Peter Galbert is in town and teaching a class on making a Child’s Windsor Chair and I am there. Today was the first day and we covered a lot of stuff. In fact, we covered a whole lot of stuff. (Do you believe he drove all the way down to Atlanta from New York in […]
Do you enjoy woodworking but would like to be “green” about it? Would you love to create nice looking pieces with a minimal number of tools? Would you like the lumber yard to be your back yard? A “yes” to any of these questions could mean a look into the usage of bamboo. “The Craft […]
So Roy Underhill visited Highland Woodworking this weekend, and while he was there he took a look at our power tool selection. He was especially interested in the SawStop table saw, particularly in its regional capabilities. Sure, the SawStop works on a New York hot dog, but in Atlanta, we tend towards the southern fried […]
Well, I signed up for the Windsor Chair class at Highland next week and I can’t wait. We start out with Peter Galbert doing two days of demonstration and lecture and then we spend the next five days actually making a chair by hand. I took a chair-making class last summer up in New Hampshire […]
Matt Vanderlist has been busy since returning from Woodworking in America – I spent some time this afternoon catching up on his entertaining Spoken Wood podcasts. My favorites from among his new ones include one by Chris Schwarz on workbenches (and comparing them to baking homemade bread) and one by Kari Hultman where she talks […]
Buy Flexcut Carving Tools Get Cash Back! If you’ve ever wanted to get into carving, or if you are an experienced carver and you want to add to your tool collection, Highland has a great deal for you, courtesy of the Flexcut Tool Company. If you buy any Flexcut tools totaling $50 or more, you […]
Some folks are lucky enough to have a fully stocked workshop, with a dedicated workbench to hold work pieces for hand cutting dovetails. For those who aren’t as lucky, I came up with a plan that allowed me to supplement my work holding abilities. My shop was part of a garage, with a couple of […]