Just returned from a trip to Atlanta. While there I looked up Peachtree Woodworking and Highland Hardware. What an enjoyable trip to two great stores with vastly different products. The people were extremely helpful and it was great to see some of their products first hand. If any of you get an opportunity to go through Atlanta, both would be a great stop for a few hours.
We have a Woodcraft store 45 miles away, so I am not completely devoid of a tool superstore. Most of my tool and supply purchases I have to make via internet or catalog. I envy those who have these kinds of supply vendors close by. It’s great to put items in your hand and ask questions before you buy.
Greg
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Highland Hardware (or is it Highland Woodworking now?) is cool. I even took a date there one time when I was in Atlanta. It's a long story, but suffice it to say we had some time to kill and were in the area. Believe it or not, she was wearing a black evening dress and heels and I was wearing shorts and a polo shirt - again, a long story, but - no it wasn't a hooker! Who said that? ...A blind date with one of my sister's friends that she stuck me with,...
Anyway, suffice it to say that early in the relationship, you can get by with taking a date to Highland Hardware. You generally have to go to one of those coffee shops in the area and sip a cappuccino and discuss poetry and art with your pinky extended along with the woodworking, but it's a do-able deal. Later in the relationship, after you have known them a few months, non-woodworking gals will not go to Highland Hardware with you. This I have learned.
Anyway, glad that you enjoyed your trip. Hope you bought some of those "woodslicer" band saw blades if you like using a band saw. Those are good. Best, Ed
My wife was very interested in my woodworking hobby before we were married. She'd even go to the lumber yard with me.
Now, after a few years of marriage the only time she comes out to my shop is to sweep it up. That's WAY cool....
Only time mine comes in the shop is to snoop to see what treasures I've bought, and occassionally to tell me what she needs me to make.
T.Z.
It's still HIghland Hardware on their sign, but for internet purposes, I think it's HIghland Woodworking. But while I was there I heard conversations with two or three people asking for plumbing supplies, paint and duplicate keys. Each time the man behind the counter sent them to the local Ace Hardware, explaining they were "just woodworking".I didn't get a bandsaw blade. I did stock up on finishing supplies that are now difficult to have shipped and are difficult to get locally. I also picked up a few clamps, a paddle-type router table switch, and a few odds and ends. I went in to get a Lie-Nielsen 60-1/2R Rabbit block plane, but they had none. They did have the 60-1/2 but weren't interested in opening it for me to see.Peachtree Woodworking was a great place. Formerly called Might-T Track, they have every configuration (design and size) of T-Track you could imagine. I did "invest" in t-track, jig clamps, anti-kickback rollers, and casters for a router table.The library of books and DVD's was very adequate at both of these stores. However, I resisted valiantly.Greg
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"However, I resisted valiantly."
Coward.
-Steve
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