
For the second year in a row, the readers of Atlanta’s Sunday Paper have voted Highland Woodworking (also known as Highland Hardware) the metro area’s best hardware store. Coming in as runner-up to Highland Woodworking was Home Depot with its 20 metro Atlanta big box locations. Guess that really goes to show that you don’t necessarily have to be the biggest to be regarded as the best. Thanks to all our customers and fans who helped select Highland Woodworking over all the dozens of other worthy hardware stores in and around Atlanta! And congratulations to Home Depot for coming in second!
Quoting the Sunday Paper:
BEST HARDWARE STORE: HIGHLAND HARDWARE
THE LOWDOWN: Is it the tool tutorials? The woodworking classes? The down-to-earth, helpful staff? What is it about Highland Hardware that our readers always seem to love? Perhaps it’s the fact that in the chi-chi district of the Highlands, where nothing seems very useful, a hardware store is a reminder of purpose, a monument to getting things done, a touch of the “real.”
THE BASICS: 1045 North Highland Ave. NE MAP
800-241-6748 www.highlandwoodworking.com.
THE RUNNER-UP: Home Depot

Roy Underhill of The Woodwright’s Shop television fame headlined a crowd-pleasing exhibition of woodworkers in motion at Highland Woodworking’s 30th Anniversary Celebration in Atlanta on Saturday, May 3, 2008. Hundreds of woodworkers turned out despite heavy rain to watch Roy perform on his shaving horse and treadle lathe, along with numerous woodturners, wood carvers, a timber framer, a gunsmith, as well as many other high-energy tool demonstrations.

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Come meet one of TV’s biggest crowd pleasers, Woodwright’s Shop host Roy Underhill, our special guest during our big 30th Anniversary Celebration in Atlanta on Saturday, May 3, 2008. Roy will be giving free woodworking demos all day long. He will also teach a one-day class entitled Simple Machines the Old-Fashioned Way on Sunday, May 4, 2008.

One of the least commonly understood aspects of woodworking is the art of wood finishing. Bob Flexner has probably done more than anyone anywhere to part the veil of mystery and confusion which surrounds this complex art form. His classic book Understanding Wood Finishing is generally considered to be the most comprehensive publication ever written on the subject.
We are pleased to announce that Bob is returning to Highland Woodworking February 2-3, 2008 for a two-day seminar in which he will demonstrate and explain many of the techniques that he has perfected over the years. Bob will show you how to identify any finishing product despite what the label states, how to predict its behavior, how to apply it successfully, and how to treat it thereafter. He will teach you techniques for dyeing, staining, bleaching and filling; for applying oils, varnishes and lacquers, and for “finishing the finish.”
If you attend, you’ll take home a thorough understanding of finishes plus the confidence to use the right finish for the right application. To avoid disappointment, please sign up early as space will be limited.
DEMONSTRATION SEMINAR
Saturday & Sunday, February 2-3, 2008 from 9 am to 5 pm
Recommended reading: Understanding Wood Finishing

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We’ve got the solution to your holiday gift needs, tools to please every woodworker!
Deluxe Leather Shop Apron – A touch of luxury for your time in the shop? Perhaps, but to us it feels like this top-grain leather apron is tougher, more stain resistant, and gives us more protection than canvas or nylon aprons. If it happens to look better, too, we can live with that. This one offers good coverage (almost knee-length on most of us), and the flaps over the lower two pockets keep dust out. Upper left pocket is divided for pens; upper right is the perfect size for index cards, calculator, cell phone, and such. Adjustable nylon straps cross over in rear with speed buckle closure.
TormekT7 Sharpening System – The Tormek Sharpening system is unsurpassed for quality, versatility, edge positioning accuracy and repeatability when grinding, sharpening and honing just about every tool in your shop and home. This Swedish made machine has a 10″ ceramically made, 220 grit aluminum oxide grindstone wheel which remains continuously bathed in water, keeping your tool’s edge cool and free from any risk of overheating. Backed by a 7 year warranty.
Economy Folding Workbench – Portable & versatile, this workbench will lend a helping hand in any shop. Its MDF top is attached to twin screws that open 4-1/4″, and with the moveable polypropylene 1″ tall dog jaws, it allows for 10″ of clamping capacity. When open, the table top spans 13-1/2″ x 24″ and stands 31″ high. The foot print of the metal stand measures 25 x 20-1/2″. Folded for storage it measures 42″ high x 7″ deep. Stand weighs 14 lbs. Assembly required.
Set of 4 Heavy Duty Screwdrivers – These hefty screwdrivers are forged from high carbon steel with the blade running the tool’s full length. Hardwood handle cheeks are riveted onto the easy to grip, oval shaped handle end. While they may not be the most handsome screwdrivers in your shop, you’re not likely to bend them during those misapplied “screwdriver as a prybar” moments. Set consists of 4 heavy duty screwdrivers (6″, 8″, 10″, 12″).
12″ Precision Combination Square Set – For woodworkers searching for quality tools on a budget, we are pleased to offer this attractively priced, precision 12″ adjustable square. With meticulously ground cast iron body and a textured matte black finish, the square is outfitted with machined (not stamped), easy to read, satin-chrome blades. Blade markings are in 1/16ths, 1/8ths, 1/32nds & 1/64ths of an inch and are etched into the blade for durability and legibility. Includes 3 heads: the combination head, a center-finder head with 2-1/2″ long sides, and a 7″ long protractor head with single degree markings. Comes in a fitted plastic case.
Festool C-12 Drill/Driver Set with 2 Batteries – Very compact & remarkably light, this 12V cordless drill with speed ranges of 0 to 450rpm & 0 to 1500 rpm and 6 torque settings uses a brushless motor that is rated to drill a million screws before needing replacement. The C-12 will allow you to drill and drive into areas that standard drills simply can’t access. Three removable Fastfix® chucks and the Centrotec chuck comprise the system. The C-12 Drill/Driver Set comes with two 3.0Ah NiMH batteries, charger, Centrotec Chuck, right angle & eccentric chucks, Systainer storage box, 4mm drill bit, #2 Phillips bit and bit holder.
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