This weekend, Atlanta is hosting a bunch of woodworkers in town for The Woodworking Show. Highland Woodworking is sharing a booth with SawStop, so if you’re at the show, be sure to stop by and say hello! A few of the show-going woodworkers are also taking advantage of our store’s nearby location and checking it […]
A few years ago I went up to John Campbell Folk School for a class on carving where we were tasked with carving the head of a full size carousel horse. The instructor was excellent and brought several beautiful carousel horses for us to go by. He gave us a pattern for the head and a […]
The spokeshave can be a very valuable tool to have in your kit, and I have a technique of sorts that you may wish to try, especially if you are struggling or have ever struggled with this tool. Before I share the tip, lets briefly go over a few things that in my mind are mandatory […]
Peter Galbert was at Highland all last week teaching his Windsor Chair class. After so many years learning his craft, Pete’s brain is full of useful nuggets like this one on how to maximize a bottle of Old Brown Glue. The problem: constant re-heating of the glue bottle was causing the unused glue to get […]
Thanks to everyone who submitted their blogs, videos, and social media updates for #GetWoodworking Week this year! Our main goal is to promote woodworking to our community and get new people interested in it. It also acts as a reminder to people who may have not gotten into their shops for awhile to go out and […]
Ancestry dot-com has 2 million subscribers worldwide. Sounds like a lot. But if their subscription base were U.S. only, it would be only 6/10ths of 1 percent of the population. Since their subscription base is worldwide, the paid subscription service represents only 4/10,000ths of 1 percent of worldwide population. These are market share numbers that are essentially non-existent. By […]
Spoiler Alert… This is not going to be what you think… it is, instead, to get you to think. It Starts With You It is often said, “All Politics is Local.” There is some truth, I suppose, to that statement. If you could corner a committed supporter of any candidate and drill down to the […]