When I first started out, I had no formal fine woodworking training, nor any mentors from which to draw. I remember watching a woodworking video (yep, VHS back in the day) with Frank Klausz showing just how quick and easy it is to hand cut dovetails. Of course, after watching that, I had to go buy a back saw, […]
As we get ready to celebrate our freedom and independence here in America on the 4th of July, here’s a salute from Highland Woodworking to the brave men and women in our Armed Forces who are serving our country while deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. A recent letter from Army soldier Roscoe (Randy) […]
Congratulations to Chris Craft, whose name was picked in our drawing to visit the Ask This Old House video shoot last week. Chris and his wife Carol spent an hour watching This Old House contractor Tom Silva demonstrating installation of hinges on a custom door at house in Decatur, Georgia, not far from Highland Woodworking. […]
While remodeling what he eventually dubbed the “unhandy house”, our own Down to Earth Woodworker, Steve Johnson, found there were a few things he would have done differently if he had a second chance. The Mistakes I Made in the “Unhandy” House It is probably a bit early to do a full post-mortem on the […]
If the weather had been better, if I had planned (or executed) better, if the former owner had not been the quintessential “unhandy” man, if I had not been only 20% effective for a week or more with the flu, if, if, if… As a buddy of mine used to say, “If a frog had […]
We’ve all got our list of things we want to do while we are still on this earth, even if the list is just in our heads. But woodworkers have a special list we keep separate: things we want to build before we go off to that great workshop in the sky. One woodworking bucket […]
Now that summer has officially arrived, the heat and humidity that inevitably come with it are also here, and we’ve reached the time of year when protecting our tools from rust should top our to-do lists. Of course, the best way to eliminate rust from your shop is to keep it from ever even starting. […]