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Class: Spray Finishing, March 23rd
Professional Antique Restorer Alan Noel will show you what it takes to apply a spray finish successfully and consistently. He'll cover the different styles of spray guns, their strengths and weaknesses and the tricks needed to get the most optimum output with a specific finish. Spray Finishing, March 23rd
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.
Mar 6
Finishing the Finish
Mar 9 Beginning Character Carving Mar 10 Old Fashion Mortise and Tenon Mar 13 Sharpening for Turners Mar 17 Introduction to Chip Carving Mar 19 Hand Tool Sharpening Mar 21 Timber Framing Mar 23 Spray Finishing Mar 26 Hand Planes Mar 27 Wood Coloring Basics Apr 6 Basic Bowl Turning Apr 7 Basic Bowl Turning Apr 13 Antique Show Secrets Apr 17 French Polish Workshop Apr 20 Beginning Turning Apr 21 Turn a Peppermill Apr 23 Reinforced Miter Joints Apr 30 Handtool Sharpening Classes Suitable for Teens View Slideshows of Classes
NEW
Knew Concept Saws
Lee Marshall has expanded his line of innovative premium saws to include a new 6-1/2" Coping Saw as well as the new Titanium Birdcage Fretsaw which comes in 3 sizes. Still extremely popular are his original 5" and 8" premium aluminum fretsaws. Incredibly stiff and strong, all of these saws have featherweight balance for the utmost control. CLICK HERE for more info:
Sale on Rikon Bandsaws and Planers
We offer among the lowest prices anywhere on these popular machines from Rikon. CLICK HERE for more info:
Show Your Stuff!
This month we are featuring the work of Phil Rasmussen, who says he likes to make mission and shaker style furniture with a twist.
CLICK HERE to take a closer look at this beautiful coffee table by Phil as well as several of his other pieces:
Show Us Your Wood
Carving!
In this month's column, we've got the work of self-taught carver Hugh Parks, who really enjoys the challenge of carving decoys and life-sized birds.
CLICK HERE to take a closer look at a few of his impressive carved birds:
Tips From
Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop By Jim Randolph Long Beach, MS
Welcome to a new feature in Wood News Online, "Tips From Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop". I am a hobbyist, not a professional, someone who loves woodworking, just like you do. I have found some better ways to accomplish tasks in the workshop and look forward to sharing those with you each month, as well as hearing your problem-solving ideas.
CLICK HERE to read the first two tips from Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop!
Lindsay Frost has a very simple safety tip that could make a difference in a lot of shops.
CLICK HERE to read it:
HIGHLAND VIDEO:
Product Tours Available on our YouTube Channel! Check out the great product tour videos on our Youtube Channel . Our good friend Morton demonstrates some of our most popular products for your benefit in these tours. Click below to watch one of Morton's recent videos, offering tips for folding and storing your bandsaw blades:
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!
This Month on
The Highland Blog Carving with Mary May at The Woodwright's School by Terry Chapman
In February Terry Chapman took a road trip up to Roy Underhill's The Woodwright School in Pittsboro to attend a carving class taught by master woodcarver Mary May. Read about Terry's experience in the class, and then keep your eye out for a Mary May class on the Highland class schedule later this year!
CLICK HERE to read Terry's post about the first day of carving class at The Woodwright's School:
New Downloadable Project Plan:
My Menagerie
Kevin McGuire, author of the popular book " The All-New Woodworking For Kids " provides a new project plan in each issue of Wood News. This vintage-inspired take-apart toy encourages children to assemble their own menagerie of pets and wildlife, sea creatures, plants or whatever they like! Order your plan online by adding it to your shopping cart. 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!
Our latest
Woodworking Catalog is available to browse online! CLICK THE IMAGE TO BEGIN
Charles Brock has singled out the specific tools he uses when building his sculptured
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!
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 credit if we show your shop in a future issue. 
This month we are featuring Glen Bond's Eureka, Missouri shop. Even though Glen says that unfortunately his shop isn't self-cleaning, he enjoys sharing it with his wife Pat, who is also a woodworker.
CLICK HERE to take a closer look at Glen & Pat's shop:
Instantly access any article ever published in Fine Woodworking
Our new DVD archive contains every article in the 230 issues of Fine Woodworking magazine published in the past 37 years. While supplies last, we'll also include free the boxed commemorative first issue of Fine Woodworking, itself a $19.95 value. CLICK HERE for more info:
Click image below to see the 15 winners in our Woodworking Jig Contest
Our March Lie-Nielsen
Tool of the Month: The #5 Jack Plane
The Lie-Nielsen #5 Jack Plane features meticulous construction, low-tolerance machining and Bed Rock body and frog design. Its soles and sides are milled reliably flat and square, and its finish is so smooth that it will hardly need more than a well-buffed coat of wax to be practically friction-free.
Read Lee Laird's
blog post about the #5 Jack Plane to learn more:
Take a closer look at the #5 Jack Plane:
By Steven D. Johnson,
Racine, Wisconsin
Full Immersion Learning - A Woodworker's "Metrification"
An Inspiring Woodworker My Local Woodworking Store...Killing Our Hobby One Customer At A Time Fun At My Neighbor's Expense
Steve starts off this month's column with the most convincing argument for a woodworker to go metric that we've ever heard. If you weren't already considering it, you likely will by the time you finish reading! Steve also profiles an inspiring woodworker he met recently, takes a quick visit to his local woodworking store with disappointing results, and has a little fun at his neighbor's expense, all in this month's The Down To Earth Woodworker.
