Today, April 22nd, 2014, is Earth Day, a globally recognized day of support for environmental protection. As woodworkers, there are many ways in which we can help contribute to environmental awareness, and one of these ways is how we use and recycle wood finishes. Alan Noel shares his environment-saving (and money-saving) finishing tips in this […]
About 30 years ago, I was very new to woodturning. A friend was moving out of town and wanted to leave his old 12″ Delta lathe in my garage. I had an extra few feet of space between the front of the cars. He gave me a one hour lesson on how to use it, […]
Our newest issue of Wood News is now online! Our April 2014 issue (#104) is filled with some great shop tours, project ideas, and tools. Special features this month include: An “off-the-grid” woodworking shop in Hawaii amongst a whole bunch of avocado trees and other crops. John App shares how he maintains his woodworking shop […]
We just received a limited supply of Roy Underhill’s “One-Stroke” Dovetail Saw in stock. Today only, take advantage of our sale price of $4,114.00, while supplies last* Now you can make quick and easy dovetails in just one stroke with this beautiful, one-of-a-kind saw, made of high-quality Swedish Steel. Check out the video below of […]
For those who haven’t read any of my previous articles, I enjoy utilizing both Western as well as Japanese woodworking tools, in my projects. To lay the groundwork, when I was a pre-teen, I had some good friends as next-door neighbors whose mother was Japanese, and the father had a number of Japanese tools, from hammers to saws. I […]
Today we are featuring 4 woodworkers in our Follow Friday blog. These 4 gentleman all had features in our March Issues of both Wood News and The Highland Woodturner. #1: Don Henderson-This month we featured Don’s workshop in Orleans, Ontario in our Show Us Your Shop column. Don’s shop is more recent, having been designed […]
For our March issue of The Highland Woodturner, we wanted to gear it toward those who are new to woodturning or interested in find out more about it. This month’s articles include: Turning for Furniture Makers: Curtis ran with our beginning woodturning theme by focusing his article on the idea of how woodworkers can incorporate […]