Oct 172013
 
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In the October episode of The Highland Woodworker, we’ve got some great interviews with a few of the woodworkers who participated in the French Oak Roubo Project as well as some footage from the event itself. We’ve also got Popular Woodworking’s Steve Shanesy showing off a useful technique for live edge carving, and much more […]

Oct 152013
 
Jeff Miller on Designing and Building Chairs
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Next month we are excited to have Jeff Miller in our classroom teaching a 2-day demonstration seminar on Designing and Building Chairs from November 2-3, 2013. You can find out more about the class and sign up HERE. In the meantime, Jeff was able to share with us a few thoughts on his chair designing […]

Oct 142013
 
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I was excited to see that the Oneway Vari-Grind Upgrade Clamp Kit (Highland Item # 150195)  has recently been added to Highland’s turning tool section. I have always been extremely careful when inserting and removing gouges under the spring mechanism on my Vari-Grind. I wanted to avoid two issues. One, nicking the tip of the […]

Oct 112013
 
Follow Friday: Woodcarver Erno Szentgyorgyi
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On today’s #FollowFriday we are featuring Erno Szentgyorgyi whose Show Us Your Woodcarving column appeared in our October 2013 issue of Wood News. Erno has been a lifelong artist using many different mediums to create his art over the years. He began as a painter specializing in watercolor and oil paints, and then 25 years ago […]

Oct 082013
 
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One of our customers, Kipp Krusa, shared this beautiful note and video of his guitar making process with us, which we wanted to share with the rest of our woodworking community: Staff @ Highland Hardware, I have taken a few of your classes over the years & have purchased a few precious tools from your catalogue. […]

Oct 042013
 
Follow Friday: Anthony DiSabatino
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Today’s #FollowFriday woodworker is Anthony DiSabatino, who we just featured in the Show Us Your Woodworking column in our newly published October 2013 issue of Wood News Online. Anthony qualifies himself as a “wood hobbyist” as he has been gaining new tools and learning new woodworking skills over the past few years. In his article […]