31 Days of Christmas Grand Prize Winner!
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The Grand Prize Winner of Popular Woodworkings 31 Days of Christmas 2013 was.. Richard Wienhold! Congratulations to Richard for winning a Custom-made Hanging Tool Cabinet AND a $1,000 Gift Card from Lee Valley Tools. Richard has a Lee Valley wish list already filled and ready to go! Richard grew up woodworking with his Dad but got serious about woodworking over the last 6 years. Richard focuses in on hand tool []
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Get a Groat in Your Throat
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When it comes to pushing our handplanes, I think we are candy-bottomed wussies compared to the joiners of the 17th century. We are obsessed with how thin a shaving we can make. Early joiners, however, wanted to take the thickest, gnarliest shaving possible for the tool, the bench and his or her arms. For proof, take a look at the first English-language woodworking book, "The Art of Joinery" (1678) by []
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