The Wood Slicer does it again! We received these unsolicited comments from a recent Wood Slicer customer, and just had to share them: I want to give you feedback on a product I purchased recently. Last week I received a 3/4″ x 105″ Wood Slicer. I was very pleased when I received it so soon […]
Hello Woodworkers everywhere, The latest issue of Highland Woodworking’s Wood News Online is available, and packed full of informative tips, stories and of course, great deals. We are kicking off our Festool sweepstakes this month – enter to win over $1000 in Festool products, including the new RO 90 Rotex sander, available for pre-purchase and […]
Generally, the block plane is one of the most reached for planes in most shops. Most block planes are small enough to live in an apron pocket, so it is never more than an arm’s length away. Besides the convenient size, they are extremely flexible in their usages. Specifically, the 9-1/2 block plane is the […]
Ok, let’s get all the puns out of the way. Try not to skew this up. The taming of the skew. Situation normal, all skewed up. Is that all of them? Can you think of any more? What all this is coming to is, I am finally taking a turning class on using the skew. […]
UPDATE: The Martha Stewart show website promises an online video of Chuck’s Maloof Inspired Rocker segment within the next few days. CLICK HERE to see if it’s available yet. Charles Brock of Maloof Inspired Rocking Chair fame heads to New York this week to appear on the Martha Stewart Show. Chuck sent a newsletter this week […]
An axe becomes as good as its smith. The motto belongs to one of the finest axe making companies in the world, Gränsfors Bruks. Gränsfors was originally founded in Sweden in 1902, but went through a major philosophical shift in 1989 under the direction of CEO Gabriel Branby and skilled craftsman-designer Hans Erik Perrson. They […]
I received a question recently relating to the restoration of an old plane. We’ll focus on the iron bodied bench planes for now. There are times when we find, or are given, an old plane that we’d like to put back into use. How the plane was stored will directly affect the condition and magnitude […]