Oct 092015
 
Wood News Online, October 2015 issue
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We just published our new October 2015 issue of Wood News Online full of some great woodworking tips, projects, and product reviews. This month’s issue includes: Roy Underhill and the Highland Woodworking Open House– This month we have our big open house at our Atlanta store with special guest, Roy Underhill. The event will run on […]

Oct 082015
 
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While attending Woodworking in America 2015 (#wia15), the Highland Woodworking staff had an opportunity to take some video of all of the action happening at The Marketplace and in a few of the classes. We put it all together and wanted to share it with those who were unable to attend this year (and to […]

Oct 072015
 
Tips from Sticks in the Mud – October Tip #2- Trash Can Label Reminders
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No Southern-fried Southern boy wants to be called a Yankee, but we share the characteristics of shrewdness and thrift.  Thus, each month we include a money-saving tip.  It’s OK if you call me “cheap. Steven Johnson once asked me, “With a trash can that big, how often do you empty it? Once a year?”  I […]

Oct 052015
 
The Upcoming Roy Underhill Class at Highland
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Roy Underhill is coming to Highland. Really. Many years ago before DVR and tape players for TV, my wife used to get so mad because we had to schedule our Saturday afternoons around The Woodwright’s Shop. It used to come on in Atlanta about 2:30 on Saturday and even if we had gone to lunch […]

Oct 022015
 
My Favorite Thing about WIA15: The Part They Don't Advertise
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Every time I go to WIA, I am struck by the same things that make the show great – classes taught by master woodworkers in which you can ask questions directly to these folks you have idolized for years, a marketplace filled with beautifully made tools and the expert artisans who can show you the ins […]

Oct 012015
 
Drilling Attachment Holes in Fairly Thin Materials
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As many will clearly recognize, using powered drills with twist bits can at times grab the wood and very rapidly pull itself deeper than expected. With the recent Walnut table that I made for my son being almost complete minus attaching the base, I didn’t want to take any chances that all of my hard work could […]