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LJ Woodworking Awards - Summer 2008 #4: And The Winners Are...

Blog entry by Martin Sojka posted 329 days ago 2291 reads 1 time favorited 23 comments Add to Favorites Watch
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Our great Summer 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 Aug 4 to Aug 7. 211 votes by 110 voters were cast during this period.

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BEST OVERALL LUMBERJOCK

1st PlaceGaryK (448 points)

2nd PlaceMichael Brailsford (142 points)

3rd PlaceKarson (133 points)

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ONE MAN’S JUNK

1st PlaceRex Billiard Table by Michael Brailsford (142 points)

2nd PlaceMy Woodworking Bench from Salvage materials by Karson (133 points)

3rd Place'Safety' A Clamp made from a shipping crate by GaryK (97 points)

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SERVE IT UP WITH CLASS

1st PlaceA Faberge Inspired Serving Tray by GaryK (351 points)

2nd Place'woven' cutting board in wenge, quartersawn white oak and honduran mahogany by DAN (115 points)

3rd PlaceFleur de lis Tray by CharlieM1958 (101 points)

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Click here to see the complete results.

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I’d like to thank our sponsors for their support once again, so here they are:


Jack Rabbit Tool
The Wood Whisperer

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And following are the three lucky winners of our stylish LJ shirt (randomly selected from all the voters):

  • kewald
  • windofthewoods
  • Bigbuck

Congratulations, everyone! I’m going to PM the prize winners shortly.

THANK YOU LUMBERJOCKS! I’m already looking forward to the next Awards edition in the winter…

-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://profile.to/msojka


23 comments so far

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PurpLev

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posted 329 days ago

no comments so far ?

CONGRATS TO EVERYONE!! those were some pretty awesome projects

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

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Eric

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posted 329 days ago

Congratulations all!

-- Eric at http://adventuresinwoodworking.com

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motthunter

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posted 329 days ago

deserving winners… congrats!

-- making sawdust....

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trifern

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posted 329 days ago

Great contest Martin. Thanks!

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

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itsme_timd

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posted 329 days ago

Kudos to all! It was a great contest.

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA

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Napaman

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posted 329 days ago

great job everyone…I think what is neat is that everyone got points…that tells me that we have such a large number of skilled people…and a wide variety of tastes that includes everyone…congrats to the winners—-and truly everyone…and once again…Martin great job!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...sanity...has arrived...JUNE-JULY-AUGUST...

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MsDebbieP

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posted 329 days ago

that was so much fun and the anticipation this morning was driving me crazy!!!
I feel so honoured to be on this site with such amazing woodworkers. You sure do keep challenging me to get better and better!!!

Congrats to everyone who participated and voted
and to Martin for yet another successful event.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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SteveKorz

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posted 329 days ago

Wow, What a great bunch of talented people…

Congratulations to all who participated and contributed, and WON, of course!!!

The talent here it really quite amazing.

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

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Russel

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posted 329 days ago

An absolutely fantastic experience. The winners deserve the honors as do all who had the gumption to participate. A good time had by all.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

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GaryK

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posted 329 days ago

I want to congratulate everyone who entered the contest and I thank you for your votes!

Your votes mean very much to me considering the fact that you are my fellow woodworkers!

It was a great contest.

It wouldn’t have been possible were it not for Matrin. Three cheers for Martin!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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MsDebbieP

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posted 329 days ago

Hip hip Hooray
Hip Hip Hooray
Hip Hip Hooray :)

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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SPalm

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posted 329 days ago

Thanks for having these contests Martin. I was not able to enter this time but I have before and I will again. They are a lot of fun.

Congrats to the Winners!

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

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Napaman

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posted 329 days ago

Okay…I already commented…and I am still excited to have taken part in my first contest…Here is a qwuestion I have about FUTURE contests…so forgive me for not enjoying the fact that LJ’s just finished a great one…

Here is my question: Will we ever repeat a contest??

Such as an annual 2×4 contest…and annual summer outdoor projects…a furniture style contest (as opposed to thorsen side table—-a style accessible by a wide variety—like thorsen, but changing each year…

And then one or more NEW ones…

Just currious if that has ever been discussed…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...sanity...has arrived...JUNE-JULY-AUGUST...

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DAN

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posted 329 days ago

Great contest.

Thanks to everyone who contributed.

Lumberjocks is great place for woodworkers to hang out.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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Davesfunwoodworking

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posted 329 days ago

I would like to say great job to the winners. I would also like to thank every one who voted on my project. I can’t wait till the next one. Good job to every one who did a project it was fun to see all the nice things every one came up with. Good luck to every one. Dave

-- Davesfunwoodworking

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DocK16

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posted 329 days ago

Great Fun, congrats to all the winners on some great projects. When do we do it again?

-- DocK, WV

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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posted 328 days ago

Congratulation to the winners!

And a BIG HOORAY!

to all who participated.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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PaBull

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posted 328 days ago

Very nice work.
GaryK and all the others, you did a fantastic job, keep up the good work and thanks for sharing all the craftsmanship.
Martin and others involved, thanks for the organisation.

-- http://www.twinoaksgrowers.com

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thewoodwhisperer

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posted 328 days ago

Congrats to the winners. Excellent work!

-- For free video tutorials and other cool woodworking stuff, check out http://www.TheWoodWhisperer.com

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thetimberkid

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posted 328 days ago

Congratulations to all winners, excellent work!

Callum

-- For wood working podcasts with a twist check out http://thetimberkid.com/

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Grumpy

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posted 327 days ago

Congratulations to all the place getters.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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Dusty56

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posted 327 days ago

Great job Everyone …Congratulations to all that entered !

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belongs to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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alanealane

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posted 324 days ago

I’d be scared to do any real work on Karson’s workbench!! Wow what beautiful wood!

...By the way, Mr. Brailsford can ship that Billiard table in my direction anytime… ;-D

Excellent job to EVERYONE.

-- Lane Custom Guitars and Basses

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