Welcome to Issue 2.06  ~  June 2015

2015 is moving right along. Some members, I'm sure, are busy little beavers building summer projects, and some of you have packed away your tools so you can enjoy the season doing other things. 

Perhaps we can entice you to add something to your "to do" list: we have fun challenges, inspirational creations by our members, blog builds, and... well, that is a pretty good list of tantalizing tidbits. 

And what are you doing, woodworking-wise, this summer?

~ Debbie

WoodworkingWeb Challenges

Hand Tool Collections

And the winner is ... 

Last month we had a fun challenge to share photos of your hand tool collection. We had six entries and the "random draw" winner was: MaFe.

Thanks to everyone for participating. (See all the entries here)

And now... another fun challenge!

Favorite Tool Review

Do you have your favorite tools and would you like to recommend them to your woodworking buddies?... read more about this challenge here.  
(And, yes, there is a prize!)

You know you're a woodworker when ...

Every time you see a piece of wood on the side of the road you point it out to your wife and then debate in your head if you should go back and pick it up.”~ TonyCan

Inspirations

More Amazing WoodworkingWeb Creations

"I love to work with wood. I’ve built a summer cottage and shed, some furniture, outdoor planters, and I’ve done a lot of intarsia. (I don’t have a whole lot of that left as I tend to give it away). Several people have wanted to hire me to do some things for them, but, in most cases, I’ve resisted – I don’t want something I like doing to become a chore." ~ Bob

More From Our Members

Interview With A Woodworker: Wheaties

"At a very young age my brothers and I would build club houses and tree houses. Made a few shadow boxes in Jr High, but my real love for woodworking came in 9th grade shop class. In 1969, I built a floor model book shelve out of Mahogany. It’s about 4 ft wide by 4 ft tall by 1 ft deep. I still have it. When I applied the finish and the grain came to it’s true beauty, I was hooked."

Read the full interview here

Some of Wheaties' creations

Following the Build

Blog Series: Shaker End Table by 3fingerpat
"I volunteered to make this table for as a raffle prize for a non-profit organization’s convention later this summer. I have built several of these for my kids, one in Mahogany and one in curly Maple. Both of those were done using hand tools only, but this build will be a blend of both hand and power tools."

"My Humble Set: Being stationed out here in Okinawa, I don’t get much free time to enjoy the craft. This is what I work with though. it isn’t a lot, but it gets the job done. Also I may be a little late with the entry, but that’s fine. I just wanted to post on it anyway." ~ Chris

Fixing A Mistake: What are your tips/strategies and questions about fixing a mistake?Yes, "that all depends" — but there must be some standard “do’s” and “don’t do’s”. Share your tips here. 

Theme Challenge: Summer is around the corner for many of us and our theme this month is the SUN. 

The challenge? How would you represent the sun in your woodworking, in a wood creation? 

Post photos of your "SUN challenge" creations in the theme's comments section here.

Have you noticed the new "STORE" button? 
Check out this discussion to learn more. 

Stats & More

Current Site Statistics:2,342 woodworkers making 16,647 comments on 2,004 creations, 562 blogs and 439 forum topics.. 

Milestone: 2000 creations! June 1, 2015

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