The Headless LumberJock Hallowe'en Challenge

"Oh it's Hallowe'en night, and the goblins are out, to give you and me a fright..."
... and the Hallowe'eners need a container to hold candy... so, what do you think this challenge is about? Check out the details here.

LumberJocks Scrap It Out!

It's time to get your scrap together and join us for this fun challenge. All you need is: some scrap wood, a wee bit of time and a little ingenuity.
And what are the benefits? Well, you can't beat a little fun and friendly competition but you might just get a little "15 minutes, no .. days ... of fame!
Read more here.

FREE Book Draws

This month we have three, yes, count them, 3 book draws for you!
Information about how to enter your name for each of the draws is located on the respective review page.

1. Handcarved Christmas
   Donor: Fox Chapel Publishing (FoxChapelPublishing.com)
   Book review and draw information, here

2. Woodworking Joints
   Donor: Gary Roberts (Toolemera.com)
   Book review and draw information, here

3. Sand Shading
   Donor: Ralph Bagnall (ConsultingWoodworker.com)
   Book review and draw information, here

The random draw winner for last month's book, Woodcarving Noah's Ark, is... woodzy! Congratulations

Tea Lights for Charity

If you have wood scraps lying around (and I know you do or you could have by the end of the day) then this challenge is for you! Grumpy has challenged you!! See his blog here.

Georgia, USA - Woodworking "Meetup"

Looking for woodworkers in the Georgia region to talk shop with in person? The "Modern Woodworkers Association" meets on the second Saturday of each month. Read more here.

CURRENT LUMBERJOCKS' CLASSES

We have several classes taking place right now:
* GaryK's Bread Box Class (our newest class)
* Sheila Landry's Scrollsaw Class (10 lessons and counting)
* MyChipCarving's Chip Carving Class (carving a plate)
* RGTools' Hand Tool Build (an occasional table)
* Scrappy's Wood Bracelet (this class has just wrapped up)

SEE ALL CLASSES HERE
and be sure to "subscribe to your classes so you do not miss a lesson.

• Rules are meant to be broken, right? But first you have to know the rules... and then, well, Darrell Peart says... read his blog, here

• "Here Comes The Sun" - helluvawreck blogs about his carving project.
  A great blog with lots of pictures!

• Re-finishing a table: oh the heartache when a beautiful project has been stained by daily living. But, Karson comes to the rescue on this gorgeous creation

• First projects, first toolkits, and first tools - all come together in this project by a 10-year old and blogged by Dad, Tomcat1066.

• Over the past couple of months, Brit walked us through the restoration of a hand brace. Now he is turning his (and our) attention to the salvaging of a tenon saw. Here is the blog series.

• Looking for business tips? In this blog series, Michael1 shares information on selling your product. Blog series.

• Pizza, Pizza! Brett shares the making of a pizza peel in video format. Here is part I of the series.

• Perhaps it is a sign of the times that we are seeing an increase in restoring and using old tools. Here, Brian Shourd shares his first backsaw restoration.

• Video of the Month: Wax Pucks
  Bill Schenher III shows us, in this video, how to make wax pucks for multiple uses around the shop

• Tutorial of the Month: Milling Lumber
  MoshupTrail shares some strategies and safety tips in this tutorial blog.

• Shop Tour of the Month: There are basement work spaces and then there are basement workshops. JL7 has definitely created a workshop in his lower level space! You will know what I mean when you check out his video.

• Review of the Month: Festool MFT/3 Multifunction Table
  Woodtechbbq shares his review here

INTERVIEW WITH A LUMBERJOCK

Hit by the woodworking bug early on (building his own scooter), you can feel the joy he has for the craft as he shares his story in this interview. Read about his journey here.

GATEWAYS OF THE MONTH

LumberJocks readily share tips, tricks, plans, and tutorials on anything and everything related to woodworking. The following Gateways have been created to compile information for easy access.

• Project Gateways
  Ex. This Gateway takes us to everything tagged as Canes
• Tips & Tricks Gateways
  Ex. Here is a list of tips for working with Children in the Workshop
• Safety Tips Gateways
  Ex. Here are safety tips for the bandsaw Any other tool I should include in the list? (Send me a message re: your ideas)

More than just t-shirts!

Our LumberJocks' CafePress Stores (USA) and Canada), along with t-shirts, have such things as hats as shown here, with our treasured LumberJocks logo on them.

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