Sunday, December 31, 2017

Friday, December 29, 2017

Thursday, December 28, 2017

Build an Affordable Kitchen Island: Kitchen islands are the contemporary version of the old-fashioned kitchen worktable: a centrally located station at which to chop, slice, mix, roll, and knead. Today’s islands typically provide… https://t.co/3arlpxfOxh #woodworkingquest https://t.co/Y1dLlgmLiV


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Making a Bench in a Hurry with Alan Turner: I’ve built a few benches in my time, benches for show and benches in a hurry. I’ve also seen, written about and filmed other benches being made. Each bench and each maker has a process and… https://t.co/VSOnXvrS3P #woodworkingquest https://t.co/9RkicaJBQT


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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Monday, December 25, 2017

Enter to Win Mirka DEROS Dust-Free Sanding System – Today Only!: Today’s Prize — December 25 We have a huge prize for December to Remember today! Remember to enter every day for your chance to win a daily prize! Enter now! Mirka® DEROS… https://t.co/hgxkdEzTt6 #woodworkingquest https://t.co/ljwAoLStoP


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Sunday, December 24, 2017

How to Draw Eye-pleasing Arches: I use a lot of arched shapes in my work. They are a pleasing geometrical construction that can be used in doors, on the ends of bookshelves or on the bases of chests (I particularly like them on the ends… https://t.co/6d8CP1soIz #woodworkingquest https://t.co/eCN781XQHJ


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Top 10 Blog Posts of 2017 – Y’all Really Like Drama and Chris Schwarz: I took a look at our analytics for the blogs on our site and found that y’all really like drama and Chris Schwarz. I really can’t blame you, I’ve waited for the day… https://t.co/4zTEcFGu4t #woodworkingquest https://t.co/japMpHAiAC


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Saturday, December 23, 2017

Gigantic Sculptures of Cats Wearing Helmets by Kenji Yanobe: The Japanese sculptor Kenji Yanobe is known for his large-scale robotic and nightmarish toys. But animals too have always played an important role in Yanobe’s work too. And in… https://t.co/LRNPeJqftI #woodworkingquest https://t.co/7nnQoQuALX


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Winners of Week 2 – December to Remember 2017: I have drawn the following winners at random for the second week of the contest. Continue to enter throughout the month of December! December 8: Fred B., Michigan December 9: James Leinen,… https://t.co/WQBuGWId2T #woodworkingquest https://t.co/zzWSBwaEOH


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Friday, December 22, 2017

Fujisan World Heritage Center by Shigeru Ban Now Open: Amongst a group of finalists who had submitted proposals for a world heritage center to be built at the foot of Japan’s Mt. Fuji, one proposal clearly stood out from the rest. All… https://t.co/B9k9vOWirh #woodworkingquest https://t.co/pnDNRb5q8K


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Quick Holiday Project: Wooden Robot Dolls: Holiday fever is upon me. Panicked gift shopping aside, I spent the weekend working on a couple of projects for family. This morning I decided I needed another stocking stuffer for my two… https://t.co/XZhY2ZvvRE #woodworkingquest https://t.co/DTizWVuHtJ


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Thursday, December 21, 2017

The Bright Future of Woodworking – Jaida Waggoner: I’m happy to report that there is a bright future for woodworking. A short while ago, we had a chance to catch up with Jaida Waggoner. She stopped by our shop to show us a couple of… https://t.co/aPo8EOwKkV #woodworkingquest https://t.co/0DKqUXTNeF


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The Michelangelo of Microsoft Excel: The Microsoft Excel program, which comes pre-installed on most PCs, is typically reserved for financial analysis, or bookkeeping. But for Tatsuo Horiuchi, a 77-year old retired man living in Japan,… https://t.co/ZxQuc4Szy0 #woodworkingquest https://t.co/BfpkZWcDTI


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Popular Woodworking Magazine, February 2018: The February Issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine is one of the more rewarding issues I’ve worked on in my (relatively short) time here at the magazine. In particular, two articles stand out… https://t.co/ZmU2cYQvDz #woodworkingquest https://t.co/4iVJ7AqROD


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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Hands-on With The Shaper Origin – Exclusive Review: Up to now, CNCs were large, heavy, complicated tools that take up a lot of space in a shop. The Shaper Origin is something quite different. It’s a hand-held, easy-to-use CNC that you… https://t.co/5WPsJh0gno #woodworkingquest https://t.co/bbss6wIEYB


