Highland Staff

A Tale of Three Boxes

Jun 272019
 

For the June issue of Wood News Online, Bob Rummer writes about what you need to know about making boxes that they don’t teach you in shop class:

I have made a LOT of boxes in nearly 50 years of woodworking — toolboxes, jewelry boxes, tissue boxes, cabinet-sized boxes, bandsawn boxes, carved boxes, recipe boxes, inlaid boxes, ring boxes, veneered boxes, and nesting boxes. You probably made a box yourself as one of the first projects in woodshop or an introduction to woodworking. After all, the saying is, “If you know how to make a box you can make anything.” The starting point in every box project is, “What are you going to put inside it?” After all, most of the design decisions hinge on fitting something inside the box.

Read the rest of Bob’s article

Read the rest of the June issue of Wood News Online

Show Us Your Shop: Some of 2018’s Featured Shops

Jun 252019
 

This past year, we’ve featured a wide array of shops in our monthly newsletter, Wood News Online, including Carter Choate’s shop and woodshed, Mike Ribelin’s basement workshop, and Rich Breed’s warm woodshop for snowy day woodworking.

Take a look at some of these workshops for ideas and inspiration, or just for fun.

And to read about even more shops, click to check out our Workshop Gallery.

If you would like to submit your own shop, just SEND US PHOTOS of your woodworking shop along with captions and a brief history and description of your woodworking. (Email photos at 800 x 600 resolution.) Receive a $50 store credit redeemable towards merchandise at Highland Woodworking if we show your shop in a future issue.

Video: Wooden Model Kits – Catapult

Jun 202019
 

Curtis Turner and his son show off this great project to do in the workshop with your kids this summer. The da Vinci Wooden Model Catapult Kit is just one of the wooden model kits available at Highland that will get your kids working in the shop and perhaps launch them into the world of woodworking. Check it out below!

Video: Kids Woodworking Tool Kit

Jun 182019
 

Summer is upon us, and one way we can get more time in our shop is to invite our kids in with us. Help the kids in your life build woodworking skills that will last a lifetime with Highland Woodworking’s Tool Kit for Kids! Michael Morton reviews the tool kit in the short video below.

Interview with Toolmaker Chris Vesper

Jun 132019
 

We originally profiled Chris Vesper back in 2016. Not long after that, he started building out a new space for his tool making business. We thought it was time to check back in with Chris and find out what has changed about Vesper Tools since we last chatted with him.

Click to learn what has been going on lately at Vesper Tools

Video: Take Your Old Planes to a New Level by Adding a Hock Plane Iron

Jun 112019
 

Whether your hand plane’s blade is used up, pitted with rust or just plain no good, a Hock Plane Iron from Highland Woodworking can be the quickest way to get your hand plane cutting its best. In the short video below, Jim Dillon takes a closer look at the Hock Plane Irons and explains what makes them work so well.

The Down to Earth Woodworker: The New Trend in Safety

May 302019
 

When Steve Johnson, the Down to Earth Woodworker, had to grind and sand some large ash slabs for a project he was working on, he started out using a regular dust mask. But after just one hour of sanding, he decided that he’d had enough and figured he would try out the Trend Airshield Pro.

Click here to read what he thought about the Trend Airshield Pro after trying it out