Our May 2014 issue of The Highland Woodturner has just been published with a great new feature from Popular Woodworking! This month’s issue includes: Turning of a Different Sort, by Curtis Turner: Curtis recently got into metal turning and explains the features and differences of metal turning lathes vs. regular wood turning lathes, as well […]
Woodworkers Safety Day is TODAY, May 17th! This commemorative day in woodworking history was started as Woodworking Safety Week, by The Wood Whisperer, Marc Spagnuolo back in 2008. Since then it has been trimmed down to just Woodworking Safety Day and is now sponsored by the folks over at Modern Woodworker’s Association, spearheaded by Tom Iovino […]
Highland recently added new faceplates from Easy Wood Tools! I am excited to have another affordable option for quality faceplates. These are anodized aluminum faceplates for 1”x8 tpi and 1-¼”x 8 tpi lathes. The thread size is etched on the face plate which makes it easy to identify the faceplates. The diameters range from 2” […]
If you want to get a “vigorous” conversation going in woodworking, it seems you only need bring up SawStop or dust collection. It is true that in my reading and research I can find no instance whatsoever of a static spark in a small shop dust collection system causing a fire or explosion. Therefore some folks are […]
This month’s Wood News is a shopful of some great woodworking tips, tools, and project ideas. Our monthly Show Us columns include: Show Us Your Shop– Robert Schweiger from Satellite Beach, Florida shows us his “retirement shop” that he moved from a larger 2500 square foot shop in Atlanta, and is now 850 square feet. […]
Regular readers of Tips From The Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop know that my wife and I live on a bayou in south Mississippi and my woodshop is in the lower level of our home. One doesn’t live on a watershed waterway for very long before he learns that, in addition to the blessings, there are challenges. For one, don’t […]
This week, our #FollowFriday woodworker is Charlie Bridges, our April Show Us Your Shop contributor from Hartsville, TN. He created his shop about 6 years ago in order to further his woodworking hobby. It is located in a 24×24 garage, which he uses half for his shop and the other to work on his car. […]