy our Kreg K4MS Master System
during June 2012 for $139.99 and get a big kit of screws worth $29.99 for FREE!
This outstanding offer to celebrate Father's Day gives Dad everything he needs to accelerate routine joinery with the Kreg system. Special includes a free case containing 675 of the most popular Kreg pocket hole screws. CLICK HERE for more info: 
NEW Festool Domino XL SUPER-SIZED
Joiner
NOW SHIPPING Festool's Domino joinery system has already revolutionized mortise and tenon joinery. Now the new Domino XL has super-sized it as well! Check out this amazing new tool:
Rikon's NEW 14" Professional
Bandsaw
NOW SHIPPING
Rikon's engineers have outdone themselves with their
new heavy duty 14" Professional Bandsaw. Offering a huge 14" resaw capacity,
large table, robust fence, built-in LED light, and a choice of powerful
motors (2.5 HP or 3.0 HP).
SAVE 30% on our popular AMANA Crosscut Blade
Amana's German-made saw blades are significantly less expensive than other professional quality blades. Unlike most so-called 'bargain blades', these are all a full 1/8" thick, have precision ground, resharpenable carbide teeth, good tooth geometry and careful machining. Order now to save! CLICK HERE for more info: 
Sentora Carpenter Saw
This amazing saw brings Japanese cutting technology to the traditional style carpenter saw. It cuts better than any carpenter saw we've ever used. CLICK HERE for more info:
Video Product Tour:
SawStop Contractor Saw 
The SawStop 10" Contractor Saw is the safest contractor saw on the market, and we are pleased to now be able to offer and ship it to our customers nationwide within the 48 contiguous United States. CLICK HERE to see the video: CLICK HERE to see a video demo on how to assemble a new SawStop Contractor Saw:
Made by Hand
Book Review: A Delightful Journey
By J. Norman Reid,
Delaplane, Virginia Fidgen's book is a diverting introduction to working wood by hand. Written in a highly accessible style, more like a conversation with a woodworking friend than a beginner's manual, Fidgen explains the essentials for setting up a hand tool shop—basic tools, sharpening, constructing key appliances, processes for design and construction—then progresses to six innovative and beautiful projects, each building on skills developed in constructing the previous ones. CLICK HERE to read the rest of the review:
Quick Action Clamp SALE
Only $9.99 - $14.99 each 
Not only do these lightweight clamps make excellent one-handed pump action clamps for positioning, glue-up and repair, in no time flat they convert into spreaders for joint disassembly or for leveling jacks in cabinet installations. Rated at 330 lbs. of force. CLICK HERE for more info: 
NEW Narex
Premium
Bevel Edge Chisels Narex's new premium bevel edged chisels are of exceptional quality. The blades are fine-grained, nicely tempered chrome-manganese steel in the slimmer cross section that joiners prefer. They take and hold a beautiful edge without brittleness. CLICK HERE for more info:
The Highland Woodturner
Wood turning is the fastest growing part of the woodworking community. To give it the attention it deserves, we've started a new publication devoted entirely to woodturning. Take a look at the newest issue:
WOOD SLICER
Testimonial
I bought one of your 3/4 inch WOOD SLICER Blades for my Band Saw...I set it up yesterday and the calibration was done in about 2 minutes, unlike the hours of issues I have had with two previous blades from your competitors...I was re-sawing some basswood for my Epilog Laser to do some of my laser art with your Wood Slicer Blade and it was like cutting like butter and very clean. This is one of the finest blades I have ever used. — Roland Brown Get Yourself a Wood Slicer:CLICK HERE to watch a video tour of the Wood Slicer:
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