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. […]
My son thinks I’m a little bit strange sometimes. He calls me often (partially to see if I’m still living), but when he called today, I told him I was in the shop testing my new wood clamps on the old bath scale. He says, right, sure you are. I bought a new bath scale […]
Have you ever tried traditional woodworking? If yes, you may think the process was way too long and boring, and asked yourself why you did that when you could have use power tools. Well I’m going to tell you 6 reasons I prefer it and why I think everyone that enjoys woodworking should try it out and discover […]
When cutting out the parts for a project, I usually start by planning my cut list to cut around the defect, or have the ugliest side of the board face towards the back. I have also filled many knotholes with epoxy, which creates a nice affect. However, before modern day epoxies it was standard practice to inlay a […]