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Beginning Character Carving Class, June 14 This beginner's class will jumpstart you on the skills needed to carve small 3-dimensional figurines. Carving caricatures is loads of fun and provides a lot of latitude for carving creativity. Instructor Jim LeClaire will guide you through a comprehensive, step-by-step focus for carving characters so you can successfully create a figurine from a block of wood. CLICK HERE to sign up: 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. Jun 7 Build a Tool Storage Box Jun 8 Table Saw Basics Jun 9-12 Cabinetmaking Basics Jun 14 Beginning Character Carving Jun 18 French Polish Workshop Jun 19 Hand Cut Mortise and Tenon Jun 21 Hand Tool Sharpening Jun 21 Finishing 101 Jun 25 Taming the Skew Jun 28 Basic Bowl Turning Jun 29 Beginning Turning Jul 9 Finishing the Finish Jul 12 Hand Cut Dovetails Jul 13 Milling and Jointing Lumber Jul 15 Hand Tool Sharpening Jul 16 Coloring Wood Jul 17 Using Hand Planes Jul 19-20 Build a Footstool Jul 23 Sharpening for Turners Jul 26 Beginning Turning Jul 27 Basic Bowl Turning Jul 29 Natural Edge Bowl Turning Jul 31 Hand Cut Mortise and Tenon View more upcoming classes Classes Suitable for Teens View Slideshows of Classes
Steel City Helical Planer
with Carbide Cutters Only $499.99 
Steel City's affordable 13" helical-style thickness planer now comes equipped with 26 CARBIDE CUTTERS for long-lasting edge retention. CLICK HERE for more info: Show Us Your Woodworking! 
This month we're featuring the woodworking projects of Mike DiCarlo, who has loved building stuff since he was a kid. CLICK HERE to see more of Mike's projects: Show Us Your Woodcarving! 
This month we're featuring the fish and plane carvings of Philip Malenfant. CLICK HERE to see more woodcarvings: Tips From Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop 
By Jim Randolph
Long Beach, MS This month, Jim has a few tips on how to record your favorite woodworking tips from TV shows, as well as several FREE resources for finding more woodworking tips. CLICK HERE to read this month's tips from Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop! 
This Month on
The Highland Blog 
Woodworkers Safety Day!
Woodworkers Safety Day was on May 17th, and this year we commemorated by sharing the past years worth of 2-Minute Safety Tips that have been submitted by our customers and readers. CLICK HERE to read more: 
This month, Brock Friedman has a story about what happened when he went into his shop with "a lot on his mind", and how it affected his shop safety. CLICK HERE to read Brock's Tip: FREE SHIPPING on Leigh Jigs in lower 48 states 
Our Leigh Dovetail Jigs and Frame Mortise and Tenon Jigs will turn your shop into a cabinet factory.
CLICK HERE for more info: 
TOOL REVIEW: Knew Concepts Woodworker's Titanium Birdcage Fret Saw By Jeffrey Fleisher, New Market, VA The first thing you notice when you pick up the Knew Concepts Titanium Fret Saw is the rigidness of the frame and the tension of the blade. If a hand tool could feel like it could 'pack a punch' then it is this saw. It may look unorthodox but this is a high-end premium hand tool. CLICK HERE to read the full review: HIGHLAND VIDEO: Product Tours Available on our YouTube Channel Check out the great product tour videos on our YouTube Channel . Our good friends Morton, Curtis Turner and Chris Adkins demonstrate some of our most popular products. Click below to watch a product tour of our Knew Concepts Aluminum Coping Saw and Birdcage Fret Saw : Are there any products you'd like to see in a product tour? If so, we invite you to EMAIL US and let us know what YOU would like to see! 
Knew Concept Saws
Our line of innovative premium saws now includes the Titanium Birdcage Fretsaw in 3 sizes, as well as a 6-1/2" Coping Saw along with the original extremely popular 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:
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: |
Inside This Issue
Book Review: Campaign Furniture Tips from Sticks-in-the-Mud Woodshop Show Us Your Shop Getting the Best From Your Dovetail Jig Does Hand-Made Equal Perfect? Lie-Nielsen Tool of the Month: No. 101 Bronze Violin Maker's Block Plane Blog: Woodworkers Safety Day The Down to Earth Woodworker Q&A: SawStop Tool Review: Knew Concepts Woodworker's Titanium Birdcage Fret Saw Show Us Your Woodworking Show Us Your Woodcarving Finishing: Chemical Safety SAFETY: Too Much On Your Mind 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 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 Howard Boehm's garage shop. CLICK HERE to take a look inside Howard's shop: 
By Steven D. Johnson, Racine, Wisconsin Woodworkers Need More Acronyms BBCL The Deep Discount Tool Store Tour Of A Mid-Size Pallet Manufacturing Company 
This month, Steve comes up with some woodworking acronyms (SSDD, TIME, IMS), explains his own acronym BBCL (Big Box Cut List) and its advantages, tells his adventurous tale of shopping at the "deep discount foreign tool seller", and takes us on a tour of a pallet re-manufacturing shop.
CLICK HERE to read more: 
Our June Lie-Nielsen Tool of the Month: Lie-Nielsen No. 101 Bronze Violin Maker's Block Plane 
The Violin Maker’s Plane (A.K.A. the #101) is one of Lie-Nielsen’s newer planes, and the smallest to use a captive nut adjuster, which is such a bonus when dialing up the perfect shaving. This plane is based loosely on Stanley’s #101, but Lie-Nielsen has made a number of improvements to the original design.
