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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: 
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: 
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: |
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: 
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:
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: 
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