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Show Us Your Woodworking!
This month we are featuring the woodworking projects of Rodney Haywood whose designs have been inspired by the work of George Nakashima and the natural flow that can be found in his projects.
CLICK HERE to see Rodney's woodworking: 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 carving projects of Martin Antaramian. One night, Martin woke up with a random vision of a spinning dress carved out of wood, which has inspired his carvings with the aesthetic of the movement of fabric. CLICK HERE to see more of Martin's Carvings: Tips From Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop 
By Jim Randolph
Long Beach, MS This month Jim has a tip on repairing wood defects in your furniture, as well as a money-saving tip on common food and beverage containers you can use to mix woodworking concoctions. CLICK HERE to read this month's tips from Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop! Ask the Staff Question: I am interested in building a rocking chair and was wondering what are the best rasps to use for it? 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. 
TOOL REVIEW: Benchcrafted Moxon Vise Hardware By Jeffrey Fleisher New Market, VA If you make a lot of dovetails or do edge work on wide panels than the Benchcrafted Moxon Vise is for you. This vise is extremely fast and easy to use, and provides a significant amount of clamping power. CLICK HERE to read more: 
This month, Konrad Plachta has a safety tip on making sure you hold your turning tools in the safest way possible while turning on the lathe. CLICK HERE to read more: Do you have a 2 Minute Safety Tip you would like us to share? If so, we invite you to EMAIL US and if we use your tip, you'll get a $25 store credit! 
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: Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking Tips from Sticks-in-the-Mud Woodshop Show Us Your Shop Recognizing a Quality Hand Tool Making Whirligigs The Down to Earth Woodworker Q&A: A Good Rasp Set Tool Review: Benchcrafted Moxon Vise Women in Woodworking Video: Mirka DEROS Product Tour Blog: Bandsaw Passed Down Through Generations Finishing: Clamping Tricks Show Us Your Stuff Show Us Your Carving SAFETY: Holding Turning Tools 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 Haim Loran's workshop in Easton, MD. CLICK HERE to see more of Haim's shop: 
By Steven D. Johnson Racine, Wisconsin Egg… Face… You Get The Picture New Tool Technology – Brushless DC Motors Remodeling Versus Woodworking Product Tour Videos Made With Love 
This month, Steve discusses the recall of his favorite fluorescents, shares a new tool technology found with brushless DC motors, discusses the differences between remodeling vs. woodworking, explains his process for making the Highland Woodworking YouTube product tours, and reminds everyone to make your projects with love.
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Finishing Wood with Alan Noel 
Clamping Tricks
This month Alan shares some tips and tricks for resolving clamping challenges that often come into play when working with finishes. Here are SIX tips for using clamps with finishing: BOOK REVIEW: Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking by Tage Frid 
Review by
J. Norman Reid Delaplane, VA Master craftsman Tage Frid (pronounced Tay) completed a five-year apprenticeship in his native Denmark before coming to the U.S. after World War II. In this, the 100th anniversary of his birth, I am reviewing this classic three-volume set that conveys much of Frid's experience. The set comprises a virtually complete course in woodworking that combines power and hand tools to produce beautiful furniture. CLICK HERE to read more:
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Abatron Rot Repair Kits
Summertime is a great time for getting rid of the rotten wood that may have formed on your window sills, deck, house trim or wherever you find it indoors or out. Our Abatron LiquidWood and WoodEpox are best sellers because of their ease of use and long-lasting effectiveness. You can shape it, plane it, sand it, stain it and paint it. CLICK HERE for more info: 
Making Whirligigs Can Be Fun and Addicting
By Ken Radziwanowski East Windsor, NJ Ken Radziwanowski started his hobby by fixing a broken whirligig and soon realized how fun and easy it was to design his own. In this article he discusses his process behind designing and building his whirligigs and gives us several ideas to make our own. CLICK HERE to read more: Recognizing a Quality Hand Tool 
By Kerry Lambertson Finland, MN In this article, Kerry Lambertson goes into an in-depth discussion on hand tools. He also explains how having just one quality hand tool in your shop versus having several different average tools can really have an effect on both the look of your shop and the quality of your work. CLICK HERE to read more: 
This Month on The Highland Blog 
A Bandsaw Passed Down Through Generations
We've all most likely had something that has been passed down to us from previous generations, but for Justin Hammond, his inherited bandsaw is the reason why he started woodturning. CLICK HERE to read more: 
Women in Woodworking
By Anne Briggs Bohnett Seattle, WA Our newest Wood News columnist, Anne Briggs Bohnett, aka Anne of All Trades, tells the story of her own path to woodworking, from working in the shop with her grandfather, to discovering the joy of hand tools, to finding and learning from a great online woodworking community. CLICK HERE to read her story: 
latest new Web TV episode WOOD SLICER Testimonial 
I am amazed at the difference between the Wood Slicer and my old blade. The Wood Slicer is fantastic. I used it on my not-so-top-of-the-range 14 inch Chinese Band Saw to cut 80mm wide Pink Beech into 8mm slices. It is like using a top end machine...the blade went through the beech like a hot knife through butter. I was going to buy a better band saw but now this one has a new lease of life.— Thanks a lot! Graham
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