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Defect or Feature

Is it a Defect or a Feature?
By Jeff Fleisher

When searching for the perfect piece of wood for your project, what one person thinks is a defect in the wood could possibly be another person's perfect feature. Jeff discusses and shares several of his own projects where he used pieces of wood that others may have thrown in the scrap pile.

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Inside This Issue

Show Us Your Workshop
Finishing: Summertime Blues
Women in Woodworking
Sharpen This, Part 6
Show Us Your Woodworking
Poll: Project Mistakes
Video: Hock Plane Irons
Show Us Your Woodcarving
Turning With a Story Stick
Is it a Defect or a Feature?
Review: Woodworking With Hand Tools
The Highland Woodworker
Tips From Sticks-In-The-Mud
Women in Woodworking

Women in Woodworking
Meet Angela Hollis

This month, Char introduces us to Angela Hollis, a retired Resource Teacher who is now devoted full-time to her carpentry company, Angela Hollis & Co.

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Show Us Your Shop

Show Us Your Shop

We're sharing Bob Rummer's 1600 square foot workshop in Lawrence, KS.

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Show Us Your Woodworking

Show Us Your Woodworking

We're sharing a variety of woodworking projects made by Ron Lepionka, who took up woodworking after his wife told him he needed a hobby during retirement.

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Show Us Your Woodcarving

Show Us Your Woodcarving

We're sharing several carving projects made by Robert Paul who had always been interested in carving as a boy, but couldn't afford to start until his 40's.

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Turning with a Story Stick

Turning the Corner: Short Tale of a
Story Stick

When you're in need of turning multiples of the same part for a project, using a story-stick makes the job a lot easier. Temple discusses how he used a story stick to turn the parts for multiple chairs replicated from history.

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The Highland Woodworker

Watch our latest episode of The Highland Woodworker featuring Phil Colson, a talented woodturner and an employee of Highland for over 30 years! Plus tool tips from Popular Woodworking and more!

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Sticks in the Mud

Tips from Sticks
in the Mud

Jim continues with Part 3 of his floor board panel project and also shares a money-saving tip on how to make magnetic clothespins to hang your shop plans and papers.

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Poll: Project Mistakes

Poll: Project Mistakes

When you make an error while working on a woodworking project do you usually call it a happy mistake or own up to the error?

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our poll
Wood Slicer

Our Famous
Wood Slicer
Resaw Bandsaw Blade

If you have yet to try a Wood Slicer Blade on your bandsaw, you are missing out! This blade makes resawing easier, quieter, and more consistent by making cuts as smooth as butter. Don't take our word for it. You can read customer reviews here.

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Finishing

Finishing:
Summertime Blues

It's officially Summer and the humidity is likely high where you are, which is probably affecting the time it takes for your finishes to dry. Alan Noel has a tip on how to speed up those times during these hot and humid summers!

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Hock Plane Blade

Video: Hock Plane Irons

Whether your plane's blade is used up, pitted with rust or just plain no good, a Hock Plane Iron can be the quickest way to get your hand plane cutting its best. In this video, Jim Dillon takes a look at these irons and explains what makes them so good.

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Chris Schwarz

Sharpen This, Part 6
The Bevel
& the Devil
By Christopher Schwarz

In Part 6 of his sharpening series, Chris Schwarz discusses the bevel and how there is so much talk about the right shape and angle it needs to be, when really there are so many more important things in life to focus on.

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