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Chris Pye

Master Carver Chris Pye's Recent Visit to Highland Woodworking

Highland Woodworking recently had the privilege of hosting master woodcarver Chris Pye for a morning class on sharpening carving tools. Afterwards an informal session in the afternoon provided an opportunity for class members and staff to pick his brain on matters of technique with respect to their own projects and to learn more about his process.

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Inside This Issue

Show Us Your Shop
The Down to Earth Woodworker
Chris Pye Visits Highland
Book Review: The Woodworker - Volume 3
Show Us Your Woodworking
Submit Your Carving Projects
Tips From Sticks-In-The-Mud
Finishing: Story Boards
Safety Tip: Tie Your Shoes
Blog: Woodworking Resolutions
Poll: Protecting Shop Equipment from Dust
Down to Earth Woodworker

The Down to Earth Woodworker

This month, Steve Johnson discusses how he organizes and uses all of the scrapwood leftover from making holiday gifts and explains how he makes custom clamping cauls to assist in glue-ups.

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Show Us Your Shop

Show Us Your Shop

This month we're sharing the woodworking shops of Tony Rumball in Australia, who has access to 3 different shops in his local retirement community.

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Woodworking

Show Us Your Woodworking

This month we're sharing the woodworking projects of Juerg Salzgeber who builds contemporary wood art.

View Juerg's Projects

Show Us Your Woodcarving

Show Us Your Woodcarving

We're currently looking for future submissions for our Show Us Your Carving column! Submissions that appear in Wood News Online will receive a $50 Highland Woodworking Store Credit! Please click the link below to submit your carving projects.

Submit your Carving Projects!

Finishing Tip:
Story Boards

This month, Alan shares his tips on using story boards to help with the finishing process.

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Book Review:
The Woodworker - The Charles Hayward Years
Volume 3

Norm Reid reviews the 3rd volume in The Woodworker - The Charles Hayward Years series, which focuses on joinery and provides a compact explanation of how to cut a wide variety of joints and avoid common mistakes in doing so.

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Woodworking Tips

Tips from Sticks
in the Mud

This month, Jim has sharpening tips on how he built his own sharpening station, as well as a money-saving tip on making a jig to get the perfect sharpening angle.

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Blog: Woodworking Resolutions for 2017

In this blog series our contributors discuss their 2017 New Year's Resolutions related to woodworking and the projects and skills they hope to accomplish this year.

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Poll: Protecting Electronic Equipment in the Shop from Dust

This month Jim Randolph asks: "What do you do to protect your electronic equipment in the shop from dust?"

Answer the poll


Safety Tip: Tie Your Shoes!

This month, Jim from Vermont shares his story of what happened when he forgot to tie his shoes when working in his workshop.

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read the tip

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