When Highland Woodworking saw how excited I was to head down to Atlanta for Jeff Miller’s Designing and Building Chairs class, they asked me to share why. Though I’m currently very fond of Jeff Miller’s work and teachings, this wasn’t always the way. I’ve been woodworking and aspiring towards making furniture for almost a decade, it was […]
This week we are dedicating #FollowFriday to the Online Woodworking world, specifically those who were featured at the WIA 2013 Online Woodworking Roundtable. One of the greatest things about all of these woodworkers is that they all seemed to know each other, as if they were close friends, and yet most of their interactions outside […]
This past weekend (October 17th-20th) I had the opportunity to attend Woodworking in America in Covington, KY (the greater Cincinnati area), which is one of the biggest woodworking conferences of the year, sponsored by Popular Woodworking. We usually have several representatives from Highland Woodworking attend each year, and while we don’t have a booth at […]
We are excited to have Peter Galbert returning to Highland for a Windsor Chair class in March of 2014! Take a look at Peter’s great video below and just try to not be inspired to build your own Windsor Chair. Presented by Peter Galbert, you will see how chairs are made by hand and some […]
In the October episode of The Highland Woodworker, we’ve got some great interviews with a few of the woodworkers who participated in the French Oak Roubo Project as well as some footage from the event itself. We’ve also got Popular Woodworking’s Steve Shanesy showing off a useful technique for live edge carving, and much more […]
Next month we are excited to have Jeff Miller in our classroom teaching a 2-day demonstration seminar on Designing and Building Chairs from November 2-3, 2013. You can find out more about the class and sign up HERE. In the meantime, Jeff was able to share with us a few thoughts on his chair designing […]
I was excited to see that the Oneway Vari-Grind Upgrade Clamp Kit (Highland Item # 150195) has recently been added to Highland’s turning tool section. I have always been extremely careful when inserting and removing gouges under the spring mechanism on my Vari-Grind. I wanted to avoid two issues. One, nicking the tip of the […]