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Make a Mitered Half Lap Picture Frame, August 16
"Cheap" store-bought frames are flimsy and expensive and not so cheap. Quality store-bought frames
are expensive. What if you want just a plain, simple frame made out of wood? Jim shows you how to
make a simple, sturdy frame that will look fine in a Modernist, Art & Crafts, or Shaker-Inspired
interior.
Mitered Half Lap Picture Frames, Aug 16, 2011
Highland's Upcoming Woodworking Class Schedule in Atlanta
Many classes fill up quickly, so please register now to make sure we hold a spot for you.
August 10
Gilding & Gold Leafing
August 13
Turning Pens
August 13
Antiques Show and Tell
August 14
Basic Bowl Turning
August 16
Make a Mitered Half Lap Picture Frame
August 20
Beginning Turning
August 21
Natural Edge Bowl Turning
September 7
French Polish Workshop
September 10
Basic Bowl Turning
September 10
Antiques Show and Tell
September 11
Basic Bowl Turning
September 17
Hand Cut Dovetails
September 18
Router Basics
September 17-18
Antique Restoration
September 21
Taming the Skew
September 24
Spray Finishing
September 25
Turning Bottle Stoppers
September 27
Hand Tool Sharpening
September 28
Coloring Wood
Classes Suitable for Teens
See a List of All Our Classes
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Slideshows of Classes
Build a Continuous Arm Windsor Chair with Peter Galbert
Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2011
Join us as Master Chairmaker Peter Galbert returns to Atlanta this fall for a 7-day hands-on
class for building your own Continuous Arm Windsor Chair. This class covers all the building action,
from tree to completed chair. Students will split parts from a log, shave them, bend them and join
them into their hand carved seat.
CLICK HERE for more info:
Show Us Your Carving!
For this new column exclusively devoted to woodcarving, we invite you to
SEND US
PHOTOS
of your favorite woodcarving projects along with captions and a brief
history of your woodcarving. (Email photos at 800x600 resolution.) Receive a $50 store gift card if
we show your carving work in a future issue!
This month we are featuring the impressive carvings of Kari Hultman, aka the Village Carpenter.
CLICK HERE to take a look at some of Kari's carving work!
Arthritis and Woodworking
By Tom Schmitt
Atlanta, GA
Arthritis is a nearly inevitable consequence of aging in humans. For many human males, it seems
the desire to do some woodworking is also. There are many things the modern woodworker can do to
minimize the impact of woodworking on one’s arthritis and to also minimize the impact of arthritis
on woodworking.
CLICK HERE to read a few suggestions on dealing with arthritis and woodworking:
Three Rikon Bandsaw Models Are ON SALE at Highland Woodworking
Rikon Mini-Lathe
now only $249.99
We have a limited quantity of this excellent value in a mini-lathe.
CLICK HERE for more info:
Do you have a great idea for staying alert and helping to avoid injuries in your
workshop? If so,
we want to hear about it!
. Receive a $25 store gift card if we feature your tip
in a future issue.
This month's tip comes from John Nielsen, who offers three basic questions we should
all ask ourselves before trying a new technique in the shop.
CLICK
HERE to check out John's safety tip!
November 4-6, 2011 at the Emporium Center in downtown
Knoxville
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Inside This Issue
Show Your Shop!
For this popular monthly column, we invite you to
SEND US PHOTOS
of your woodworking shop along with captions and a brief history and description
of your woodworking. (Email photos at 800x600 resolution.) Receive a $50 store gift card if we show
your shop in a future issue.
Lie-Nielson Tool of the Month:
The Low Angle Smoothing Plane
Our Lie-Nielsen Tool of the Month of August is the Low Angle Smoothing Plane,
modeled on the nearly extinct Stanley 164. This shorter version of the low angle jack features an
adjustable mouth and 2" wide iron set at 12 degrees. It features a Bailey overhead lateral iron adjuster.
Our friend Lee Laird wrote up a great blog post about setup and use of the Low Angle Smoother on The
Highland Blog.
See what Lee thinks is so great about the Low Angle Smoothing Plane:
By Steven D. Johnson,
Racine, Wisconsin
This month, our Down to Earth Woodworker, Steven Johnson, has made quite a
bit of visible progress on the NEW Down to Earth Workshop, finishing the stairs to the second floor
as well as installing the new door and two new windows. Along the way he contemplates some
factors that could be causing the deterioration of his hammering skills, "MacGyvers" his
way to a set of sharper chisels, and even shoots a mid-project video so we can see
for ourselves what progress he has made.
CLICK HERE to find out why Steve thinks it is safer in HIS workshop to be the nail
than the hammer:
Toy Kits Kids Can Build
NOW ON SALE
Adding to our line of woodworking project kits for kids, these great wooden toy kits include everything
necessary to build each toy, including tools and paint for coloring them. With adult assistance,
kids as young as 6 can handle them, but older kids will love building them too.
