Show Your Stuff!

We invite you to SEND US PHOTOS
of your favorite woodworking projects along with captions and a brief history of your woodworking. (Email photos at 800x600 resolution.) Receive a $50 store gift card if we show your stuff in a future issue.

This month we are featuring jewelry boxes by 18-year old Tyler Stokes, an aspiring woodworker.

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at Tyler's impressive craftsmanship:

Show Us Your Wood Carving!

For this column exclusively devoted to woodcarving, we invite you to SEND US PHOTOS of your favorite woodcarving projects along with captions and a brief history of your woodcarving. (Email photos at 800x600 resolution.) Receive a $50 store gift card if we show your carving work in a future issue!

This month we are featuring Richard Cheek's diverse carvings, including a very lifelike hand!

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"not fond of"!

Do you have a great idea for staying alert and helping to avoid injuries in your workshop? If so, we want to hear about it! Receive a $25 store gift card if we feature your tip in a future issue.

This month we hear from Jeanne Kent about how she learned to improve her safety awareness around the rotary tools she uses in her woodworking.

CLICK HERE to check out Jeanne's safety tip!

New Downloadable Project Plan: Scooter

Here's a new downloadable project plan for a children's plaything designed by Kevin McGuire, author of the popular book " The All-New Woodworking For Kids". This classic old-fashioned scooter is a kid's second-best friend!

Place your order online and after it has been processed by our staff, you will receive an email with a link to download your plan set in PDF form. Check back next month for another great new downloadable plan from Kevin!

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Charles Brock has singled out the specific tools he uses when building his chairs and listed them in one place for easy selection by woodworkers undertaking this challenging project. Check Out the Tools of the Trade:

The Highland Woodturner

Wood turning is the fastest growing part of the woodworking community. To give it the attention it deserves, we've started a publication devoted entirely to woodturning.

Take a look at the most recent issue!

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 gift card if we show your shop in a future issue.

Featured this month is Matthew Curry's workshop in Bainbridge Island, WA.
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Festool CT Boom Arm Set

Off To The (Discount) Store For Woodworking Supplies

Put On Your Woodworking Shoes

Dados With A Festool Router and Guiderail

Miter Saw Workstation Update

This month, Steven Johnson, the Down to Earth Woodworker, offers some thoughts on his new Festool CT Boom Arm Set (and how much he likes it!) as well as a quick tip on using a Festool router and guide rail to make dados. But we aren't all serious here, as Steven offers some handy advice for getting the most out of your next trip to the big box discount store as well as his recommendations for woodworking shoes and how this industry should advance.

CLICK HERE to learn about Steven's new shoe idea, "The Underhill Underfoots", and much more!

Ask the Staff

Question:   My bandsaw can be operated at more than one speed. Which is the best speed for cutting wood and should I change speeds for certain wood cutting tasks and using different blades?

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E-mail us with your woodworking questions. If yours is selected for publication, we'll send you a free Highland Woodworking hat.

Finishing Wood
with Alan Noel

Satin Finishes

Since the early 70s satin finishes have been widely used in manufacturing for a variety of reasons - the main one being to hide the fact that "wood and wood products" like MDF, particle board and paper thin veneers were being used instead of the more expensive solid core substrates and thicker veneers.

Here are SIX TIPS to help you with your satin finishes:

Chairmaker Brian Boggs to be featured in the May episode of The Highland Woodworker, our brand new FREE web TV show

Watch The Highland Woodworker

This new episode spotlights master planemaker Ron Brese, who could not find plane perfection until he made his own. Find out how chairmaker Brian Boggs uses everything from a shave horse to an adult erector set (see photo) to build beautiful seating in our Moment with a Master. Bert the Wood Expert tells us where cherry gets its character. Our Tool Box segment demonstrates a tool you should carve out a place for in your tool box, and much more.

Hand Planes:
Unlocking the Mystery

Like many other woodworkers I decided early on I would be a "Normite" and bow to the superior precision of power tools. Hand tools seemed just too imprecise and hard to master. But somewhere along the way, I developed affection for hand planes and began to unlock the mysteries of their use. Now, their secrets solved, they are a regular part of my woodworking practice. They can be for you too.

CLICK HERE to unlock the mystery of hand planes!

Video Product Tour:
SawStop Contractor Saw

The SawStop 10" Contractor Saw is the safest contractor saw on the market, and we are pleased to now be able to offer and ship it to our customers nationwide within the 48 contiguous United States.

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Narex Premium
Bevel Edge Chisels

Narex's premium bevel edged chisels are of exceptional quality. The blades are fine-grained, nicely tempered chrome-manganese steel in the slimmer cross section that joiners prefer. They take and hold a beautiful edge without brittleness.

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Knew Concepts Woodworker's Fretsaw

Ingeniously designed to be both light and strong as well as simple to adjust and use, this extremely popular new premium fretsaw makes it easier than ever to remove waste when cutting dovetails.

What makes it special?

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WOOD SLICER Testimonial

Just got my new Wood Slicer blade, set it up and "O-My-God" what a difference. My old blade had 11/16" drift in 8 inches. This one, I set it up straight and it resaws straight. Thank you very much. Really enjoyable. Cuts like going through butter. I've never had a blade cut so good. Ever.

— Ron Klingler

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