One of our favorite woodworkers is Roy Underhill of The Woodwright’s Shop on PBS. He’s been a guest at several of our sales and he’s taught classes here as well. He’s talented, entertaining and we like his style. I just discovered this week over on the Toolmonger blog that PBS has posted all of Season […]
The Georgia Association of Woodturner’s meets in our Seminar Room tonight at 6:30pm. They are open to visitors, so come by and check it out. Stuart Mortimer will be demonstrating. Stuart Mortimer has been turning since 1969. He is an award winning, internationally known woodturner with a wide knowledge in many aspects of turning. His […]
John Ratzenberger of Cheer’s fame now hosts a show featuring American manufacturers on The Travel Channel. You can see John Ratzenberger’s Made in America on The Travel Channel Tuesdays at 9:00PM & 9:30PM (ET/PT). In an upcoming episode, John’s show is featuring one of our favorite companies – L.S. Starrett. It should be pretty interesting. […]
In recent years, many companies have tried to copy the venerable Bessey K Body clamps – with varying degrees of success. One of the better clones has been the Gross Stabil PC2 Parallel Clamps. Recently, Bessey purchased Gross Stabil. They don’t need two different versions of the same clamp, so the Gross Stabil model has […]
The Georgia Association of Woodturner’s meets in our Seminar Room tonight at 6:30pm. They are open to visitors, so come by and check it out. Dick Sing will be demonstrating. Click here for a list of Dick Sing’s books available at Highland Woodworking. Dick is a professional wood turner with a long list of accomplishments […]
Here’s a quick video that explains making square lumber 7 easy steps. Blair
A couple of weeks ago, I went to the Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers (AWFS) fair in Las Vegas. It was a great show with lots of new products that you’ll be seeing soon at Highland Woodworking. The highlight of the weekend were the belt sander races on Friday afternoon. People have been racing […]