Read Lee Laird's blog post about the Lie-Nielsen No. 101 to find out more: Take a closer look at the Lie-Nielsen No. 101 Bronze Violin Maker's Block Plane: 
Getting the Best From Your Dovetail Jig By J. Norman Reid Delaplane, Virginia Dovetails have long been recognized as one of the strongest and most beautiful joints in woodworking. And nothing beats a dovetail jig for accurate and repeatable results, especially when many joints need to be cut. But dovetail jigs are not always easy to use, at least until you've built up some experience with them. CLICK HERE for some tips to help you get to your best results quickly: 
New Japanese Chisel, Does Hand-Made Equal Perfect? By Lee Laird Lee Laird puts a new, hand-made, Japanese chisel to the ultimate test of whether or not a hand-made tool equals a perfect tool. CLICK HERE to learn more: 
Woodturning has become the fastest growing part of the woodworking community. To give it the attention it deserves, we now offer a free monthly online publication devoted entirely to woodturning.
Check out the most recent issue! Sign-up to receive The Highland Woodturner every month! Want to join in? We invite you to SEND US PHOTOS AND STORIES of your favorite current turning topic.
Ask the Staff Question: When using the SawStop, what happens if you cut pressure treated lumber that is still slightly wet? For more details and the answer, CLICK HERE: 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 
Chemical Safety
When working with finishes, you're working with some pretty heavy chemicals that require extra caution when handling. This month, Alan Noel has the tips you need to make your Finishing process a safe one! Here are SEVEN helpful tips to how Finishing chemicals should be handled:
Benchcrafted Vises Now Available from Highland
We are pleased to offer Benchcrafted vises, the finest workbench hardware made anywhere, along with detailed plans for building your own Roubo-style workbench.
See our Benchcrafted Vises: 
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New SLYDE
Flashlight/Worklight The new SLYDE combination flashlight and worklight from Nebo gives you a handy bright LED flashlight, plus a built-in worklight that can be quickly accessed by sliding forward the head of the flashlight. It's downright brilliant (and a perfect gift for Dad!) CLICK HERE for more info: 
Get a Kreg K5 Jig with FREE AutoMaxx Face Clamp
Special Offer ENDS June 16 This newest version of Kreg's pocket hole jig has 6 brand new features that will help significantly speed up your cabinet joinery production as well as increase its versatility. CLICK HERE for more info: Instantly access any article ever published in Fine Woodworking Now for only $69.99 
This new DVD archive contains every article in the 237 issues of Fine Woodworking magazine published in the past 38 years. Easily search and view an entire generation's worth of woodworking wisdom. While supplies last, save $30 off the $99.95 list price.
CLICK HERE for more info: 
Buy Now and SAVE 10%
on a Festool Domino Mortise & Tenon Joiner Seldom do Festool products go on sale. If you've ever thought about expanding your capacity to do high-end machine joinery on any scale, now's a great time to act. You'll save 10% on either model Festool Domino Joiner, and on all Domino accessories and supplies as well. SALES ENDS June 30, 2014: Get EXTRA SAVINGS with our Rikon 14" Bandsaw Package Deal Only $799.99 including FREE Wood Slicer and DVD 
Our bestselling Rikon 14" bandsaw has proven itself a reliable workhorse in hundreds of our customers' shops. Its 13 inch resaw capacity and powerful 1-1/2 HP (115 volt or 230 volt) motor allow you to create any thickness lumber.
Special Offer ENDS June 16, 2014 
Thinking of getting a SawStop
for your workshop? Your fingers are worth it! 
In the U.S., a tablesaw accident happens EVERY 9 MINUTES! BOOK REVIEW: Campaign Furniture by Christopher Schwarz Reviewed by J. Norman Reid, Delaplane, Virginia 
To be frank, I wasn't at all sure I'd like this book. To me, campaign furniture
seemed out of the mainstream, obscure even, and if not freakish certainly a
sideshow. But now that I've read the book, I've concluded that though campaign
furniture may be a bit of an acquired taste, it is certainly a delectable one.
In the end, I've come to admire this too much overlooked style, which Schwarz
correctly states fits in nicely with many other periods of furniture.
CLICK to read the review:
FESTOOL Cooltainer Cooler
Here's a special new limited edition Festool Systainer that's designed to keep things either hot or cold. The Cooltainer is lined with 1.25" thick foam inserts that will nicely insulate your lunch or favorite beverage. Available in limited quantities, while supplies last. CLICK HERE for more info: FESTOOL Systainer Storage Solutions 
Festool's Systainer system readies your shop for maximum efficiency. These systainer accessories help add great mobility.
CLICK HERE for more info: Festool Centrotech Installers Set 
Housed in a T-Loc Systainer, this highly useful assortment includes several dozen driver bits and drill bits, each of which features no-slip, quick-change shanks for use with the Festool Centrotec System or any keyless or three-jaw chuck.
CLICK HERE for more info: Rikon 10" Bandsaw Now only $199.99 while current supplies last 
This little gem has proven itself to be an excellent value as a compact
bandsaw. We've sold well over a thousand of them! We highly
recommend it as your first bandsaw bought on a budget, or as a second bandsaw
that allows you to avoid constantly swapping blades on your main bandsaw. This
special purchase makes it extremely affordable.
CLICK HERE for more info: Rikon 12 inch Premium Mini-Lathe, only $299.99 while supplies last 
We love this little lathe. It's what our students use in our turning classes. With it you can turn bowls up to 12" diameter, and with an optional bed extension it can even be expanded to turn spindles up to 40" long. CLICK HERE for more info: WORKBENCH SALE Save up to $200 
Several models of our ever-popular European and German workbenches are now on sale. Choose the model that fits your shop and budget.
CLICK HERE for more info: WOOD SLICER Testimonial 
I just tried my first Wood Slicer. It will not be the last. I am amazed at the quality of cut.
– Skip Evans
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