I hesitate to say I have tamed the skew, but at least I can live in the same house with it now. I went to the “Taming of the Skew” class at Highland last week and we spent three good hours with Hal Simmons, a professional turner, to try to solve some of the problems […]
Many of us have a picture of a certain spokeshave in the back of our mind. You know the one I’m talking about. Somewhat beat up with a mouth that’s open so wide you’d swear it was a big mouth Bass. I personally own two old second-hand shaves that so exemplify this statement. I can […]
This article is a continuation of a two part post. To read part one, click here. Now it’s time to glue the pieces back together. I use standard yellow glue for my planes, and it works great. Before applying glue, I use the dowels to line up the heel and toe on one of the […]
I talk a lot about both setting up and using hand planes. Probably about 95% or more of my audience will either go to their favorite shop to buy a plane, or work to restore an old family heirloom or a garage sale find. There is another way to obtain a plane, and it brings […]
Don’t “Duh” me please. And why would you say “Duh”? Because it took me this long to figure I can make my own moldings. Until the last couple of years I only made things where I could use stock moldings from the big box store. That beginning point limited me severely and I could only […]
The rumors are true – Highland Woodworking has a CNC in-house, and we are taking orders for more! We have joined with EZCNC, a company that is based in Dallas, Texas. They are known for building their machines using only American-made industrial-grade components, so these will not be lightweight CNC machines that need a lot […]
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