Episode 1, February 2012 Moment with a Master will take you to Roy Underhill’s new home and shop. Take a look under his famous hat and get to know Roy, host of The Woodwright’s Shop on PBS). Our Feature profiles how Whiteside Machine Company grew to make the World’s #1 rated router bits. Bert The(…)
Episode 2, May 2012 Chairmaker Brian Boggs is a superb engineer of the best in artistic seating. Find out how Brian uses everything from a shave horse to an adult-sized erector set to build his beautiful visions in our Moment with a Master. This episode’s Feature segment spotlights master planemaker Ron Brese, who couldn’t find(…)
Episode 3, September 2012 Former President Jimmy Carter takes you on a tour of the Maloof furniture and Moulthrop bowls in his office and tells about his friendships with these icons in our Feature segment. As the first family of artistic woodturning, Philip and Matt Moulthrop show us how they turn their beautiful bowls and(…)
Episode 4 November 2012 Moment with a Master: 2008 SAPFM Cartouche award recipient Alf Sharp. Find out how Alf’s fascination with the centerfold of a British secretary attracted him to furniture making. Popular Woodworking Magazine’s Tips, Tricks & Techniques: Matthew Teague provides a sharp demonstration of how he keeps a great edge. Hand Tool Heaven:(…)
Episode 5, April 2013 Moment with a Master: 2008 SAPFM Cartouche award recipient Alf Sharp. Find out how Alf’s fascination with the centerfold of a British secretary attracted him to furniture making. Popular Woodworking Magazine’s Tips, Tricks & Techniques: Matthew Teague provides a sharp demonstration of how he keeps a great edge. Hand Tool Heaven:(…)
Episode 6, April 2013 Moment with a Master: We visit chairmaker Jeff Miller at his Windy City workshop. Wait until you see his latest project. It’s a chair twenty years in the making. Jeff opens up to the Highland Woodworker about his early days as a professional musician and a diagnosis that made him put(…)
Episode 7, Summer Special -2013 Beat the heat by grabbing a cold beverage and spend a moment with four woodworking masters. Where else could you find Roy Underhill, Brian Boggs, the Moulthrop’s and Craig Nutt all in one episode? If that’s not enough we also have a new “Popular Woodworking Tips, Tricks & Techniques” with(…)
Episode 8, September 2013 Moment with a Master: Meet the king of joinery, Gary Rogowski. We visited with him at his Northwest Woodworking studio in Portland, Oregon. Learn how this honor student studying literature in college ended up a master woodworker who has turned the pacific northwest into a hotspot for great contemporary woodworking! Feature:(…)
Episode 9, October 2013 Feature: A Highland Woodworker Exclusive! What happens when Master Woodworkers Don Williams, Christopher Schwarz and Jeff Miller team up with other inspired craftsmen in a small Georgia town? The Great Roubo Bench Build! Hear from this all star cast on the importance of this event, and why Roubo’s design from centuries(…)
The Highland Woodworker – Episode 10 Moment with a Master: Cabinetmaker and woodworking author Jim Tolpin tells us how the allure of building boats led him from a life as a geophysicist to working with his hands and mind. Jim explains designing furniture proportionately using ratios. Feature: Tim Hintz builds “Fresh Chairs” from a tree.(…)
MOMENT WITH A MASTER: His early interest in woodworking surrounded the table saw, but woodworkers would arguably agree, Christopher Schwarz has become to hand tools what Norm Abrams has been to power tools! Find out how he became the most popular person in the room at any woodworking event. FEATURE: “Horsin Around” resulted in a(…)
MOMENT WITH A MASTER: Mary May is not only a great architectural woodcarver, she teaches hundreds of woodworkers the art online. Before Mary studied carving with masters on three continents she found a love of carving in three dimensions as a young teen carving a pumpkin. Find out how she pursued her dream in this(…)