You know by now that I enjoy keeping track of any woodworking tips that I come across by regularly posting them in the Woodworking Tips And Tidbits section of Woodworkers Guide. Well, if you have any tips of your own Christopher Schwarz over Woodworking Magazine Weblog has just announced a contest for your best woodworking tip, trick or shortcut!

Yep, Woodworking Magazine, the one that has no advertisements, is holding a contest for the best tip and the winner will receive a restored Millers Falls 2A drill from Wiktor Kuc! Runners-up will get their Shortcuts published in a coming issue and receive a one-year subscription (or renewal) to Woodworking Magazine.

Contest entries are due by midnight Friday, Aug. 22, 2008 so head over to the contest announcement page and submit your entry today! Oh, btw, to give you an idea of some good tips you can download a free page of them from their Fall issue!

Check it out by clicking here.

Good luck!

Back to the shop…

You may remember the announcement back in June about the upcoming Lumberjocks Woodworking Awards 2008 that was being held over at the Lumberjocks website. Well, the project submissions were made, the voting was done and the results were tallied!

The winning projects were selected from a total of 84 submissions in the online voting held from Aug 4 to Aug 7. There were 211 votes by 110 voters cast during this period.

Winners of the Best Overall Lumberjock Award went to:
1st Place – GaryK
2nd Place – Michael Brailsford
3rd Place – Karson

Winners of the One Man`s Junk Contest:
1st Place – Rex Billiard Table by Michael Brailsford
2nd Place – My Woodworking Bench from Salvage Materials by Karson
3rd Place – ‘Safety’ A Clamp made from a shipping crate by GaryK

Winners of the Serve It Up With Class Contest:
1st Place – A Faberge Inspired Serving Tray by GaryK
2nd Place – Woven Cutting Board by DAN
3rd Place – Fleur de lis Tray by CharlieM1958

Click here to view the winners and their projects.

This truly was a fun contest and the first time that I have ever participated in anything like it. Sadly, my entry with the Birdhouse Benches came in last place of the 68 submissions for the One Man’s Junk category. But hey, how can it be considered a loss when they were up against such great entries! In fact, I’m now referring to them as the “Last Place Winner” of the Summer 2008 LumberJocks Woodworking Awards!

Just wait until next time… yeah… next time…

Back to the shop…

Wow! LumberJocks has done it again! Not only is this one of the best online woodworking forums around but now they have just upped the ante with the LumberJocks Woodworking Awards for 2008!

This is your chance to show the woodworking world your latest project and compete for the coveted title of, get this - The Best Overall LumberJock! Woohoo! Imagine the bragging rights that comes with this one! There’ll be no denying your skills after winning this one!

Seriously, this is a very prestigious award because of the fact that the winner is chosen by our peers - other LumberJocks! Yep, there is no fancy, schmancy convoluted mechanism in place. There are no hoops to jump through, no mountains to climb or songs to sing. We simply do what we do best by doing our best and the winner will be determined by how many LumberJocks believe which project is the best. How simple is that?!

There are two categories, One Man’s Junk, where you create a project using old hardware, reclaimed wood and/or recycled junk and the Serve It Up With Class category where you build a serving tray out of at least two different varieties of wood.

And the prizes… boy, are there prizes! Get a load of this, here’s what’s up for grabs:

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