We are excited to present a new regular column in Wood News Online: “Tips From Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop”. Jim Randolph is a hobbyist, not a professional – someone who loves woodworking, just like you do. He has found a few better ways to accomplish some tasks in the workshop and he’ll be sharing them with you […]
The newest issue of Wood News is out, and we are really excited about this one! Steve Johnson takes a head-on look at immersing himself in the metric system in his Down to Earth Woodworker column, and offers a convincing argument that you should do the same. If you’ve been considering getting Chris Schwarz’s Super-Tune […]
Highland is proud to be involved with The Mad Housers, a local community organization that builds shelters for homeless individuals and families in the Atlanta area. We sat down with Peter Richards, a volunteer for the Mad Housers, to find out a little more about the group. HW: Can you give some history of the Mad […]
There’s a section of the table leaf that is really low. I did some testing early on with epoxy and decided I’d fill this rather than try to bring the rest of the table down to that level. After putting finish on the test piece, the epoxy section blended in very smoothly. There’s a section […]
This month my focus is on Lie-Nielsen’s No. 5 Jack Plane. As the frequent readers of this Blog likely already know, the “bench” planes start at the No. 1 (incredibly small) and sequentially work up to the No. 8, which is the jointer and the largest in the group. As you can readily tell by […]
CLICK HERE to see Part I of Terry Chapman’s visit to The Woodwright’s School. And then on the second day, we all came back and started again. We were still working on the camellia blossom in low relief and trying to make that look as good as we could. What I found out was that […]
We are excited to announce the winners of our 2013 Jig Contest! First place went to Danny Hellyar for his innovative Sliding Board Jack, which allows Danny to hold stock securely onto the front of his workbench for working with a saw, hand plane or other hand tools. See below for a few pictures of […]