If you haven’t been over to the Highland Woodworking Youtube Channel in a bit, you might be surprised at how much we’ve added. With new videos coming out every month, there is something for every woodworker to watch, whether it is a product tour guided by Michael Morton, a demo video from one of our […]
We’ve reached the end of Woodworker’s Safety Week 2011, and we thought we would cap it off with a comprehensive list of safe operating procedures that was submitted by one of our readers, Dave Durrant. Dave has a copy of this list posted near the front of his workshop so he can look at them […]
For Woodworker’s Safety Week 2011, Highland Woodworking is bringing you a safety tip every day. Today’s tip comes from Tom O’Brien of San Antonio, Texas. Tom actually has a couple pieces of advice to help safeguard us from the sharp blades in our shops. When cleaning on and around your table saw, it is a […]
For Woodworker’s Safety Week 2011, we are offering daily tips all week for staying more safe in the workshop. Today’s tip comes from Jim Mullen of Wichita, Kansas. His idea is so simple, and yet something that many of us don’t think of when we are working all day in the shop. As a hobbyist […]
Many of my customers have come to me, wanting advice on which of our many block planes they should buy. Often this is prefaced by the fact they want to know this plane will provide a great deal of functionality, as this may be the only plane they purchase. With that in mind, I often […]
For Woodworkers Safety Week 2011, we are posting a daily safety tip from our online newsletter, Wood News. Safety isn’t something we are always focused on when we are working away in our shops. But these readers have reminded us that it is important to pay attention to safety, from when you walk into your […]
Amazingly enough it is already May, which means it is already time for another Woodworker’s Safety Week. For the 2011 edition, we wanted to post some of the excellent two-minute safety tips we have featured in our online woodworking newsletter, Wood News. Today’s tip was a favorite of all of us at Highland Woodworking, not […]