While there are many woodworking sites on the Internet, few offer a free place for DIY enthusiasts and professional woodworkers to showcase their projects. That’s why we started LumberJocks.com.
Don’t be fooled by the name! Our Jocks include men and women of all ages and they have woodworking skills of all levels. What they have in common is that they love the smell of sawdust, they can’t wait to check out the latest power tools and they have the desire to connect with other woodworkers.
Why Become A LumberJock?
- you can share your woodworking projects and experiences with others
- you get your own, free LumberJocks website and can share your showcase with family, friends, and other LumberJocks (http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/yournamehere)
- you get unlimited, free space for blogging, questions and comments, and project sharing
- you can organize your projects and blogs with “tags” and the “blog series” option
- with each project posting you will have free space to post up to three pictures (for each project) and ample room to tell your project’s story. There is no limit to the number of projects you can post
- you receive a monthly e-magazine, free
- you can enter the LumberJocks Challenges and Awards events which are held throughout the year
- you can participate in the camaraderie shared by the wonderful members of our LumberJocks community
How Do I Become a LumberJock?
All you have to do is sign up and begin posting your projects, blogs, and/or questions and comments in our forum area. It’s that simple. ... and it’s free.
And if you have any ideas, suggestions and comments, please send an email to: . We’d love to hear from you!
Our Features At Glance
- Blogs - an ongoing journal of your woodworking experience
- Blog Series - connecting related blog entries for continued storylines
- Buddies - designate other Jocks as Buddies and receive notification of their postings via email
- eMag - a monthly online magazine available for members to read and share
- Favorites - mark projects and blog entries as a "Favorite" for easy reference
- Forums - a variety of discussions, from questions, to site suggestions, to off-topic discussions
- Help - have a question about how LumberJocks.com works? Check out the Help Files
- Jocks - a list of all LumberJocks
- Messages - send/receive private messages to other LumberJocks
- Online - see which LumberJocks are currently online
- Projects - sharing projects with others by story and photo album
- Pulse - keep up to date by viewing recent postings
- Search - let's you do a specific search for something on the LumberJocks site
- Shop - post pictures and descriptions of your shop and your tools
- Shuffle - check out projects from the past with this random search option
- Spread - "Spread the Word" using the tools provided
- Tags - labels added to topics to help others find related information
- Videos - view "Vlogging" entries created by fellow LumberJocks
Thank You
We'd like to thank following jocks for helping us to test the site in its early days:
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