As I blogged a few weeks ago, I visited Leigh Industries to tour the factory and see some new products, like this one. The New Side Stop Fence for the Leigh Frame Mortise and Tenon jig is a big step forward. It is much larger than the original side stop, it easier to adjust for […]
Matt Vanderlist is an amateur woodworker. He podcasts regularly on a variety of woodworking topics, from safety to tuning handplanes. His blog includes descriptions of his podcast plus jig plans and links to cool sites. I’ve been listening to it regularly for a few months now and I think you’ll find it interesting. You can […]
We were fortunate to have Dan Durant of Festool on hand demonstrating the impressive line of Festool tools during the Highland Woodworking Spring Tool Sale on May 5th. Then last week on a trip to see my daughter who is studying in Germany, my wife and I had the opportunity to visit the Festool factory. […]
Hock Tools makes a large selection of excellent quality hand plane blades. In this video, Ron Hock explains the benefits of his blades and shows how to set up hand planes. It’s 8-1/2 minutes – so it will take a long time to load on a slow connection. Blair
A while back, one of our customers e-mailed me about upgrading his Anant #77 Rabbet Plane. He wanted to know if there was a better quality plane blade that would fit, even suggesting that the blade for the Clifton 3-in-1 plane might work. Well, I knew that neither Lie-Nielsen nor Hock offered blades to fit […]
Don’t miss the new Highland Woodworking Red Hot Special! Our brand new Set of 6 Soft-Sanders is 20% off, but quantities are limited, so you’ll have to act fast! Visit Highland Woodworking to order yours! If you don’t see the Red Hot Special icon on our homepage, that means we’ve sold out, so check back […]
It is a rare privilege and a real delight to welcome Toshio Odate back to Highland Woodworking. We’re honored to offer this rare opportunity to spend a aweekend learning and practicing with this eminent master. It was just after giving his first class here in Nov. 1981 that Toshio began work on his first book, […]