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Show Us Your Woodworking!
This month we're featuring the woodworking of Joseph Sanzano from Jacksonville, FL, who shares several of his shaker projects. CLICK HERE to see more of Joseph's projects: Show Us Your Woodcarving! 
This month we're featuring the carvings of Serge Jacob, a carver all the way from Belgium who started carving only 3 years ago. CLICK HERE to see more of Serge's woodcarvings: Tips From Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop 
By Jim Randolph
Long Beach, MS This month, Jim explains what to do when your compressed air tank gathers moisture and how to get rid of it, as well as a tip on the helpfulness of quick-disconnects. CLICK HERE to read this month's tips from Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop! 
This Month on
The Highland Blog 
Build a Continuous Arm
Windsor Chair with Peter Galbert This past month, master chair maker, Peter Galbert, led a week-long class on creating a continuous arm windsor chair, and by the end of the week, our students had a finished (or nearly finished) chair to take home with them. We kept up with their progress throughout the week and documented it on our blog. CLICK HERE to see pictures and read about the build: 
This month, Roger Webb has a tip on the best spot in your shop to keep a fire extinguisher handy. CLICK HERE to read Roger's Tip: 
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: Handsaw Essentials Tips from Sticks-in-the-Mud Woodshop Show Us Your Shop A Shop Amongst Hawaiian Avocados Lie-Nielsen Tool of the Month: #102 Low-Angle Block Plane The Down to Earth Woodworker Q&A: Making of Span Trees My Last Shop: Final Details Resharpen a Japanese Ryoba’s Rip Teeth Show Us Your Woodworking Show Us Your Woodcarving Painted Finishes SAFETY: Fire Extinguishers 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 Charlie Bridges shop (a 2-car garage, split in half) in Orleans, Ontario. CLICK HERE to take a look inside Charlie's shop: Our April Lie-Nielsen Tool of the Month: Lie-Nielsen 102 Low-Angle Block Plane 
The Low-Angle Block Plane was originally designed for endgrain work, so it is no surprise that the Lie-Nielsen No. 102 is exceptional at working on endgrain. The small format of the No. 102 is also good for touching up a small isolated spot, even if the surface isn’t completely flat, as the length and width of the plane body can sometimes allow access that other planes could not reach. Lee Laird goes into further details about the design and use of the Lie-Nielsen #102 Low-Angle Block Plane in The Highland Blog . Read Lee Laird's blog post about the #102 to find out more: Take a closer look at Lie-Nielsen's #102 Low-Angle Block Plane: 
By Steven D. Johnson, Racine, Wisconsin JDS 2100-CKV Dust Collector Review Pick A Pack Of Pucks New Highland Woodworking Library Addition Pet Steps – An Exercise In Scale 
This month, Steve discusses the JDS 2100-CKV Dust Collector, repurposes hockey pucks for his workshop, the new Down to Earth Woodworker section in the Highland Woodworking Library, and lastly, he shares a Pet Steps project idea.
CLICK HERE to read more: BOOK REVIEW: Handsaw Essentials by Christopher Schwarz Reviewed by J. Norman Reid, Delaplane, Virginia CLICK to read the review: 
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My Last Shop:
A Workshop Series 
By Michael Smith
Mountain Park, GA Final Details In the tenth installment of Mike Smith's My Last Shop Series , Mike clarifies some recent questions on his dust collection system, and then shows us the installation of his table saw. CLICK HERE to get the details: 
A Shop Amongst Hawaiian Avocados By John App Off the grid in Hawaii Ever thought about running your shop on solar energy? Take a look into a woodworking shop that is completely off grid in the middle of a tropical paradise in Hawaii. CLICK HERE to read more about this exotic shop:
Resharpen a Japanese Ryoba’s Rip Teeth By Lee Laird Kankakee, Illinois The Ryoba is a saw that has rip teeth on one side of the saw-plate and cross-cut teeth on the opposite side. Since there is no stiffener or back on the saw plate, like you would see on a Western back saw or a dozuki, the saw can cut as deep as you need, or that it can reach. In this article, Lee Laird goes over some tips and techniques for sharpening this particular Japanese saw. CLICK HERE to find out how: Ask the Staff Question: I saw a video on the making of "span trees" in Germany and was fascinated with the process. I would love to try this but finding a "how to" is near impossible. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 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 
Painted Finishes
This month Alan faces the conundrum of having to paint over beautiful hardwoods, but in a way so that it could be reversed in the future. What did he choose? Here are SIX helpful tips to painting over finishes: WOOD SLICER Testimonial 
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