Cabinets & Built-ins with Kreg McMahon,
Mar. 10
Kreg has made a name for himself in the custom built-in business, and has even appeared in a how-to
video commissioned by Festool. This one day class will focus mainly on pocket hole joinery and hand
tools, showing that you don't need an entire workshop to create nice built-ins for your home. At $85,
this class is a real bargain considering all that you will learn.
Cabinets & Built-Ins, Mar. 10
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.
Great Prices on 3 Rikon Bandsaw Models at Highland
Woodworking
Show Your
Stuff!
We invite you to
SEND US
PHOTOS
of your favorite woodworking projects along with captions and a brief
history of your woodworking. (Email photos at 800x600 resolution.) Receive a $50 store gift card if
we show your stuff in a future issue.
This month we are featuring Christopher Perryman's award-winning "Chest de los Muertos".
CLICK HERE to take a closer look at Christopher's work:
Show Us Your Wood 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 Elizabeth Anderson's huge realistic carving of a prehistoric mammoth.
CLICK HERE to take a closer look!
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 Dave Aikens of
Warner Robins, GA, who found out that working in the shop while chit-chatting with friends who are visiting
can result in dire consequences.
CLICK
HERE to check out Dave's safety tip!
SAVE $55
on Festool's Limited Edition
98-piece Centrotec bit & driver set
We have a few of these exceptional accessory sets that offer a wide variety of no-slip, quick-change
drilling and driving bits and adapters, not at even greater savings.
CLICK HERE to Save $55:
Save with our Rocker
SUPER BUNDLE
First you build the rocker. Then you sculpt it into a piece of functional
art. The Rocker Plan Bundle gives you all you need to know to build. The Shaping a Sculptured Rocker
DVD helps you master the sculpting process. Buying the Super Bundle saves $10 off purchasing the
items separately.
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:
The Highland Woodturner
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accept and publish in
Wood News Online
, we will compensate the contributor. We typically
pay up to $100 (in the form of a store credit) for a thousand-word-plus article with photos.
Highland Woodworking Gift Certificates
An awesome present that's always appreciated by just
about any woodworker anywhere.
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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.
Masterpiece Wood Finish, New 3-part oil/wax
finish
Masterpiece Wood Finish is a new oil/wax system designed
by a chairmaker to enhance the beauty of wood for interior furniture. This
system takes the guesswork out of selecting a great finish for the fine woodworking projects in which
you've invested so many hours of work.
Check out this great new wood finishing
solution:
Lie-Nielsen
Tool of the Month:
271 Small Router Planes
Lie-Nielsen recently added a new companion to their #271
small router plane. The classic model features an "open-throat" design that provides
additional view of the intended cutting area. Available now also is a new "closed-throat" design,
which offers a bit more stability when working near the edge of a workpiece.
To tell us about how the two compare with one another, and to show what a small router plane is good for,
Lee Laird has written another in his series of Plane Facts in the Highland blog.
Read Lee's blog
post: "The Lie-Nielsen #271 Small Router Planes"
See the #271 Small Router Planes on our website:
By Steven D. Johnson,
Racine, Wisconsin
SALE on Hofmann & Hammer
Workbenches
Three models of our ever-popular Hofmann & Hammer premium
German workbenches are now on sale. Choose the model that fits your shop and budget.
CLICK HERE for more info:
NEW Video Product Tour:
Lie-Nielsen
No. 7 Jointer Plane
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.
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!
Now save $40 on our Earlex HV5500 Sprayer package deal
New Downloadable Project Plan: Rolling Push Goat
Here's 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 Rolling Push Goat. This delightful riding toy is a real muscle-builder for little legs that aren't yet walking.
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!
Our latest
Woodworking
Catalog is available to browse online!
CLICK THE IMAGE
TO BEGIN
Finishing Wood
with
Alan Noel
Preserving Patina
When working with antique furniture, dents and dings on the
surface may pose a problem during the finishing process. With
antiques, I take the approach to try and determine which dents
or dings are the result of "use" versus "abuse". This in turn leads me
to a course of action to begin the finishing process and to save as
much of the patina as possible.
What IS patina, and what are the steps to preserve it?
Ask the Staff
Question:
Does anyone have a fast and easy way to obtain a straight edge on
rough lumber? I have a planer/molder and would like to make some base
molding in 8-12 foot lengths, but find them too long to get a true edge
using my jointer. Any help would be appreciated.
E-mail us
with your woodworking questions. If yours is selected for publication,
we'll send you a free Highland Woodworking hat.
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Oh Boy,
MORE ROY!
After receiving so much positive feedback from our recent web TV story about Roy Underhill,
The Highland Woodworker
has decided to give you
MORE ROY!
We will soon be releasing bonus footage from our exciting visit with Mr. Underhill,
providing an exclusive glimpse into Roy's world with the master himself as our guide!
Ever wonder what Roy reads? A sweeping shot of his office library will give you another peek
inside the mind of one of the most interesting woodworkers of our time.