CLICK HERE for more info:
Get rebates on new Flexcut carving sets
These sets are a great way to get started in woodcarving. Featuring four of Flexcut's most popular
tools, the Palm and Knife set will start you on small scale carving and whittling right away. The
Flexcut Chip Carving Knife set includes all the knives you'll need to create intricate and beautiful
chip carvings.
More info on the Palm/Knife set:
More info on the Chip Carving set:
Save $129 on our DeWalt Scrollsaw
Our package deal gives you by far the best scrollsaw for the money.
CLICK HERE for more info:
Outstanding New Epoxy products from System 3
G-2 epoxy is designed for gluing dense, oily or acidic woods such as teak, rosewood, or lignum
vitae, and bonds almost any other material with a clear, waterproof glue line.
MirrorCoat is a pourable, two-part epoxy resin finish designed to give a durable, high-gloss finish
to bars and table tops that can stand up to most abuse.
CLICK HERE for more info on the
G-2 epoxy:
CLICK HERE for more info on the MirrorCoat:
New Downloadable Project Plan: The Garden Cart
This month we have a new downloadable project plan for a children's
plaything designed by Kevin McGuire, author of the popular book "
The All-New Woodworking For
Kids
". This month we are featuring the Garden Cart, a great addition if you have already
built or plan to build the
Planter
Box and Garden Tools
from one of the earlier plans offered.
Place your order online and after it has been processed by our staff, you will receive an
email with a link to download your plan set in PDF form. And check back next month for
another great new downloadable plan from Kevin!
Finishing Wood
with Alan Noel
Bleaching in Furniture Restoration
Bleaching is a tool that is used sparingly when restoring an old piece of furniture. Often
there will be iron stains from old nails, black or very dark water stains or sun bleached
areas that are far lighter than the surrounding areas, caused by an object being in the same
location for a long period of time.
Here are FOUR things you need to know about bleaching wood:
Ask the Staff
Question:
I'm restoring an antebellum home and the upstairs heartwood pine floors have never been finished.
After sanding for a week, I found numerous cracks, holes and imperfections. I want to fill all these
and I saved the sawdust. I tried glue mixed with the sawdust, but it did not do well. Any
suggestions?
E-mail us
with your woodworking questions. If yours is selected for publication,
we'll send you a free Highland Woodworking hat.
Highland Woodworking Gift Certificates
An awesome present that's always appreciated by just about any woodworker
anywhere.
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Save $200 on our finest German workbench
Over 7 feet in length, this premium workbench is ideal for the serious hand woodworker.
CLICK HERE for more info:
New Charles Brock DVD:
Shaping a Sculptured Rocker
After all the joinery has been cut and pieces assembled, the remaining challenge for the sculpted
chairmaker is shaping it all into a work of art. This 110-minute DVD will show you how.
CLICK HERE for more info:
The Earlex HV5500 Pro HVLP Spray Station, New More Powerful Successor to the HV5000
Earlex has juiced up the turbine motor on its ever-popular HV5000 Spray Station, creating its
higher-performance successor, the Earlex HV5500 Spray Station.
CLICK HERE for
more info:
HIGHLAND VIDEO:
Product Tours Available on our YouTube Channel!
Check out the great
product tour videos on our Youtube Channel. Our good friend Morton demonstrates some of our most
popular products for your benefit in these tours.
Click below to take a look at a couple of our great videos:
Are there any products you'd like to see a tour of? If so, we invite you to
EMAIL US
and let us know what YOU would like to see!
Great Buy on our Rikon Dust Collector,
only $199.99
Eliminate the unpleasant mess created by sawdust and shavings accumulating in your shop with this
special deal on our 1 HP Rikon dust collector.
CLICK HERE for more info:
NEW! Windsor Chair Kits
NEW PUBLICATION:
The Highland Woodturner
OUR LATEST NEW woodworking tool catalog is now available to browse
online!
CLICK THE IMAGE
TO BEGIN
Show Your Stuff!
Steel City Helical Planer
Only $499.99 - Watch our
VIDEO DEMO
Steel City's patented helical cutterhead uses 26 four-sided HSS indexed
cutting inserts for ease of blade maintenance, quality of finish and significantly quieter
operation. A special purchase allows us to offer these planers at an unprecedented low price, while
supplies last.
CLICK HERE for more info:
Watch a VIDEO Product Tour here:
Our Popular Sculptured Chair Plan Bundles NOW ON SALE - Save up to $40
Our comprehensive plan bundles by Charles Brock provide all the information
and inspiration you'll need to build these beautiful sculptured chairs. Each set includes DVD, book
and full-size drawings.
CLICK HERE for more info:
Charles Brock has singled out the specific tools he uses when building his
chairs and listed them in one place for easy selection by woodworkers undertaking this challenging
project.
Check Out the Tools of the Trade:
Another Testimonial for the WOOD SLICER
I purchased two of the 1/2" Wood Slicer bandsaw blades about which you brag.
Well, you don't brag enough. Incredible!
— Harold H.
Trabuco Canyon, CA
Get Yourself a Wood Slicer:
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