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Tricks of the Trade: Adjustable Shooting Board: There’s really no substitute for a nice, dialed-in shooting board. It’s a bench appliance that every woodworker with a handplane should have for sneaking up to a line and making perfect… https://t.co/1bxPMWT2Xq #woodworkingquest https://t.co/FiaIyD2fjP


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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Shut Up & Build (or Just Shut Up): I’m not easily riled. But if you want to get me worked up, then make a casual comment on a piece of woodworking that you’ve never built or dealt with. Case-in-point: I’ve been using a metal planing… https://t.co/hXh5D8hZLh #woodworkingquest https://t.co/YqHnprLRPm


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WWGOA’s Top 10 of 2017: With 2018 just around the corner, WWGOA has taken some time to look back at your favorite articles and videos from the last year. We’ve picked out our most popular woodworking topics of 2017 for you to check out… https://t.co/e9IvR49xeI #woodworkingquest https://t.co/o9eeC3ADil


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Air Movement and Heat Speed the Drying of Finishes: On Nov. 22 I posted an explanation of how cooler temperatures slow the drying of all finishes. Well, the opposite is also true. Warmer temperatures, especially with the aid of air… https://t.co/L6pEaRz3P8 #woodworkingquest https://t.co/lswubdKGjb


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Edo-Ball: Ukiyo-e Prints Inspired by NBA Culture: Ukiyo-e has inspired countless numbers of spinoffs that have riffed on everything from Star Wars and Nintendo characters to animated gifs. But one mashup we did not see coming was Edo… https://t.co/T0SM2fY9lP #woodworkingquest https://t.co/cXvUez92z9


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Monday, December 18, 2017

Photographing Factories Against a Mt. Fuji Backdrop: In a previous series on Mt. Fuji we talked about the many niche subcategories of photographing Mt. There’s Mt. Fuji with clouds, Mt. Fuji from afar, Mt. Fuji from the city and Mt.… https://t.co/1vT4ZiMMMV #woodworkingquest https://t.co/xq10x3paF2


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A Stroke of Luck While Refinishing a Wooden Counter: One of my current jobs involves adding some cabinets to a kitchen in a 1912 house. Luckily, the kitchen still has its original built-in, which guided the design of the new pieces.… https://t.co/wgoWGuWSNS #woodworkingquest https://t.co/AyHVPwqC2Y


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Saturday, December 16, 2017

Friday, December 15, 2017

Friday Giveaway: No book giveaway this week. Instead I’m giving away $100 Lee Valley gift card to one lucky winner! Thanks for all the great comments each Friday throughout the year – it’s been fun to read all the smart, funny stuff you… https://t.co/ncNAQBJtrf #woodworkingquest https://t.co/eEk82jefI7


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Close the Throat of a Plane by Shimming the Blade: Open throat planes and spokeshaves, like a scrub plane, are designed for the quick removal of thick shavings. Unfortunately, no meal comes free and the price for this quick work is an… https://t.co/sCKArzLkVU #woodworkingquest https://t.co/5nVDdBalDW


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Thursday, December 14, 2017

Shiba-inu Geoglyph Made Entirely From Natural Materials: With just about 2 weeks before Japan welcomes in 2019, the new year of the dog, Hitachi Seaside Park in Ibaraki Prefecture has unveiled an enormous geoglyph of a Shiba-inu and 2… https://t.co/Fhj921lokB #woodworkingquest https://t.co/hyPXRPsGap


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Introduction to Vacuum Veneering with Jonathan Benson: When I started woodworking the idea of veneering seemed like magic to me. From selecting the best materials, to the design (orienting the grain of the pieces to present the desired… https://t.co/ffVrvtCKz7 #woodworkingquest https://t.co/9UJPGgseU8


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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Colored Pencils Modeled After Traditional Japanese Flowers: Japan has a rich appreciation for flowers like sakura (cherry blossoms) and kiku (chrysanthemums), which are practically national symbols. Deeply ingrained in the culture as… https://t.co/CQ6l1DLHvP #woodworkingquest https://t.co/Bd5f9g5HUf


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Anarchist’s 2017 Gift Guide, Day 9: O’Keefe’s Working Hands: If were being honest, woodworking would be a lot more difficult in the winter months without O’Keefe’s Working Hands. I have a container of this at my workbench and by my… https://t.co/om14Gqo20q #woodworkingquest https://t.co/2fJ2bwFnoy