Have you ever considered going metric? CLICK HERE to read why Steve thinks that is a GREAT IDEA:
Super-Tune Your Hand Plane: DVD Review
By J. Norman Reid Delaplane, VA
I teach a class on restoring old handplanes. I've read all the books and articles I could find on the subject. And, I've built up my own base of expertise by restoring a number of planes in my own shop. I thought I knew all there was to know about restoring and setting up planes. I was wrong, and this excellent DVD proved it.
CLICK HERE to read the rest of the review:
Ask the Staff
Question: Hello, I was wondering if any company out there has a portable frame type thing to set up a small radial arm saw using a circular saw? It could possibly be made using a slide rail system like on router tables and table saws, perhaps?
E-mail us with your woodworking questions. If yours is selected for publication, we'll send you a free Highland Woodworking hat.
Finishing Wood
with Alan Noel 
Wipe On Finishes Wipe on finishes are the easiest to apply and maintain. Traditionally, oil and spirit varnishes are brushed or wiped on, with oil being by far the easiest because of the slow dry time. Here are TEN steps to using wipe on finishes in your own projects:
2012 Best Sellers
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Best Time Ever
to Buy a SawStop! Purchase any model SawStop PCS Cabinet Saw during March or April, 2013 and receive a $199 accessory FOR FREE as a factory rebate! Choose either the SawStop PCS integrated mobile base or the overarm mount for the dust collector (Both accessories are shown already mounted on the saw pictured above). The SawStop has already saved the hands of more than a thousand woodworkers from serious injury. We have machines in stock for immediate delivery anywhere in the lower 48 states. Why put it off any longer? Now is a great time to add a SawStop to your workshop. CLICK HERE for more info:
Another New Episode of our Web TV show
Experience the excitement of the big Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event held recently at Highland Woodworking; hear Christopher Schwarz tell about the Dutch tool chest he just built; watch chairmaker Jeff Miller demonstrate the machine he uses to make short work cutting compound tenons; let Matthew Teague show his tricks for keeping a sharp edge on your bench chisels; and hear how master craftsman Alf Sharp got hooked on 18th century furniture making. Watch the all-new FIFTH EPISODE of The Highland Woodworker, the free TV show we created ESPECIALLY for the woodworkers we serve. CLICK HERE to see Episode 5:
Steel City Helical Planer now has Carbide Cutters
With its patented cutterhead design, Steel City was the first company to bring a helical-style benchtop planer to market at an affordable price. Our NEWEST MODEL now comes equipped with 26 CARBIDE CUTTERS for exceptional edge retention, lasting up to 20 times longer than HSS cutters. CLICK HERE for more info:
Free Knife Jig with Tormek T-3 Purchase
Order our smooth-running Tormek T-3 Sharpening System during March and April, 2013 and receive a FREE knife jig, an extra $38 value. The Tormek T-3 will make short work of your most demanding sharpening needs. CLICK HERE for more info:
Save 33% on our Delta Magnetic Work Light
Our Magnetic Work Light has a powerful 40 lb. magnet in the lamp's base which lets you put it wherever it needs to go; its 14" flexible arm lets you put bright, clear illumination exactly where you need it most. CLICK HERE for more info:
New
Digital Marking Gauge
Our new iGaging Digital Marking Gauge brings precision digital measurement to the traditional marking gauge, and will mark either wood or steel. CLICK HERE for more info:
Now Save $200 on the Rikon 10-350 Professional Bandsaw
This extra-powerful new heavy-duty premium bandsaw is loaded with deluxe features that make it perfect for the woodworking professional or other serious woodworkers. Features include large table, robust fence, huge 14" resaw capacity, 2-speeds, built-in LED light, foot brake, blade guides that adjust without tools, quick-release lever and a powerful motor. Weighs 308 lbs. 5-year warranty. CLICK HERE for more info:
Save 33% on these select woodworking books from Fox Chapel Publishing
Check out these popular titles:
CLICK HERE for more info, or to SEE INSIDE each of these books online now:
Save on Innovative New Bessey Clamps
Check out the savings on these great new clamps from Bessey, including the REVO Jr. K-body clamps, Auto-Adjust Toggle Clamps and Variable Angle Strap clamp. CLICK HERE for more info:
My Last Shop: A Workshop Series
By Michael Smith
Mountain Park, GA In the fourth installment of Mike Smith's My Last Shop Series, Mike has to take down an existing shed that is in the place where he wants to build his new shop. He walks us through the steps he took to do it. CLICK HERE to get the details:
WOOD SLICER
Testimonial
Today my life changed for the better, I received my new Wood Slicer bandsaw blade. A year ago a friend did some resawing for me on his saw. I saw the avenues that were opened by the ability to resaw. I purchased a riser block and have experimented with mixed results in resawing. This blade makes it possible for even a guy like me to resaw in my shop.
— Loren W. Get Yourself a Wood Slicer:CLICK HERE to watch a video tour of the Wood Slicer:
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