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Show Us Your Woodworking!
This month we are featuring a variety of woodworking projects built by Steve Adams, a disabled veteran who was bored in his wheelchair until his girlfriend told him to get a hobby and so he started woodworking.
CLICK HERE to see Steve's projects: 
Show Us Your Woodcarving!
This month we are featuring the carving projects of Ron Latour who transforms 2-D artwork into 3-D, large format, deep relief wood sculptures that he custom frames in specialty woods. CLICK HERE to see more of Ron's Carvings: 
latest new Web TV episode Tips From Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop 
By Jim Randolph
Long Beach, MS This month Jim shares a tip on the importance of drilling pilot holes (and how to get a good size), as well as a money-saving tip on using the dowels from recycled foam paintbrushes to assist your Random Orbit Sander. CLICK HERE to read this month's tips from Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop! Ask the Staff Question: I am looking for a good, slow-setting epoxy. I am making a Roubo Workbench and need to glue the whole project up at one time. For more details and the answer, CLICK HERE: E-mail us with your woodworking questions. If yours is selected for publication, we'll send you a free Highland Woodworking hat. 
This month, John is sharing his list of 3 steps that must be taken in his shop before turning on any power saw. CLICK HERE to read John's Safety Tip: Do you have a 2 Minute Safety Tip you would like us to share? If so, we invite you to EMAIL US and if we use your tip, you'll get a $25 store credit! 
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Inside This Issue
Video of the Month: ETS EC Brushless Random Orbit Sanders Tips from Sticks-in-the-Mud Woodshop Show Us Your Shop The Down to Earth Woodworker Building a 3 Sided Farm Woodshed Video: Highland Woodworking Store Tour Q&A: Slow-Setting Epoxy Poll: Are Most Woodworkers Also General-Purpose DIY-ers? Finishing: Painting Laminates Show Us Your Stuff Show Us Your Carving SAFETY: Before the Saw Turns On 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 credit if we show your shop in a future issue. 
This month we are featuring Lance Wroblewski's workshop in Edmond, OK. CLICK HERE to see more of Lance's shop: 
By Steven D. Johnson Racine, Wisconsin My New BFF Experimental Furniture – Who Decides What's "Good" and What's "Bad"? The Down To Earth "Inventor?" 
This month, Steve discusses the best tape measure ever made for general-purpose woodworking, asks who decides what's good and what's bad when it comes to judging furniture making, and shares some of his ideas for new tool inventions.
CLICK HERE to read more: 
Roy Underhill's Recent Visit to Highland Woodworking Last month we had the pleasure of hosting Roy Underhill at our Fall Open House at our store in Atlanta. On Saturday, Roy entertained shop-goers with hand tool woodworking demonstrations throughout the day. On Sunday, Roy taught a class on Dovetail Variations, a day fully devoted to almost every kind of dovetail in existence (and jokes about dovetails). CLICK HERE to read highlights from Roy's visit: CLICK HERE to read a summary of Roy's dovetail class: CLICK HERE to view our photo album of the Open House: 
Building a 3-Sided Farm Woodshed
By Jon Rubin Okemos, Michigan Jon Rubin is a full-time military pilot but somehow, over the course of 3 months, he was able to complete an "over-engineered" 3-sided farm woodshed on his property. In this article he goes over his process, and explains some of the tricks he learned throughout the project. CLICK HERE to read more: |
Each month we're featuring one of our many spectacular Festool power tools and highlighting it with a video product tour. 
This month we're featuring a Highland Woodworking product tour of the Festool ETS EC Brushless Sanders with Steve Johnson, who demonstrates how these sanders provide less fatigue and increased flexibility. CHECK OUT the Festool ETS EC Brushless Random Orbit Sanders: 
Finishing Wood with Alan Noel 
Painting Laminates
This month Alan shares his tips for painting laminates in order to create high-quality topcoats on your furniture pieces that will last for years to come. Here are SEVEN steps for painting laminates: HIGHLAND VIDEO: Product Tours and Demonstrations available on our YouTube Channel! Check out the great product tour videos and demonstrations on our YouTube Channel. Our good friends Morton, David, Matt & Steve demonstrate some of our most popular products for your benefit in these tours. Click below to watch a tour of Highland Woodworking with Morton. If you've never been down to Atlanta, now is your chance to see what the store looks like and all of our different tool sections. Are there any products or demos you'd like to see in a YouTube video? If so, we invite you to EMAIL US and let us know what YOU would like to see! 
This Month on The Highland Blog 
Poll: Are Most Woodworkers Also General-Purpose DIY-ers?
In our second polling blog entry, Jim Randolph asks "Are Most Woodworkers Also General-Purpose DIY-ers?" CLICK HERE to answer our poll: WOOD SLICER Testimonial 
Received my Wood Slicer order yesterday, installed it today and it ran beautifully. Best blade I've ever had. Where have you guys been all my life? — Jerry
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