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Digital Artistry — Meet the Artist: Darrell Peart: Meet the artists from the December 2017 issue How five masterful makers integrate CNC and CAD technology into their woodworking In the December 2017 issue of Popular Woodworking… https://t.co/iO2zkZivUU #woodworkingquest https://t.co/5k1C8J6Uh3


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Water Spots From Rain: A Lesson Learned: I learned this lesson the hard way. Don’t transport unfinished wood in the open bed of a pick-up truck if there’s any chance of rain. A local cabinet shop had made some oak display stands, and I… https://t.co/MaCdeC2Ts9 #woodworkingquest https://t.co/I3eRlTm8bl


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Monday, December 11, 2017

Turn a Bureau into a Workbench: Building furniture without a dedicated workshop or even a workbench has always been a challenge. While there are lots of ways to get around the problem, one of my favorite is what is called the… https://t.co/zHZPKXm5Kw #woodworkingquest https://t.co/Y1fQulmgTm


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Perfectly Imperfect Furniture: I’ve long been fascinated by handmade utility furniture: the kind of stuff made to be used, not admired for the craftsmanship invested in its production. In the early 1980s, I bought an old chest of… https://t.co/tto5m0WdqU #woodworkingquest https://t.co/lIye37TROw


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Holiday Gift Projects! Table-Top Skittles: Editor’s note: With the holidays upon us, we’re looking through the magazines and books we own for fun handmade gifts – things that you can build in not too much shop time, but that will help… https://t.co/KkF7JRZXvL #woodworkingquest https://t.co/Bex0jKZYzF


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Saturday, December 9, 2017

Dense Tokyo as Seen Through the Lens of Tatsuto: It’s well-documented that Tokyo is amongst the world’s most densely-populated cities. And you don’t have to look to far for visual confirmation of this: simply board a train headed for… https://t.co/dwYxXK7oNZ #woodworkingquest https://t.co/4YiZ44bvUg


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5 Inexpensive Gifts a Woodworker Will Use: This year when people ask me what they should get their woodworking family and friends for the holidays, my first answer is always a board of hardwood. But if they have a tool in mind, things… https://t.co/opshpSJ0ts #woodworkingquest https://t.co/3C7eA7uej2


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Friday, December 8, 2017

Thursday, December 7, 2017

WWGOA LIVE! December 2017: Looking for some new woodworking knowledge? George Vondriska will be streaming here and answering your woodworking questions for WWGOA Live on Thursday, December 14th at 7:00 p.m. CST. Feel free to ask… https://t.co/SW8o1umO90 #woodworkingquest https://t.co/AZRrF3l4mI


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The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Mascot Candidates Unveiled: The many decision-making processes for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics have been a bumpy ride, to say the least. Plagiarism allegations forced the committee to scrap their original… https://t.co/DX8oxtBDIu #woodworkingquest https://t.co/gpxGNOD8E6


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New Old Stock of Italian Made Breast Drills: A while ago I blogged about a Breast Drill that I bought on eBay and restored. I also mentioned that it is hard to find a good quality drills with concealed gears on the market today. After I… https://t.co/VP3XFzcmOT #woodworkingquest https://t.co/evUcryLv4v


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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Anarchist’s 2017 Gift Guide, Day 8: Clamptite Tool: I love wooden tool handles. Their only downside is they break and need to be repaired or replaced. If you prefer to repair your tool handles, the inexpensive Clamptite tool is your… https://t.co/VUzsmmBC55 #woodworkingquest https://t.co/f2CYRER8pc


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Digital Artistry — Meet the Artist: Bob Spangler: Meet the artists from the December 2017 issue How five masterful makers integrate CNC and CAD technology into their woodworking In the December 2017 issue of Popular Woodworking… https://t.co/HANf51zxZC #woodworkingquest https://t.co/mgjhaBo9dI


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Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Why You Can’t French Polish with Polyurethane: I got a question from a woodworker about French polishing. He wanted to know why he was having so much trouble French polishing with Wipe-on Poly. He had made his pad as instructed, putting… https://t.co/nqdAuNUEot #woodworkingquest https://t.co/yb9mOySKdz


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Winners of the 2017 Kansai Photojournalism Awards: The 2017 Kansai Photojournalism Awards were announced last week. Exceptional photojournalism and videography from this year was recognized in various categories like News and Sports.… https://t.co/MZKZxkFvEg #woodworkingquest https://t.co/75zPgH9ZCe


