Apr 032012
 
Lie-Nielsen Scrapers - Why you want one in your toolbox!
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For the woodworker who has built items in wood with reversing grain, or super figured woods, it might seem that sandpaper is the only real option to tame the beast. It doesn’t seem to matter how long someone has been woodworking, as I’ve met both those who have been woodworking longer than I’ve been able to wipe my own […]

Mar 302012
 
Curtis Turner: Making a Finishing Turntable
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For the March issue of our woodturning newsletter, The Highland Woodturner, Curtis describes a simple shop improvement project that will make life much easier when applying finish to completed turnings: a Lazy Susan that allows you to easily rotate a project for easy and uniform finishing. CLICK HERE for illustrated instructions on how to build […]

Mar 292012
 
Check out the March Highland Woodturner!
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The March edition of The Highland Woodturner is out! For all of you who haven’t read or heard of The Highland Woodturner, it is the official woodturning online magazine put out monthly by Highland Woodworking. This month we’ve got a great column by Curtis Turner about how to make a finishing turntable on your lathe. […]

Mar 262012
 
Carving a Wooden Gargoyle: Part One
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Everybody needs their own gargoyle. I bought some basswood at the wood store a few months ago and about two weeks ago, went to the High and got a six piece set of Flexcut carving tools. I found a pattern I like in a book and decided to go after it. After roughing it out on the […]