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Show Your Stuff!
This month we have two beautiful Shaker-style projects built by woody hobbyist, Anthony DiSabatino, who used wood salvaged from his in-laws' 1860's barn.
CLICK HERE to read Anthony's story and take a closer look at his Shaker style projects:
Show Us Your Wood
Carving!
This month we've got Erno Szentgyorgyi and his custom hand carved pieces and unique architectural elements, as well as his high-ceilinged shop designed especially for his larger pieces.
CLICK HERE to take a closer look at Erno's woodcarvings:
Tips From
Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop
By Jim Randolph
Long Beach, MS In this month's "Tips From Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop", Jim Randolph offers some tips on the repurposing of your old worn out t-shirts and "other" clothing items for finishing applicators. But first, Jim has some tips on how to get the most out of just one sheet of sandpaper. CLICK HERE to read this month's tips from Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop! 
This month, Christine Brean has a tip on holding your hair back for both men and women.
CLICK HERE to read Christine's Tip:
Ask the Staff
Question: I'm looking at your throat plates but was wondering if what you're selling will fit my Craftsman Saw?
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 
Wet Sanding To prep the finish for the final coat or to just "get the trash out", wet sanding is the key to success. Wet sanding allows the finisher to achieve a very smooth and professional looking finish and also one that truly compliments the hard work we all put into our projects. Here are EIGHT helpful tips to consider: 
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: 
CLICK HERE to sneak a peek inside Woodworking in America 
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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 the converted garage workshop of James Kelley in Spring, TX.
CLICK HERE to take a closer look at James' shop:
By Steven D. Johnson,
Racine, Wisconsin
This month, Steve has some tips on preparing and getting ready for an outstanding winter full of great projects, enjoyable shop time and a passel of fun. Steve also explains and experiments with the Dado Depth Torture Test, and invites you to do so too!
CLICK HERE to learn some of these great Winter tips and take your own Dado Depth Strength Torture Test:
I Bought a
SawStop Tablesaw
(although I wish I'd gotten it
sooner)
By Alan Noel
Atlanta, GA
Just before my 54th birthday, I was
using my old tablesaw to cut some pieces of poplar into long strips to
hold glass panels in cabinet doors. I had done cuts like this safely
many times before, but this time something distracted me and I must
have taken my eye off the saw for a fraction of a second. To my pain
and horror, all of a sudden I realized I had cut myself. It shocked me
how incredibly fast it all happened.
I was afraid to take a look: 
Foundations of Better Woodworking, by Jeff Miller: Book Review
By J. Norman Reid
Delaplane, VA Though its title refers to "foundations," this is no introductory book on woodworking. It is, rather, a guide by a master woodworker to principles and practices that will help you achieve continual improvements in your woodworking. As such, it fills a unique spot in woodworking literature. READ the rest of the review: |
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Preston Woodruff – Building a Dulcimer
Right now I'm finishing two dulcimers that are an homage to M.C. Escher. Why dulcimers? Freedom of expression mostly. Shapes, ornamentation, choice of woods – the maker has a lot of flexibility with dulcimers. See more here:
Woodworking Without a Shop
By Anthony Ward Berywn, IL 
For this new column, we find out the innovative ways for woodworkers to do their craft without a shop. This month we meet Anthony Ward who was able to build a Toy Chest for his grandson Brady’s 6th birthday in his apartment without any major power tools, only a jigsaw, cordless drill and belt sander. CLICK HERE to read about how Anthony built his grandson's toy chest in his apartment shop: For this new monthly column, we invite you to SEND US PHOTOS of the work you have managed to make without a 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 woodworking in a future issue.
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