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Show Us Your Woodworking!
This month we are featuring a different type of woodworking "project" than normal. Adrian Burleigh has submitted several of his own tool constructions including a Recycled Oak Timber Work Bench, a Turning Saw, a Panel Gauge, and a Moxon Vise. CLICK HERE to see Adrian's projects: Show Us Your Woodcarving! We invite you to SEND US PHOTOS of your carving along with captions and a brief history and description of your carvings. (Email photos at 800x600 resolution.) Receive a $50 store credit if we show your carving in a future issue. 
This month we are featuring the inspirational carvings of Wilson Lee, Jr, whose work represents comments on the world in which he lives. CLICK HERE to see more of Wilson's woodcarvings: Tips From Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop 
By Jim Randolph
Long Beach, MS This month Jim has two tips involving dust control, including the benefits of having a separate room in your shop for your dust collector, as well as an easy and convenient way to dry off your dust mask. CLICK HERE to read this month's tips from Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop! 
Building an Electric Bass Guitar: Part 5 - Frets, Bridge, and Saddles By Lee Laird Austin, TX This month Lee is almost done with his bass guitar. In this installment he discusses the installation of the Frets, Bridge, and Saddles. Read more about the build HERE: Ask the Staff Question: Why have I never seen a plan for a wooden bench longer than 5 feet? 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. 
This month, Ralph Lombardo offers a safety tip on quitting while you're ahead when you are working with the big tools. CLICK HERE to read the 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: 
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Inside This Issue
Book Review: The Perfect Edge Tips from Sticks-in-the-Mud Woodshop Show Us Your Shop Building an Electric Bass Guitar, Part 5 The Down to Earth Woodworker Q&A: Bench Plans Tool Review: Micro-Jig GRR-Rip Block The Great Sawbo - Part 3 Project: Broken Hockey Stick Bench Show Us Your Stuff Show Us Your Carving FINISHING: Finishing in Cold Weather SAFETY: Quit While You Are Ahead 
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 Mike Lawrence's out-building shop located in Louisville, KY. CLICK HERE to take a closer look at Mike's shop: 
Exceptional Gift Ideas Join the Highland staff as we talk about tools we like to suggest as gifts and why we like them. CLICK HERE to go to the show: 
By Steven D. Johnson Racine, Wisconsin Leadlight Window Frame Easy-To-Build Finishing Enclosure Head-To-Head Showdown! More Space & Time In Your Shop 
This month, Steve begins a new Leadlight Window Frame project, finishes his Dust Free Finishing Enclosure project, and has a product showdown between two types of paper towels that help clean your shop.
CLICK HERE to read more: 
TOOL REVIEW: Micro-Jig GRR-Rip Push Block By Jeffrey Fleisher New Market, VA It is hard to make the statement that a push block can be a revolutionary tool but the Micro-Jig GRR-Rip Block contains some exceptional features. CLICK HERE to see how the GRR-Rip Block can help you: 
This Month on The Highland Blog 
The Awesome Responsibility
of Being a Woodworking Grandpa This month we shared a blog conversation between several woodworkers who have all just recently become grandfathers. They discussed the awesome responsibility of having to pass down their woodworking knowledge to the next generation. CLICK HERE to read the discussion: 
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BOOK REVIEW: Ron Hock's The Perfect Edge 
Review by
J. Norman Reid Delaplane, VA Ron Hock is, justifiably, a blade maker of renown. In this book, The Perfect Edge, he has given us a perfect introduction to the practice of sharpening the tools we woodworkers regularly employ. This well-crafted, clearly-written and sometimes humorous book answers many of the vexing questions woodworkers ask. Hock opens with the question, "why sharpen"? CLICK HERE to find out why: 
Project: Broken Hockey Stick Bench By Dan Zehner West Lafayette, IN August 20th was a day like any other. It was a tough day at work as an engineer, but then one email changed it all. A well-known Canadian marketing agent contacted me to build a "few" benches from broken hockey sticks for a hockey festival. CLICK HERE to read about the project: 
The Great Sawbo - Part 3 By Scott Stahl Kankakee, Illinois In Part 1, we milled the stock, prepared the mortises, and glued both halves of the top. In Part 2 we did the fitting of the Roubo bench joint and final gluing of the bench top. Now in the finale we add the leg vise, throw on some finish, and finally have a completed Sawbo. CLICK HERE to read Part 3: Finishing Wood with Alan Noel 
Finishing in Cold Weather
Now that most of the country has experienced temperatures below 50 this year, it's time to start thinking about how to handle your finishing processes in this colder weather. Here are SEVEN tips for cold weather finishing: 
Visit Fox Chapel Publishing's big Open House event in Lancaster, PA May 8-9, 2015 Give yourself the gift of a great experience: a trip to Fox Chapel Publishing's annual Open House in Lancaster, PA next spring, May 8-9, 2015. You'll find woodworking classes, hands-on demonstrations, and shopping at a cool outdoor museum. CLICK HERE to read more: WOOD SLICER Testimonial 
I purchased one of these blades several months ago but it was just lately that I installed it on my Jet 18” band saw. I did a resaw on some cherry from 1” down to 1/2” and you could have knocked me over with a feather. I have never had a band saw blade that cut so easy and straight, with such little effort. I did 6 or 7 more pieces of cherry just to make sure I was not dreaming. In the past I have had so much trouble trying to get a good cut while resawing that I was about to abandon the band saw. I had been using my table saw but that wastes so much wood due to the thicker blade. Just had to let you guys know how satisfied I am with this blade. I am going to buy another just to have on hand.
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