Kelley Bagby

I grew up around woodworking tools (see picture, age 4-5ish) but only recently started doing some of my own woodworking.

MOVIE MONDAY: The Long-Awaited Highland Woodworking Store Tour is HERE!

Oct 222012
 

Have you always wanted to trek to Atlanta so you can step inside Highland Woodworking and just breathe in the woodworking all around you? Well, you should still plan to do that someday. Atlanta in the springtime is a lovely place to visit!

But until you get that chance, here’s a video tour of Highland Woodworking to hold you over. Morton took his camera all throughout the store, showing off some of our neat little nooks and crannies. We hope you enjoy it, and if you find yourself booking tickets to Atlanta after watching the video, well, all the better – we’d love to see you!

The Highland Woodworking YouTube Channel: Movie Mondays!

Oct 152012
 

Finally, a reason to look forward to Mondays! We’ll be rolling out a new woodworking movie every Monday on the Highland Woodworking YouTube channel, so make sure you check back each week to see what we are featuring! From product tours and technique demonstrations by Morton to video visits to the Down to Earth Workshop with Steve Johnson to woodturning technique demonstrations by our own Phil Colson, we’ve got some great videos in store for you.

Check out the first Movie Monday topic today – it’s a good one: Morton explains his process for flattening a large board using his Lie-Nielsen #62 Low Angle Jack Plane. Click on the image below to take a look, and subscribe to our YouTube channel to be notified whenever a great new woodworking video is available to watch!

New Video Product Tour: SawStop Professional Cabinet Table Saw

Oct 122012
 

Morton is a big fan of his SawStop PCS, and he wants to tell you why in this video product tour. The video includes a rarely-seen explanation of the steps you take to get your saw working again AFTER the brake is engaged if you ever unfortunately do your own “real life hot-dog demo”!

The Down to Earth Woodworker: The Beards of Woodworking

Oct 082012
 

The Down to Earth Woodworker's own beard!

In his column this month, our Down to Earth Woodworker, Steven Johnson, defines a word that many of us had never heard before: Pogonotrophy.

The word “pogonotrophy” is from the Greek “pogon,” meaning beard, and in this form literally means “beard feeding.” Think of it as the science (or art) of beard growth. I’ve been feeding my beard for over 40 years. At times it has been a lonely pursuit, as the popularity of facial hair has ebbed and flowed. Once a sign of great wisdom, beards for a while seemed more emblematic of an outlaw attitude.

So what does this have to do with woodworking, you may ask? After an afternoon of careful observation at his local woodworking store and a read-through of the latest fashion magazine, Steve has concluded that woodworking is on the rise. Read his column to find out how he comes to this conclusion.

October Wood News: Ready to Read!

Oct 032012
 

October 2012 Wood News OnlineThe newest issue of Wood News is out and ready for you to read!

We’ve got a lot of great stuff for you to read this month, starting with a very entertaining Down to Earth Woodworking column about the beards of Woodworking, where Steve Johnson manages to equate the increase of facial hair in high fashion to a resurgence in the popularity of Woodworking. Read that plus his review of the Kreg Shelf Pin Drilling Jig as well as a commentary on Perfection in Woodworking in this month’s Down to Earth Woodworker.

Bas Dinant’s great garage shop is featured in this month’s Show Us Your Shop, along with beautiful carvings by Brander Roulett in the Show Us Your Carving column and some impressive woodworking by Michael Fritz in the Show Us Your Stuff column. Jeffrey Fleisher provides a primer for using a tracecoat while sanding, and J. Norman Reid reviews ‘Furniture in the Southern Style’ by Lang & Huey.

All this plus a new downloadable project plan, a new Lie-Nielsen Tool of the Month, and so much more. Check it out now!

The Highland Woodworker: Moulthrop Bowls, Maloof Furniture and more!

Sep 282012
 

This all new episode of The Highland Woodworker is now available for you to view!

In this episode, our host Charles Brock takes a look at an iconic woodturning family, the Moulthrops. This three-generation family of woodturners will amaze and inspire you. We’ve also got a great tour of President Jimmy Carter’s collection of Maloof furniture and Moulthrop bowls, and much more.

This episode of The Highland Woodworker is a half hour packed full of fascinating stuff – go take a look!

 

The Highland Woodturner: An Afternoon With My Chainsaw

Sep 262012
 

In this month’s issue of The Highland Woodturner, Leslie Struthers tells the hilarious and all-too-familiar tale of working with temperamental tools.

Ok – it’s Sunday afternoon – my chores are done, time to tackle sawing logs for natural edge bowl blanks.

Add gas. Add bar oil. Set the choke to full. Pull…! Pull…! Pull…! Pull…! Pull…! Set choke to half. Pull! Nothing. OK, that is to be expected. Stand up, stretch my back, wipe sweat out of my eyes. Readjust choke to full. Pull…! Pull…! Pull…! Pull…! Pull…! Adjust choke to half and pull! Absolutely nothing. No hint that this thing will start ever again.

Read Leslie’s article in this month’s issue of The Highland Woodturner.