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LOOKING BACK:
Our Woodworking Tool Reviews from 2014 Woodworker Jeffrey Fleischer of New Market, VA contributed a tool review to each monthly issue of Wood News during 2014. We've compiled them for you here, and invite you to take a look at Jeffrey's thoughtful evaluations of these woodworking tools. CLICK HERE to see the reviews: Show Us Your Woodworking! 
This month we are featuring Michael Sweet's Dollhouse project that he made for his granddaughter, as well as a wide variety of other woodworking projects he has made including a chess set, board games, a Didgeridoo, and several other projects. CLICK HERE to see Michael'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 have several realistic carvings created by Richard Cheek, a self-taught amateur carver who enjoys creating his own versions of famous sculptures. CLICK HERE to see more of Richard's woodcarvings: Tips From Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop 
By Jim Randolph
Long Beach, MS This month Jim has a tip on how to get the most use out of your tack rags, as well as a tip on ways to re-use common plastic storage bags specifically for shop storage. CLICK HERE to read this month's tips from Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop! Ask the Staff Question: I have a question about wooden-bodied planes. When they are not in use do you remove the iron? 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, Raymond Randall has a follow-up on our November 2014 tip on Adjusting Bandsaw Height and offers an important reminder about running bandsaw blades. 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: |
Inside This Issue
Book Review: Beautiful Boxes Tips from Sticks-in-the-Mud Woodshop Show Us Your Shop Building an Electric Bass Guitar, Part 6 The Down to Earth Woodworker Blog: Finding a Choice Piece of Wood Q&A: Wood-Bodied Planes Project: Tippmann Boss Wooden Table Blogger Woodworking Resolutions Show Us Your Stuff Show Us Your Carving FINISHING: Holiday Cheers and Smears SAFETY: The Running Bandsaw 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 Richard Korte's 28' x 34' shop in Olympia, WA, and several of the creative projects made in his shop . CLICK HERE to take a closer look at Richard's shop: 
By Steven D. Johnson Racine, Wisconsin Six Degrees of… Woodworking? Woodworking… The Road Ahead Waxed Paper vs Freezer Paper – Which Is Best For Woodworkers? Purpose-Built Shop Storage Some New Year's Thoughts And What Is Coming Next Month 
This month, Steve explains how every conversation can eventually lead to woodworking, gives us a 2015 outlook for the woodworking world, performs a test between waxed paper and freezer paper, begins a series on "purpose-built" shop storage, and shares some new things to look forward to this month and beyond!
CLICK HERE to read more: 2015 Woodworking Resolutions 
The beginning of 2015 brings our popular New Years Resolutions blogger series, where our woodworking bloggers
share their woodworking resolutions for the new year!
Click each name to read our bloggers' resolutions: 
This Month on The Highland Blog 
What to do if you can't find
that choice piece of wood When designing furniture one of the things that makes a piece go from the mundane, to "WOW that's a nice piece", is choosing an awesome looking piece of wood to feature in the project. It could be anything from that great figure in the wood, to the spalting streaks, and even the cracks and imperfections that make it stand out. CLICK HERE to read more: Finishing Wood with Alan Noel 
Holiday Cheers
and Smears If you're still trying to clean up candle wax, red wine stains, and watermarks from your holiday gatherings, Alan has several tips to clean them up while protecting the finishes on your furniture. Here are FOUR tips for cleaning up after the holidays: |
It is a fact that Festool machines are priced higher than almost any other brand of power tool. Are those prices justified? Here are some thoughts on the matter. CLICK HERE for more info: 
Festool recently enhanced their already extremely strong 3-year warranty to now include shipping in both directions on all warranty repairs. Several other new features of the service now make it both easy and worthwhile for you to register for an account on Festool's website. CLICK HERE for more info: 
our latest Web TV episode BOOK REVIEW: Doug Stowe's Beautiful Boxes 
Review by
J. Norman Reid Delaplane, VA Once again, well-known box maker Doug Stowe has produced a beautiful book on box making. It follows two earlier books, Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Box Building and Basic Box Making, which set the stage by defining numerous methods for making attractive boxes. In this new book, Beautiful Boxes, Stowe goes one step further by linking descriptions of eight box-building projects to principles and elements of design that can help turn ordinary boxes into objects of special beauty and delight. CLICK HERE to read the review:
Project: Tippmann Boss Wooden Table By Arthur Stevenson Greater Kansas City Area Arthur Stevenson makes his own leather tool rolls with his Tippmann Boss Sewing Machine, and to make his work easier and more stabilized, he decided to make his own wooden table to mount the sewing machine on. CLICK HERE to read about the project: Building an Electric Bass Guitar: Part 6 - Final Details 
By Lee Laird
Austin, TX This month Lee has finally finished his guitar. In this final part of the guitar build, Lee discusses last minute details and changes, and in the end gives you a preview of the bass's sound. Read more about the final details: WOOD SLICER Testimonial 
I used to cuss my bandsaw every time that I tried to do any resawing, however I bought a Wood Slicer blade last year and it wasn't the band saw that was the problem, it was the inferior band saw blades that I was using. The Wood Slicer worked right out of the box the first time, it is sharp, quiet and very smooth cutting, the best ever.
-Jeffrey Murray |
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