Turning a Door Stopper By Curtis Turner Round Rock, TX One day recently, I decided to open up my shop door to let in some Texas spring air. I realized as I placed my turned door stop under the door that this would be a good project to share. This month’s project is as simple […]
A NEW issue of The Highland Woodturner is now available for you to read. This month we’ve got a timely column from Curtis Turner on how to turn a door stopper – just the thing you will be wanting to hold your shop door open to enjoy the warm weather! We’ve also got a new […]
The other day I was looking at all the turning tools I have. Over the years, I have tried a lot of turning tools and I don’t care for most of them. Look at the picture and you will see around 22 tools and I had to wipe a lot of dust off some of […]
We are excited to announce the release of episode 6 of our new Woodworking TV Show, The Highland Woodworker! Click the play button to watch it below! You can also read a little more about the subject of this episode’s ‘Moment with a Master’ segment, Jeff Miller, in Charles Brock’s blog post. Here’s a quick […]
In our monthly newsletter, Wood News, we have several columns that feature different woodworker’s Workshop Setups, Wood Carvings, and Woodworking Projects. In April’s newsletter, we featured Ramon Gibbs in our Show Us Your Stuff column. We wanted to share a little more information about Ramon and his projects, specifically his methods for creating his amazing scaled furniture. From his website, […]
With all of the new forms of social media coming out these days, it seems like there is always a new ‘next big thing’. Well in this case, we really do believe that Pinterest will be the ‘Next Big Thing’ for the woodworking community, as it does a great job highlighting the often amazingly detailed […]
All the details are cut and it’s time for the final sanding before applying finish. This is a really large surface to sand, so I pop on my earmuffs and get started because it’s just over an hour per grit! My tools of choice are a new Festool 6″ ETS 150/3 hooked up my Festool […]