Congrats GaryK!

I echo those congratulations! And to you Ryan. Well deserved placements indeed.

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.

Congratulations!!

Enjoy your prize!

-- -** 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

very exciting…
Congratulations to both of you AND to everyone else who participated.

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

Congratulations!! Gary…...LumberJock of the moment!

A well deserved win. “You are the Man.”

And congratulations to all the other competitors as well. You all deserve to be proud of your accomplishments. And thanks to Martin for creating and allowing us here at LJ’s to have some fun with this kind of competition.

-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/

congrats to gary , ryan and stewart ! and everyone else who entered . all lumberjocks benefitted from this contest . great work everyone , and thank you martin

First of all I want to thank all of my fellow wookworkers whether you voted for my projects or not.
Just the comoraderie and enjoyment of these past few weeks makes all of us winners.

I was truly ready to concede and resign myself to Ryan Shervill winning the award. His fantastic table
is a clear winner, and his beautiful box is fantastic also. And Stewart’s amazing chair. And all the other great
entries.

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

I just posted the official winners announcement ;)

-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Martin_Sojka/1357216976

Hey Gary, good on ya! You have been one of this site’s most prolific posters. Thank you for all of your inspiration.

And thanks Martin. That was fun. What a wonderful second home this site is.

Steve

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Congrats to the very deserving winners!

It was really hard to choose from among such a fantastic group of projects. I think the competition really sparked some LJ’s to stretch themselves and become better woodworkers because of it.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Congratulations Gary, Ryan and Stewart on great projects! And thanks too all who thought enough of my project to vote for it! I was kinda shocked at how well I did overall, especially in the box category..there were a number of boxes I voted for which ended up placing behind me that I thought were top notch from a challenge in craftsmanship standpoint, quality of workmanship and creativity standpoint…..I’m very very humbled…..with that I’ll close by saying that with the exception of Stewart…Gary and Ryan had to enter two different projects to beat me instead of one! (had to get that little dig in there..just teasing…the other way to think of it is I had to enter two categories in order to place as well as I did overall). Thanks for a great competition Martin!

-- Rich, Madison WI

hah that’s a very good point Rich… your one entry did very very well!! (well deserved placing – in the category and overall).
I too was very surprised with the votes my little box received. I’m as proud as a peacock! :)

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

Congratulations to you Gary. Well deserved!

-- Maplewood, MN

HIP HIP HORRAY! BRAVO! KUDDOS! AND CONGRATS!

-- Adrian ..... The 11th Commandment...."Thou Shalt Not Buy A Wobble Dado"

I would like to congratulate all the entries in the contest. They were all outstanding! Congratulations to Gary for his first place in the box category. Nicely done!

-- Tom, Michigan ~ Working with a renewable resource called wood

Congrats from me too Gary! That was one beautiful box!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

And a special congrats to you too Ryan! You never thought you had something and look what it got you! So you keep letting that inner artist influence you…I see some great stuff in your future!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Congrats to all the winners , they were all well deserved.

-- John in Cranbrook http://www.extremebirdhouse.com ....http://community.webshots.com/user/cranbrook2

I agree all the entries were fantastic

-- Billp

Many congrats from a new LJ and beginner WW. You are all heroes to me and offer high motivation to continue with this obsession er I mean…hobby.

Congrats to all the winners! A lot of time and effort was spent on these projects. In my opinion, There were not any losers in these contests. (Just winners!) To all entrants, Thanks for making the contests so interesting!
God bless

-- Gene, a Christian in Virginia