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The Down to Earth Woodworker Has Returned!
by Steve Johnson
Racine, WI
It's good to be back. Intentions were to take one month off from this column and from making videos… a month to get some non-woodworking projects done. It didn't quite work out that way, though. One month turned to two, the projects didn't get done, but hey… life happens.
This month I'll be discussing some of my recent shop rejuvenation and reorganization projects, a continuation of my wood movement discussion from
last June's column
, and a recent tree removal project that caused an upheaval in my neighborhood.
The Down to Earth Woodworker – read more
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Show Us Your Shop
Derik lives just a mile from Highland Woodworking in Atlanta, GA but his shop is actually located near Lake Martin, AL, about 2.5 hours away.
View More of Derik's Shop
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Show Us Your Woodworking
This month we're sharing the woodworking projects of Al Tague, an 85 year old woodworker who enjoys making small projects on his scroll saw to give to members of his church community.
View More of Al's
Woodworking Projects
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Show Us Your Woodcarving
This month we are featuring the carvings of Mark Davis, who shares several of his ornate stairway, island, and column carvings that are filled with ornate lines, rosettes, and detail work.
View more of Mark's
Carving Projects
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DVD: Paul Sellers Essential Woodworking Hand Tools
Some of us learn best by reading. Others find they comprehend a subject better if they can watch as it's being performed. With this
three-DVD set
, accomplished hand tool woodworker Paul Sellers offers a great companion instructional method to accompany
his recent volume,
Essential Woodworking Tools
.
Read the review
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Project Idea:
Making Wooden Cuff Links
Paul Burri has a large collection of cuff links that he has collected on his travels. Since he is a woodworker, he decided to make his own wooden cuff links and this month he is sharing his project idea with us.
Read more about this
woodworking project
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Poll: When is YOUR Prime Woodworking Season?
In this month's poll, Jim Randolph asks: "Do you have a prime woodworking season or do you toil in the shop all year long?"
Answer the poll
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Blog: Make a Table Saw
Storage Box
Since the beginning of recorded time, or so it seems to me, my table saw fence has been the repository of assorted things. Pencils, chalk, Allen wrenches and other paraphernalia have collected there along with wood chips and dust that could not be swept away for fear of losing some small thing that might have later importance. So what should I do about it? Live with it I could no longer abide. I needed a different solution.
Read more about Norm's
Table Saw Storage Solution
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Tips from Sticks in the Mud
This month Jim has a tip on protecting the finish on one project while starting to work on another project in your shop, as well as a money-saving tip on repurposing those pesky credit card offer cards you keep getting in the mail.
Read this month's
Woodworking Tips
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Pumpkin Carving Contest
If you're a woodcarver we're guessing you might have a pretty good eye for carving pumpkins this coming Fall, and we want to see what you've made! Send us photos of your carved pumpkins for a chance to be featured in our October issue of Wood News Online and receive a Highland Woodworking store credit if we feature your carving!
Email us your pumpkin carvings!
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Safety Tip: The Magician
and the Tablesaw
Our Wood News reader, Paul, shares his comparison of the use of a tablesaw to a magician's act.
Read the Magician and
the Tablesaw Safety Tip
Visit Highland Woodworking's
Safety Archive
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HIGHLAND VIDEO:
Instructional Videos and Demonstrations available on our YouTube Channel!
Tormek T-8
Sharpening System
In this video product tour, Michael Morton gives an overview of the features of the T-8 Sharpening System and shows how the sharpening machine is used to sharpen a chisel.
Watch the video and find out more!
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Finishing Tip: Wet Sanding With Penetrating Oils
This month, Alan shares some tips on a very cool finishing technique he learned at a restoration shop he worked at in college that actually accomplishes
several things at the same time.
Find out Alan's tips on
Wet Sanding
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Browse our latest Woodworking Catalog Online!
Watch for the print version
in your mailbox!
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Wood Slicer Resaw
Bandsaw Blade
Well, you guys have done it again. You have STUNNED another woodworker, this time up here in the woods of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The other day I ordered two of your Wood Slicer blades for 2 different 14-inch bandsaws. I resawed three pieces of beautiful cherry I have up here, the full six-inch width that this saw can handle, and was stunned by how wonderfully smooth those cuts were. They will require very little hand-planing. I'm thoroughly impressed and just wanted you to know it. Many thanks to you for such a great product! -David
Get your own Wood Slicer now!
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Festool Heaven
Our most recent issue of Festool Heaven, Highland's new Festool online newsletter, features the new Festool VAC SYS, a Domino comparison featuring the Festool DF500 and the Festool XL DF 700, as well as a comparison of the different vacuums offered by Festool.
We invite you to
submit an article
for a future issue about how having Festool in your shop has impacted your woodworking.
Read Issue #2 of Festool Heaven
Read our Festool Owner's
Help Page
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Great Books and Tools for your Workshop
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One-Man Crosscut
Log Saw
Saw lumber by hand with this old-fashioned One-Man Crosscut Log Saw, made for crosscutting logs and large green timbers rapidly and efficiently. This one-man Crosscut Log saw's 30" blade has lance teeth at 4.5 ppi and is fitted with a large, comfortable laminated hardwood handle. It will make quick work of almost any rough sawing task.
Great for Rough Sawing
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Tool-less Blade Guide Upgrade Kit for Rikon 10-324 and 10-325 Bandsaws
Upgrade the guides on your Rikon 10-324 or 10-325 14" bandsaw and throw away all of those hex wrenches. This kit installs in minutes and upgrades your saw to the simplicity of tool-less spring-loaded guides. Just position the guide and tighten the thumbscrew to set each guide bearing.
Pre-Order NOW
for Shipment in
October 2016
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NEW Rikon 25-131 Portable Planer 13 inch
Rikon's 25-131 13" thickness planer is a quality benchtop unit designed for reliable planing in an easily portable package, and available while limited supplies last at an exceptionally low price. It has a two-knife cutterhead with two-sided quick-change knives. It has the simplest knife change we've seen in a portable planer.
SALE - ONLY $269.99
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Universal Mobile Base
Find more space in your workshop by mounting some of your big tools onto these handy steel mobile bases. After moving a machine into position, you can lock it firmly in place by flipping the mobile base's two quick-action levers.
$20 OFF while limited quantities last!
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