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.” During a substantial part of building my deck handrail, a veritable monsoon hung over the top of our town. While the […]
Incorporate your highest standards and best practices into even the roughest of projects. It’s good practice, it keeps your skills up and prevents falling into bad habits. If it takes a little longer, it is time well-spent. For example, I recently built a handrail on my outdoor deck project. It certainly didn’t need to be fancy. It needed to […]
We’ve hit a milestone with The Highland Woodturner: 50 issues! This month’s 50th issue focuses on the educational aspect of woodturning with several authors sharing their love of teaching. This month’s issue includes: Making a Tapered Reamer– Curtis Turner has begun the journey toward making his own Windsor Chair and to start, he has made […]
In honor of the recent publication of Virtuoso -The Tool Cabinet and Workbench of Henry O. Studley, an in-depth examination of one of the most beautiful woodworking tool chests ever constructed, we are having a contest! For your chance to win a FREE copy of this highly in-demand publication, all you have to do is submit […]
You just thought I screamed when I saw the baby possum. When I looked up and saw this snake skin in the un-likeliest of places, I immediately froze. Standing on a ladder, it reminded me of when I worked in microwave communications electronics. Our teachers always told us, “It’s not the big voltage that will kill you. You’ll […]
This month we’ve got a brand new issue of Wood News Online full of woodworking project ideas, woodworking tips, and more! This month’s projects include: Constructing a Quilt Storage Rack– Forrest Bonner created a Sara-Style Quilt Rack design in Sketchup and then used that design to build the actual rack for a friend of his. […]
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.” Here is an old glove trick straight from the surgical suite. Back in the day, before latex, surgical gloves were resterilized […]