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Show Us Your Woodworking!
This month we're showing off the woodworking stuff of Martin Rosen, who currently specializes in detailed wooden people sculptures. CLICK HERE to see more of Martin's sculptures and even more woodworking projects: Show Us Your Woodcarving! 
This month we're featuring the carvings of Donald Straka, who focuses on carving nature projects including shells, fish, and birds, but keeps them from looking 100% realistic. CLICK HERE to see more of Donald'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 creating an alert system to know when visitors are coming down to your workshop, as well as a tip on creating an illumination system for your shop for when you don't need the full power of your overhead lights. CLICK HERE to read this month's tips from Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop! 
This month, John Nelson has a tip on table saw safety after having an accident involving the table saw blade. CLICK HERE to read John's Tip: 
WORKSHOP DESIGN Part 3: Storage Options, Electricity, and HVAC By Phil Rasmussen, Hendersonville, NC In Part 3 of his 3-part article on workshop design and layout, Phil Rasmussen discusses the storage, electricity, and HVAC needs for your shop, and gives you some final tips to bring everything together to create an efficient workshop. CLICK HERE to see how you can improve your own shop layout! This Month on The Highland Blog 
How to Become a More Organized Woodworker, by Chris Black.
With the New Year comes resolutions, and why not make a resolution to become a more organized woodworker? Check out this classic blog entry on how to get your woodworking more organized. CLICK HERE: For 5 bits of woodworking organization advice CLICK HERE: To read several of our current bloggers' 2014 woodworking resolutions 
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Inside This Issue
Book Review: Hybrid Woodworking Tips from Sticks-in-the-Mud Woodshop Workshop Design- Part 3 Show Us Your Shop Making a Zero Clearance Insert The Down to Earth Woodworker Q&A: Mixing Finishes Tool Review: Wixey Digital Protractor Show Us Your Woodworking Show Us Your Woodcarving Wipe-On Varnish My Last Shop: Final Inspection Woodworking as Functional Art SAFETY: Table Saw Safety 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 Greg Pennington's timber frame shop in Hendersonville, Tennessee. CLICK HERE to take a look inside Greg's shop: 
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By Steven D. Johnson Racine, Wisconsin Mise en Place Lots of Jigs? – Get Organized! And Speaking of Jigs… Selecting the Best Dust Collection System New Year's Gift Giving 
This month, Steve discusses a variety of woodworking topics, including "mise en place" for glue-ups, jig organization and labeling, the best materials for making jigs, picking a dust collection system, and giving new years thanks to those who deliver your tools!
CLICK HERE to read what Steve's got to say: My Last Shop: A Workshop Series 
Final Inspection!
In the ninth installment of Mike Smith's My Last Shop Series , Mike discusses the final details of creating his new shop, including the final inspection and a few detailed points to making his "last shop." CLICK HERE to get the details: 
TOOL REVIEW:
Wixey Digital Protractor By Jeffrey Fleisher, New Market, VA The Wixey Digital Protractor is a very useful device to have in your kit of measuring tools. I have found it very accurate, and very easy to use. I find it invaluable to help reduce the stress when doing furniture glue-ups in keeping things square. CLICK HERE to read the review: Browse dozens of workshops Browse our woodworking tips How to submit an article to Wood News Order a Highland Gift Card Map to our Atlanta store |
Making a Zero Clearance Insert for a Table Saw By Rod Scott, Hayden, Idaho A zero clearance insert is a necessity for reducing chipout and cutting very thin strips. Manufacturers often provide these inserts for their saws, and after-market inserts can be found for most machines. This article shows how to make a custom insert for your machine at little or no cost. Click here to read more: 
Woodworking as Functional Art In this article we take a look at the work of Stephen Winer, who has used woodworking to create large, sculptural pieces that in addition to being works of art, also have a functional quality to them. CLICK HERE to take a closer look at Stephen's "Functional Art": BOOK REVIEW: Hybrid Woodworking by Marc Spagnuolo Reviewed by J. Norman Reid, Delaplane, Virginia 
In today's world of woodworking, we seem to be under the gravitational pull of two opposing moons. One is the undeniable lure of the predictability and productivity of power tools. Increasingly, however, we find ourselves seduced by the silence and stealthy precision of working wood by hand. Might it be that a blended approach offers advantages that cannot be matched by either side by itself? That's the thesis of this new book by Marc Spagnuolo.
READ the rest of the review: Ask the Staff Question: I have to finish an entertainment center in black (what a waste). Can I mix General Finishes WB Ebony dye with Hydrocote? 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 
Wipe-On Varnish
Wipe-on varnishes are easy to use and produce a very nice finish. Although they do have their drawbacks, with a little practice and patience a very nice finish that is easy to maintain can be achieved with little effort. Here are NINE helpful tips for using wipe-on varnishes: 
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:
WOOD SLICER Testimonial 
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