This is the fifth post in a series – to go back to the first entry in the series, click here. If you just want to go back to the most recent entry, click here. Here is where I realize why it is good to learn about wood fundamentals when starting out in woodworking, and why experience really […]
This month’s edition of The Highland Woodturner is now available! This month we’ve got a new column from woodturner Curtis Turner, who appears by his name to have been born into the craft. He makes some compelling arguments for why you should consider taking a class if you want to advance your woodturning skills. We’ve […]
I received a call for help from a sweet lady named Linda Grisham. Her story was very interesting, the kind that tugs at your heart and keeps you from forming the word “No” as a response. Linda explained that her husband James was a woodworker and had built several Maloof style pieces of sculptured furniture. […]
Highland customer Kerry Lancaster had just completed an addition on his workshop and realized he needed a workbench besides his tablesaw, which was currently doing double duty. Inspired by a book he purchased in Colonial Williamsburg, Kerry studied plans, gathered his materials, and started building his own Andre Roubo Workbench. CLICK HERE to read his […]
This week we have a new video by Lee Tigner featured on our Youtube Channel. In his latest video, Lee documents the impressive feat of reclaiming 19th Century timbers that have been submerged in South Carolina low country swamps for more than 100 years. Take a look at it here: Lee’s videos have been featured […]
Peter Galbert’s chairs are unique. They are a mixture of time-honored methods & materials blended with Peter’s desire to bring forth a range of aesthetics in his finished work. Some of these are quite tangible, as in the way his chairs envelope and support the sitter into an almost dream-like state of comfort, while others are […]
I am working my way through the rest of the Easy Wood Tools products. This month I tried the Easy Detailer while turning a spindle and making a bead and cove with some other details which one might use while making a candlestick or a Windsor chair leg or a stair spindle. It works like […]