Many of you have probably heard of the Sawdust Chronicles now. I was lucky enough to be one of the winners in the first ever Sawdust Chronicles contests. My prize which I beleived to be a block plane arrived today. I opened the box and had to dig though all the other free stuff they sent to get to the block plane at the bottom. You can see they through in freebies that probably DOUBLED the cash value of the prize.
The plane was personally tuned by Joe Hurst-Wajszczuk, author of Furniture You Can Build: Projects That Hone Your Skills and an editor of Woodcraft Magazine. The box the plane came in also included some wood shavings Joe took while setting the plane. I look forward to getting shavings that thin for the first time.
The other prizes included a combination water stone, a spare blade for the plane, a digital caliper, a sanding screen, and a couple copies of the latest issue of Woodcraft MAgazine. I thought maybe Joe didn’t realize he gave me two copies of the oct/nov 09 issue of the magazine but then I saw on page 8 there is a picture of my project and a short blurb about the contest and the winners. Cool.
Thank you Rick for running the contest and your podcast and thank you Joe for the prize package!
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10 comments so far
cabinetmaster
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posted 60 days ago
Very nice. Congratulations.
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SplinteredBoard
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posted 60 days ago
Waid,
I’m SO happy to see that you received your prize. The unexpected extras definitely made it the most expensive prize of the bunch!
Congrats, again, on receiving first place, and I hope to see you again in next year’s (Fall ‘10) Build Challenge.
Rick
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Scott Bryan
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posted 60 days ago
Congratulations on getting the prize. It was well deserved and the free bonus was a surprise too, I am sure. I am sure you are on an adrenaline rush right now. :) I know I would be in a similar situation.
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GMman
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posted 60 days ago
Very happy for you…..... Congratulations !
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 59 days ago
Congratulations!
We’re very happy for you.
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PurpLev
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posted 59 days ago
finally! congrats! I guess patience and a little post here really paid off huh? ;)
how do you like it so far (since it’s already sharpened and ready for use)?
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jockmike2
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posted 59 days ago
Congratulations, sorry we all got hot under the collar when we thought you got stiffed. Just backing up a fellow member. Mike
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HokieMojo
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posted 59 days ago
congrats. you had a worthy project. I was toying with my block plane this weekend and for the first time I had some success with it. I hope you enjoy having a tool that is already set to perform at it’s peak!
kosta
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posted 59 days ago
wow it took that long were like 4 weeks into the fall contest
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spaids
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posted 59 days ago
Well yea it took a little while but they doubled the prize $. This is a happy thread :) And the extra blade was honed also. For some reason I can’t hold a honed tool (plane blade, chisel,...) without shaving much of my arm. I’m looking at a big bald spot on my left forearm right now. ....Thats weird.
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