Watch for our email coming soon!
Praise for
The Highland Woodworker:
"...better than what's on TV" -
Marc Spagnuolo, the Wood Whisperer
"...gave me what's been lacking" -
Matt's Basement Workshop
"...I'd love to see more companies follow their lead" -
Shannon
Rogers, the Renaissance Woodworker
"Now THIS is a woodworking show" -
Wood Talk Online
CLICK HERE to play the first episode:
Are you
a Highland Woodworker?
If you would like to showcase your work for the viewers of our new Web TV show,
The
Highland Woodworker
,
just email us a photo of yourself
standing with a favorite woodworking project
you've built, along with your full name, city, state and email address. Every new episode of
The
Highland Woodworker
will feature selected submissions on the show and website.
(Pictured above is Jack Masten of North Creek, NY with rocking horses he built for grandkids.)
Email us your photo:
CLICK HERE for more info:
Don't wait till it's TOO LATE before you
buy a SawStop Contractor Saw
The SawStop 10" Contractor Saw is the safest contractor saw on the market, and we are pleased to now
be able to offer and ship it to our customers nationwide within the 48 contiguous United States. Why
wait for an accident? We can ship your saw today!
More info and a demo video:
SUPER DEAL
on a Fein Variable Speed Turbo
Vac
Not long ago these excellent vacs were selling for $400+. A
special purchase lets us offer them to you now for only $299.99. Super quiet, plus Electronic Suction
Control makes you ROS work better! Qty limited.
CLICK HERE for more info:
Lenox Tri-Master Carbide-Tipped
Bandsaw Blades
If your shop's bandsaw work is so demanding that your
bandsaw blades become dull too quickly, our Lenox Tri-Master Carbide-tipped bandsaw blade may be
your solution.
CLICK HERE for
more info:
Knew Concepts Woodworker's Fretsaw
Ingeniously designed to be both light and strong as well as simple to adjust
and use, this extremely popular new premium fretsaw makes it easier than ever to remove waste when
cutting dovetails.
NEW Auriou/Chris Pye 7-pc Carving Tool
Set
Auriou recently collaborated with master carver Chris Pye
to create this new set of woodcarving tools, whose excellent quality matches the level of perfection
we've come to expect from Auriou.
CLICK HERE for more
info:
Rikon 70-050VS Variable Speed Mini-Lathe on sale
only
$299.99
This is the best deal we've ever seen on a
variable speed mini-lathe. Speed is easily adjusted within each of 3 variable speed ranges (300-700
rpm, 700-1500 rpm, and 1500-3350 rpm) simply by turning a knob. You select which of the 3 speed
ranges you want by choosing the belt/pulley position. Weighs 72 lbs. Sale qty limited.
CLICK HERE for more
info:
Rikon 10" Planer-Jointer
Handles Big Stock
The April 2012 issue of FWW magazine had some kind
words to say about Rikon's highly affordable 10" autofeed planer-jointer, saying "Despite its small size,
the 25-010 handles big workpieces well, even when planing difficult stock such as wide slabs of white oak."
CLICK HERE for more
info
Rikon 12" Planer-Jointer named
BEST VALUE
in April 2012 FWW
The April 2012 issue of Fine Woodworking also took note
of Rikon's big 25-200 12" autofeed planer-jointer, naming it Best Value of the 5 models that were rated.
Roland Johnson, the author, said it "nearly matched the performance of the best machines in the test, and factoring in
the cost [about $500 less], it's an excellent value."
CLICK HERE for more
info
Save $300 on our Rikon 16" Thickness Planer
A special purchase allows us to offer big savings on our 3
HP 16" Rikon Thickness Planer, model 23-400.
CLICK HERE for more
info
Don't Own a Workbench?
Our affordable European Workbench will make a great addition to your
workshop
This affordable European Workbench will help transform your
woodworking.
Buy a SawStop PCS Cabinet Saw by 4/30/12
and get a nice rebate
SawStop has launched a great rebate offer good through the end of April, 2012. Purchase a 3 HP or 1.75 HP
PCS cabinet saw and get a factory rebate of either a free mobile base, or the overarm dust
collection assembly. Either accessory is a $199 value!
Note: We offer the SawStop
PCS Cabinet Saw for sale only within the state of Georgia. (However we ship the SawStop Contractor
Saw thru-out the 48 U.S. states.)
CLICK HERE for details:
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Another Testimonial for the WOOD
SLICER
This is just a quick note to tell you how satisfied I am with the Wood Slicer
bandsaw blade I bought from you. Though it was somewhat of a chore to bring it
to Brazil, it was worth all the
effort. It cuts fast and makes a very thin kerf. Resawing has never been so
pleasant. Next time I'm in the U.S., I plan to get other sizes. I would like to visit your shop in Atlanta. Thank you.
— Fernando Gontijo
Get
Yourself a Wood Slicer:
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