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Show Us Your Woodworking!
This month we are featuring the woodworking projects of Dan Andrews, a retired Doctor who divides his free time between woodworking and writing. CLICK HERE to see Dan'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 interweaved carvings of Jeff Greenberg who also shares his design process for making his beautiful pieces. CLICK HERE to see more of Jeff's Carvings: Tips From Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop 
By Jim Randolph
Long Beach, MS This month Jim has a tip on what you can use in your vehicle to protect it from scratches when you're transporting wood and other large items. He also has a budget tip on how you can reuse disposable gloves. CLICK HERE to read this month's tips from Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop! Ask the Staff Question: I have this cedar chest and the top finish is aged, but it has weathered beautifully. My daughter made a light burn mark on the top and I don't know how to fix it without ruining the aged look of the wood! Please help! 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. HIGHLAND VIDEO: Product Tours and Tool Demonstrations available on our YouTube Channel! Check out the great product tour videos and demonstrations on our YouTube Channel. Our good friends Morton, David, Matt & Steve demonstrate some of our most popular products for your benefit in these tours. Click below to watch Steve Johnson's new take on the SawStop Tablesaw and how he relates it to having a "Gestalt Experience." 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! 
This month, we've got a tip on how using incandescent task lighting in your shop can help avoid the dangers of blade spin down and other cutters. 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: A Guide to Hand Tools and Methods Tips from Sticks-in-the-Mud Woodshop Show Us Your Shop Constructing a Quilt Storage Rack The Down to Earth Woodworker Q&A: Fixing Burn Marks on Finishing Tool Review: Easy Chuck Building a Shaker Blanket Chest Video: SawStop: The Gestalt Experience Blog: The 3 Stooges of a Dangerous Shop Finishing: Rolling and Tipping Show Us Your Stuff Show Us Your Carving SAFETY: Incandescent Task Lighting 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 Steve Lyde's garage workshop in Altus, OK. CLICK HERE to take a closer look at Steve's shop: 
By Steven D. Johnson Racine, Wisconsin Pitch 'Til You Win Absolutely Ready For Prime (Shop) Time The Opposite Of Gestalt? 5S Compliant Shop Wall Cabinets, Part II 
This month, Steve discusses the basic hand planes you should have in your tool collection, switches out his conventional shop fluorescent tubes for efficient LED bulbs, discusses his recent "anti-gestalt" experience relating to jigs, and lastly he continues the construction of his 5S Shop Wall Cabinets.
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Hand Tool Show in Iowa May 15-16 Perhaps the finest woodworking show you'll ever attend will take place in the small village of Amana, Iowa on May 15-16, 2015. Featuring many artisan toolmakers who specialize in the modern use of hand tools, this show will inspire and amaze anyone who loves the sound of a shaving clearing the throat of a well-made hand plane. Roy Underhill and many others will be on hand to educate and entertain. Nearby will be a rare display of the exquisite Studley Tool Chest. Save the date, and plan your route to Amana. You will not want to miss this show. CLICK HERE for more info: 
Finishing Wood with Alan Noel 
Rolling and Tipping
This month Alan has several tips for rolling and tipping for when you are doing decorative interior paint finishes on your house and other projects. CLICK HERE to read the tips: 
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BOOK REVIEW:
A Guide to Hand Tools and Methods by David Charlesworth 
Review by
J. Norman Reid Delaplane, VA This brief (144 pages) guide to hand tools is a gem. Drawing on David Charlesworth's 30-plus years of experience as a cabinetmaker, it contains much valuable information I've not seen anywhere else. Unlike some other hand tool treatments, it's not encyclopedic but focuses on selected and especially important tools. What sets it apart from other hand tool books is Charlesworth's opinionated stance. CLICK HERE to read more:
Project: Constructing a Quilt Storage Rack
By Forrest Bonner Huntington Beach, CA In this article, Forrest Bonner discusses his design and construction process of a Quilt Storage Rack that he built for a quilting friend. CLICK HERE to read more: 
This Month on The Highland Blog 
The Three Stooges of a Dangerous Shop
A few years ago, a couple of well known woodworkers (The Wood Whisperer, Tom's Workbench, Modern Woodworker's Association, just to name a few) started woodworking safety week, which later turned into Woodworking Safety Day. Our blogger, Brian Benham, commemorated the day by discussing shop safety and the perils of a messy shop. CLICK HERE to read more: 
Building Our First Shaker Blanket Chest
By Brian (Ziggy) Liloia Berea, KY Brian Liloia and his significant other, April, recently teamed up and built their own shaker style blanket chest. In this article Brian explains his construction process including his weariness of making hand-cut dovetails for the first time. Click here to read more: 
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