The dining room table is complete, delivered and installed. It was great to finally see it setup at the client”s house! Before it was packed up, I had a good friend take photos. I couldn”t be happier with how it turned out. Many long hours poured into the whole project and it was worth the effort! [You […]
Making long-grain inlay material for the top is straightforward – the same process I used before. However, there’s inlay across the end of the table and that grain runs the other direction. If use the long-grain inlay material it’d be laid into dadoes cross-grain to the table top and that could lead to some major […]
We are excited to present a new regular column in Wood News Online: “Tips From Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop”. Jim Randolph is a hobbyist, not a professional – someone who loves woodworking, just like you do. He has found a few better ways to accomplish some tasks in the workshop and he’ll be sharing them with you […]
The newest issue of Wood News is out, and we are really excited about this one! Steve Johnson takes a head-on look at immersing himself in the metric system in his Down to Earth Woodworker column, and offers a convincing argument that you should do the same. If you’ve been considering getting Chris Schwarz’s Super-Tune […]
Highland is proud to be involved with The Mad Housers, a local community organization that builds shelters for homeless individuals and families in the Atlanta area. We sat down with Peter Richards, a volunteer for the Mad Housers, to find out a little more about the group. HW: Can you give some history of the Mad […]
There’s a section of the table leaf that is really low. I did some testing early on with epoxy and decided I’d fill this rather than try to bring the rest of the table down to that level. After putting finish on the test piece, the epoxy section blended in very smoothly. There’s a section […]
This month my focus is on Lie-Nielsen’s No. 5 Jack Plane. As the frequent readers of this Blog likely already know, the “bench” planes start at the No. 1 (incredibly small) and sequentially work up to the No. 8, which is the jointer and the largest in the group. As you can readily tell by […]