We had a great response last month to Howard Van Valzah’s safety tip about wearing brightly colored gloves to help him stay aware of his non-dominant hand while woodworking and avoid scrapes and bruises (and worse!) In addition to being fun and challenging, woodworking can be a hazardous hobby, and any precautions we can take […]
Check out the Spoken Wood podcast No. 51 over at Matt’s Basement Workshop to hear our own George T. (Terry) Chapman reading one of his pieces.
When stuff flies off my lathe, I hang it on the wall to remind me.
This really fine Earlex HVLP sprayer is available from Highland for $149.99 including a book on spraying and a demo DVD.
One of the guys at Highland showed me how well it works to mount the Triton router under a router table. It effectively eliminates any need to buy one of those expensive third-party router lifts. I ended up buying the Triton router, plus the full-size Kreg Precision Router Table to go with it.
It’s Safety Week 2010 for Woodworkers – a good time to consider some of your own shop safety practices and think about what you might improve. One of our customers, Howard Van Valzah, contributed this great safety tip that could be valuable to some of you.
Chris Black is shown demonstrating how to restore and sharp an old handsaw in the Highland Woodworking booth at the Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event on Friday, May 7, 2010 at Peach State Lumber in Kennesaw, GA