46 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
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Barb was all excited this morning, when she saw our first snow .
So she went out with her little camera.
Enjoy! Some of this mornings beauty.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The snow tried to extinguish this Flaming Bush.
Half of our backyard.
The other half.
Our Bird feeder.
Petunias, & Snow trying to compete.
Let’s sit down, & enjoy the Morning.
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343 days ago
by Martin Sojka |
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Are you knotty and keeping secrets?
Then it’s time to get busy and creative again and compete for some great prizes in our Winter 2009 edition of the LumberJocks Woodworking Awards.
You are welcome to participate in the following two categories:
A Knot Like No Other – It’s creativity time! Don’t let that big old knot get you down – incorporate it into a project, highlighting it’s beauty or uniqueness. You can knock out the wood (if there is some) and...
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649 days ago
by Martin Sojka |
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How does success in our Winter Awards feel?
Gary: It feels strange. I am honored that so many of my woodworking peers liked my work. I think that this is the highest complement you can obtain.
Ryan: It really feels great. As the “new guy” on the board, I am amazed at this welcome. The project was a tough one, taking a picture from your mind’s eye and shaping it out of wood is tough enough…add a 2X4 into the equation, and results are seldom what you intended...
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656 days ago
by Martin Sojka |
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Our successful Winter 2008 LumberJocks Woodworking Awards are over so allow me to officially announce the winners. The winning projects were selected from 84 total submissions in an online voting held from Feb 1 to Feb 7. 232 votes by 121 voters were cast during this period.
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GRAND PRIZE: STEEL CITY 14” BANDSAW
1st Place – GaryK (612 points)
2nd Place – Ryan Shervill (504 points)
3rd Place – Yorks...
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694 days ago
by Martin Sojka |
7 comments »
Let me announce that the submissions are now open for our LJ Woodworking Awards - Winter 2008 in both categories – Not Just Any Box as well as The Multi-Purposed 2×4. You must first post your entries as the projects and then just click on the green SUBMIT ENTRIES button on the Awards page. Remember that the submissions close on January 31, 2008 at 3 PM CST.
Fantastic prizes are waiting to be won! Good luck ;)
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720 days ago
by Martin Sojka |
38 comments »
It’s official! Get building for our current semi-annual Woodworking Awards. This year we are pleased to announce that along with the traditional two categories we will also have a GRAND PRIZE winner, the participant with the most combined points. So, put those shop aprons on, sharpen those tools, and start building your entries.
GRAND PRIZE: 14” band saw with granite topby Steel City Tool Works
AWARD CATEGORIES
Not Just Any Box
Award for Top Woodworker in this cate...
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