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Show Us Your Woodworking!
This month we are featuring the woodworking of Jim Mossoney who has created several different projects in his barn workshop. CLICK HERE to see more of Jim's projects and workshop: Show Us Your Wood Carving! 
This month we've got Pierre Vigneux, a longtime carver from Canada with his beautiful, equine-inspired carvings. CLICK HERE to take a closer look at Pierre'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 a tip on temporary and permanent label-making methods for the different storage areas in your shop. He also has a tip on creating a washer-storage system on a pegboard. CLICK HERE to read this month's tips from Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop! Our July Lie-Nielsen Tool of the Month: Bench Planes 
A question I hear from customers at many of our Lie-Nielsen shows regarding bench planes is: "Why are there so many different plane sizes and do/will I need ALL of them?" In this article, I'll talk about the range of bench planes, their sizes and purposes. Read Lee Laird's blog post about Bench Planes and their different sizes: Take a closer look at the Lie-Nielsen Bench Planes and other Hand Tools: Ask the Staff Question: I would like to know if they still make Radial Arm Saws and if you can still buy them. My Dad used to have one, but he gave it away. 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 
"3D Finish"
Chatoyancy is a word used by gemologists to describe the optical reflectance effect seen in certain gemstones like tigers eye and cats eye. This luminous or "3D" effect can also be seen in most highly figured woods such as satin wood, mahogany, maple and many others. Here are EIGHT helpful tips to achieve this effect:
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: 
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Inside This Issue
Complete Illustrated Guide to Shaping Wood Book Review Tips from Sticks-in-the-Mud Woodshop Show Us Your Shop Creating a Curly Maple Handle for a Custom Japanese Hammer Head The Down to Earth Woodworker Q&A: Radial Arm Saws Tool Review: Veritas Bench Hold Down Make Your Own Saw Bench Show Us Your Stuff Show Us Your Carving FINISHING: 3D Finishing SAFETY: Power-Off Foot-Switch 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 Pat Lemley in Salisbury, MD. CLICK HERE to take a closer look at Pat's shop: 
This month, William Douglas Lewis tells us about his Foot-Switch that he created to conveniently power-off his router table and drill press. CLICK HERE to read his Tip: 
By Steven D. Johnson Racine, Wisconsin Of Wine & Table Saws (Not To Be Used Together!) Mysterious Vanishing Clamps The Internet Of Tools (Machinery & Tool Manufacturers Need To Embrace Technology) Some Products We Woodworkers Want (Entrepreneur Alert) 
This month, Steve compares his SawStop purchase to a fine bottle of wine, tells the tale of the "missing clamps", ponders the many future technological possibilities in woodworking, and makes a list of practical wants and desires.
CLICK HERE to read more: 
Great New Summer Episode
BOOK REVIEW: Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Shaping Wood, by Lonnie Bird 
By J. Norman Reid
Delaplane, VA Lonnie Bird's excellent book is exactly what its title claims—an illustrated and encyclopedic guide to the many ways wood can be brought to the shape you need for your project. Thorough and comprehensive, Bird's treatment stands out for its clarity and the step by step photos that demonstrate each technique. READ the rest of the review: 
This Month on The Highland Blog 
"Hands" the Movies For Father's Day, Terry Chapman just received "Hands" the DVD documentary collection of Traditional Irish Crafts and Lifestyles that emphasize the use of human hands rather than machine work. CLICK HERE to read what Terry thought about the DVD collection: |
Woodcarving Instruction with Chris Pye
We are pleased to recommend an online woodcarving instruction taught by esteemed woodcarver Chris Pye. CLICK HERE for how to sign up: 
Creating a Curly Maple Handle for a Custom Japanese Hammer Head By Lee Laird Austin, TX Lee Laird just got back from Japan where he found a hand-made Japanese hammer head. To make it into a beautiful hammer he decided to make a handle out of curly maple. Find out how he made it here: Make Your Own Saw Bench 
By Scott Stahl Kankakee, Illinois Whenever I am in a large home center store, I make it a point to go over the construction lumber racks looking for gold. I hit pay dirt on a recent trip in the form of an 8 foot long quartersawn Douglas Fir 4X4 in the cheap white wood stack. The Douglas Fir 4x4 was purchased with no purpose in mind at the time and sat around the garage waiting for a project to come along. It turns out that the right project is a saw bench. CLICK HERE to read more: REDDIT: Online Woodworking Forum and Contests 
Highland Woodworking recently teamed up with the woodworking forum at Reddit.com (a community website and online forum for all sorts of topics) to sponsor one of their monthly build challenges. The winner, Riley Horne, won a Wood Slicer Bandsaw Blade for his Table Saw/Router Table Storage Unit.
CLICK HERE to see more of the contest entries and learn about the Reddit Woodworking Forum TOOL REVIEW: Veritas Bench Hold Down 
By Jeffrey Fleisher
New Market, VA The Veritas Bench Hold Down is a high quality clamping tool that provides an infinitely variable clamping force by just tightening the clamping knob. CLICK HERE to see why you should have one on your bench: HIGHLAND VIDEO: Product Tours and Demonstrations available on our YouTube Channel! Check out the great product tour videos and demonstrations on our Youtube Channel . Our good friends Morton, Curtis, and Chris demonstrate some of our most popular products for your benefit in these tours. Click below to watch one of Morton's classic videos, all about how to fold/coil a Bandsaw Blade: Are there any products you'd like to see in a product tour? If so, we invite you to EMAIL US and let us know what YOU would like to see! WOOD SLICER Testimonial 
I have owned 4 band saws since 1948. And none has been totally satisfactory
for re-sawing, including my current Heavy Duty 17" floor model — until
now. I recently saw your Wood Slicer Blade and warily bought ONE. I had
been using a good solid 1" X 3T blade, which did OK but nothing special. I
had some doubts about your narrower and thinner blade, but I was willing to
try it. I did — on a Russian Olive limb. I could not believe the first
cut!!! Effortless. Smooth. Straight. Perfect!!!! I have rarely acquired any
tool that lived up to its hype this well. It is the best bandsaw blade I
have ever used! I am well pleased. Thank you for this wonderful product.
— Rob Smith, Canon City, Colorado Get Yourself a Wood Slicer: |
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