Welcome to “Tips From Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop.” I am a hobbyist, not a professional, someone who loves woodworking, just like you do. I have found some better ways to accomplish tasks in the workshop and look forward to sharing those with you each month, as well as hearing your problem-solving ideas. Tip #1 Some jobs are […]
Between April-July, 2014, customers were able to enter our Lie-Nielsen/Tormek Sweepstakes for a chance to win a great prize package, which included: Lie-Nielsen Low-Angle Adjustable-Mouth Block Plane 60-1/2 Lie-Nielsen Low Angle Jack Plane No. 62 Lie-Nielsen Ductile Iron Holdfast Tormek T-7 Grinder System The lucky winner was recently announced and we are happy to congratulate […]
Many times as furniture makers, we will put a finish on the underside of a tabletop to prevent it from warping or cupping. The theory being, if you put the same finish on the top as you do the bottom the moisture transfer will be equalized on all sides, helping to prevent wood movement. Regardless […]
Almost every time I go to Highland, my first stop is the book section. I love the books for a couple of reasons, one of which is budgetary. I have almost all the moderately priced tools in the store, so the books offer a chance for a little vicarious woodworking at a moderate price. Last […]
Have you read the new issue of The Highland Woodturner yet? Our August issue contains several great articles, projects, and tips that can be used in the woodturning realm. This month, Curtis Turner focuses on the use of Liming Wax and Sandblasting to help embellish and enhance the surfaces of your turned projects. He goes over […]
Every month in our Wood News Online publication, we feature Steve Johnson, the Down to Earth Woodworker, who provides a variety of woodworking project ideas, tips, and stories from his own recent experiences in the shop. In this month’s DTEW column, Steve discusses his illegible handwriting, which started as a child and has never seemed to […]
Got a new toy in the shop and no, it’s not Festool. Let me tell you about it. Twenty five years or so ago, I designed sewage lift stations for land developers. One day a salesperson came by with a demonstration pump on a small trailer behind his truck. All the trailer sides rolled up so […]