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Show Us Your Woodworking!
This month we are featuring 2 beautiful projects by Rachel Curray, a Studio Art major at Cal State Long Beach who has been featured on the
The Offerman Woodshop
blog.
View more of Rachel's Woodworking: 
Show Us Your Woodcarving! This month we are featuring the carvings created by Doug Sullivan, who has taught himself a lot of carving techniques by watching YouTube videos. View more of Doug's Carvings: What Have You Made With Your Highland Woodworking Tools? 
We love to hear about the projects and fixes you make with the tools you've purchased from Highland Woodworking! This month we're featuring several hardwood projects made by our customer, David Ziff, with the help of his
Carter Magfence, available at Highland Woodworking.
Read more and submit for this column: Tips From Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop 
By Jim Randolph
Long Beach, MS This month Jim shares a tip on building a mechanism to help loosen thumbscrews on his blade-holding devices, as well as a money-saving woodworking tip involving the recycling of old socks. Read this month's tips from Sticks-In-The-Mud Woodshop! 
This month, Doug Lewis shares his "safety first" practices that he uses every time he enters his shop. What are Doug's "Safety-First" Practices? 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! Each month we're featuring a video highlighting the benefits of different Festool Power Tools. 
This month we're featuring a Festool USA video of Kayleen McCabe from DIY network's Rescue Renovation, who discusses the merits of using Festool power tools on her show. Watch The Merits of Using Festool Power Tools: Ask the Staff From our Ask the Staff October 2007 archives: Question: I had a mahogany front door installed on my house about 8 months ago, and the finish is already peeling off. The installer said they used an exterior finish purchased at a home center. Why didn't the finish last longer, and how should I go about fixing it? Here's the answer: E-mail us with your woodworking questions. If yours is selected for publication, we'll send you a free Highland Woodworking hat. 
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Inside This Issue
MagSwitch Video Product Tour Women in Woodworking-Julia Harrison Tips From Sticks-In-The-Mud Poll: What's On Your "Workshop Playlist?" Blog: Get Woodworking Week Round-Up Book Review: Mortise & Tenon Magazine The Unfinished Symphony Tool Making for the Woodshop 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're featuring the workshop of James Huggett in Earlysville, VA. See more of James's shop: 
By Steven D. Johnson Racine, Wisconsin Of Yourself, By Yourself… Making A YouTube Video Cheese Plate Technology Update For Woodworkers Spring Shop Organization Time 
This month, Steve shares some tips and ideas for those who want to start their own woodworking YouTube channel, provides a "spare time" cheese plate project idea, addresses some new technology gadgets for woodworkers, and discusses his newest online class, "More Space & Time In Your Workshop."
The Down to Earth Woodworker - read more: Women in Woodworking Julia Harrison By Andrea Ramsay Seattle, WA 
This month, Andrea interviews Julia Harrison, a wood carver in the Pacific Northwest, who is often traveling. She uses her small traveling carving set and wood found in each area to carve different pieces that are meaningful to each local community.
Read Julia's story: BOOK REVIEW: Mortise & Tenon Magazine 
Review by
J. Norman Reid Delaplane, VA When I opened Mortise & Tenon and handled its richly-illustrated pages, I was in no way disappointed. The many photos—both color and black and white—drew me into its stories and created an immediate desire to read it cover to cover, something I did in very short order. What I discovered, when I did, was a magazine that plows ground not currently cultivated by any other single publication on furniture or furniture-making. Read the Mortise & Tenon Magazine Review:Purchase Mortise & Tenon Magazine: BOOK REVIEW: False Graining Techniques 
Review by
J. Norman Reid Delaplane, VA This book, well-illustrated in full color, is filled with ideas and inspiration. It's a quick, fun read that will leave you full of ideas about ways you can simulate wood grain or, if you choose, apply riotous colors and patterns to your projects. False Graining Techniques - Read the Review:
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Our Elipse Dust Mask is great for woodworkers
Elipse Dust Mask Now Available in Two Sizes: Flexible Arm Magnetic LED Work Light 
Here's an excellent way to cast a powerful light wherever you need it in your shop. Switch-operated magnet mounts to any ferrous surface. 25" flexible arm allows easy aim.
Flexible Arm Magnetic LED Work Light - Find out more: 
This Month on The Highland Blog 
Thanks to everyone who submitted their tips, projects, and photos for #GetWoodworking Week. In case you missed any of the tips or projects discussed, we've got a full round-up on our blog! Now you can #GetWoodworking anytime! Read the round-up: The Unfinished Symphony 
By Bob Rummer
Lawrence, KS In his most recent article, popular Wood News contibutor, Bob Rummer, discusses how a woodworker's unfinished woodworking projects can be compared to a famous composers "unfinished symphony", and offers tips on how you can get back into working on your projects so they'll be "finished." What is the Unfinished Symphony?: Tool Making for the Wood Shop 
By Kerry Lambertson
Finland, MN The clever woodworker, with a few basic tools, many of which are probably already on hand, can become a metalworker, and make or modify many simple tools. This approach offers all kinds of advantages. Shopmade tools are sometimes more affordable than their hardwarestore counterparts, and often of equal or better quality, not to mention being customized to the job at hand. Read more about shop-made tools: 
The Highland Woodworker Woodworking Poll 
What's On Your "Workshop Playlist?"
In this month's poll, Jim Randolph asks "What's On Your 'Workshop Playlist?'" What music "gets you going?" What music "gets you in the mood for woodworking?" Answer our poll: 
WOOD SLICER Testimonial 
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