Take a Tour of Nick Offerman's Woodworking Shop in Los Angeles
Nick was building woodworking projects in this shop long before he became an actor.
He now shares the shop with several young woodworkers as part of a woodworking co-op.
Take the tour
Good Clean Fun by Nick Offerman
Nick's extremely humorous book is a fun read and provides a great introduction to woodworking.
Read Norm Reid's review
Video: Witnessing the Return of the American Chestnut
The American chestnut, once one of the most prolific trees
in the eastern United States, was decimated by the arrival of the chestnut blight from Japan in the early1900s. Now after 40 years of work by the American Chestnut Association,
blight-resistant chestnut trees are now being planted.
How did they do it?
Show Us Your Shop
Tom Skarda built this substantial shop in Wadley, Georgia.
Take a look at Tom's workshop
I Bought a SawStop Tablesaw
(although I wish I'd gotten it sooner)
by Alan Noel
Just before my 54th birthday, I was using my old tablesaw to cut some pieces of poplar into long strips. Something distracted me and I must have taken my eye off the saw for a fraction of a second. To my pain and horror, all of a sudden I realized I had cut myself.
I was afraid to take a look
Designing and Building My Last Shop
Michael Smith of Mountain Park, GA had a long career as a high school shop teacher. He knows a thing or two about woodworking shops.
Here is the third of a 10-part series he wrote for Wood News on
designing and building what he calls "My Last Shop".
Upcoming Classes at Highland Woodworking
Are you just getting into woodworking? Been woodworking for years?
Join us for one of our in-person classes to hone your technique, build a guided project, or just have fun making something!
See what we have scheduled
Listen to Splinters - Gary Rogowski's Podcast
Listen to Gary's latest chat from our education partner, the Northwest Woodworking Studio.
