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 […]
Not everyone has a pickup truck. Those who do will, sooner or later, pay the price of “temporary friends.” That is, someone you barely know will call you up and say, “Hi, Joe, this is Fred, you know, I met you seven years ago at Susan’s party. Susan? Yeah, Susan. Your second ex-wife’s girlfriend’s friend. […]
Friday, May 1st is Safety Day for Woodworkers. Here are some safety ideas you can use. Make sure you have a way to get in touch with someone to help you if you get hurt. My wife used to call down the basement stairs to my shop periodically to see if I could still answer. […]
Editor’s Note: A few years ago, a couple of well known woodworkers (The Wood Whisperer, Tom’s Workbench, Modern Woodworker’s Association, just to name a few) started woodworking safety week, which later turned into Woodworking Safety Day. This day is tomorrow, May 1st and we thought we would have some of our bloggers share their own woodworking […]
Happy Spring! We’ve got a great project-filled April 2015 issue of The Highland Woodturner. This month’s issue includes: Turning a Garden Dibbler– In this article, Curtis discusses his process for turning a Garden Dibbler, which is used for making perfect holes in the soil to plant seedlings. This makes a great spring project and can be used […]
One of the joys of taking a woodworking class is getting to do or see some technique you have read about and think you know, but have never actually done. A good example was in the class I took at Highland a few weeks ago to build a Shaker Style End Table with instructor Jim Dillon. […]
If you aren’t familiar with The Wood Whisperer Guild, now is a pretty good time to find out about it. Our friend, Marc Spagnuolo (The Wood Whisperer), has been passionate about teaching woodworking for over a decade and with modern day technology, he has found a way to spread his teaching expertise through the Guild. […]