Our June Issue of Wood News was just released today! Don’t forget, Father’s Day is Sunday, June 15th. For everyone looking for a Father’s Day gift (and those fathers/grandfathers who want to give people some ideas), we’ve got a great Father’s Day Gift Guide full of books, tools, and fun woodworking gifts that Dad will […]
This month we featured Howard Boehm’s woodworking shop that he created within his garage. Within this shop, Howard has been working on several big projects, and as a continuation of his shop column, we wanted to include all of the pictures from these projects. Wine Cellar Project Home Office Project: Bar Project:
Every month in both Wood News Online and The Highland Woodturner, we feature YOU, our customers and readers who submit their photos and woodworking stories, which we then publish in our monthly publications. If you are interested in submitting, SEND US AN EMAIL with photos of your shop and/or woodworking, turning, or carving! This month […]
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 […]