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Serious Play: Judson Beaumont and the Straight Line Designs furniture factory. by Asa Christiana pages 28-32 When I think of Judson Beaumont I can’t help thinking of Willie Wonka – the original Wonka, from Roald Dahl’s matchless tales.… https://t.co/q760otFoJr #woodworkingquest https://t.co/N8Ps3eRoO9


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Rout Arches of Any Size: This millwork technique can be used to make curved parts with accuracy and ease. by Ben Brunick pages 33-39 Much of my recent work has been making period-appropriate arch-top sash windows for an historic… https://t.co/hImWHVyuF9 #woodworkingquest https://t.co/1VwKpMAhaa


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Monday, December 4, 2017

Lixie Dead Blow Mallet: by Brendan Gaffney page 14 Well-fit joinery (not too loose, not too tight) and well-planned glue-ups rarely need much persuasion – but I am not always lucky enough to find myself with either of those. In the… https://t.co/A5wj55A2Pd #woodworkingquest https://t.co/EpRuZmQfOm


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Lixie Dead Blow Mallet: by Brendan Gaffney page 14 Well-fit joinery (not too loose, not too tight) and well-planned glue-ups rarely need much persuasion – but I am not always lucky enough to find myself with either of those. In the… https://t.co/7IzKLCR8e0 #woodworkingquest https://t.co/5ErXZ7PBjr


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Bad Axe Tool Works D-8 Handsaws: by James McConnell page 16 Making a good handsaw is difficult; making great handsaws at a production level seems darned near impossible. The new D-8 handsaws (based on the Disston D8 and Simonds No. 72)… https://t.co/QWdCyTfJkT #woodworkingquest https://t.co/IIq6tr5EB0


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Bad Axe Tool Works D-8 Handsaws: by James McConnell page 16 Making a good handsaw is difficult; making great handsaws at a production level seems darned near impossible. The new D-8 handsaws (based on the Disston D8 and Simonds No. 72)… https://t.co/Yg0KtByePc #woodworkingquest https://t.co/HHAvIHR8N8


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Texas Heritage Woodworks Saddle Bag: by Brendan Gaffney page 16 I’m a fan of having my tools out and at hand in the workshop. It’s easy enough to mount the saws to the wall, whip up a chisel rack and tuck the planes on a shelf, but the… https://t.co/RrN6C7dAJj #woodworkingquest https://t.co/aBdGYMvd1L


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Texas Heritage Woodworks Saddle Bag: by Brendan Gaffney page 16 I’m a fan of having my tools out and at hand in the workshop. It’s easy enough to mount the saws to the wall, whip up a chisel rack and tuck the planes on a shelf, but the… https://t.co/lbGHc4fY9a #woodworkingquest https://t.co/BqdLQY21Lt


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Shapeoko XL CNC Kit: Desktop-sized digital technology priced for the home workshop. by Tim Celeski page 16 Generally, CNCs suited for woodworking have heavy construction for stable motion, precision tracking for accuracy and the power… https://t.co/SsjKjctwoH #woodworkingquest https://t.co/8Ak7ZxXXb1


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SensGard Ear Chamber Hearing Protection: by Rob Porcaro page 18 Before reading why these SensGard hearing protectors are so good, consider if you share some of the problems I have had with other protectors. I do not like stuffing things… https://t.co/9ZvAvzR8us #woodworkingquest https://t.co/ocCIw8o87U


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BearKat Wood’s Chair Scraper: by James McConnell page 18 There is no doubt in my mind that a chair scraper from BearKat Wood should be in every chairmaker’s tool chest. Card scrapers have long been the secret clean-up weapon of… https://t.co/0BF13fGEZ2 #woodworkingquest https://t.co/pcAfcG8SDL


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Design Matters: Local Hidden Treasure: You might drive by one every day, tucked away from the main road. by George Walker pages 18-20 I drove right by it for years, never suspecting there was a time capsule of American furniture right… https://t.co/fawqOQn1o4 #woodworkingquest https://t.co/2lYv2iA3pe


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Sunday, December 3, 2017

Heirloom Photo Album:   Editor’s note: With the holidays upon us, I’m looking through the magazines and books we own for fun handmade gifts – things that you can build in not too much shop time, but that will help to create a lifetime… https://t.co/dcIoMYxcUD #woodworkingquest https://t.co/RSjkvLERU0


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Saturday, December 2, 2017

Anarchist’s 2017 Gift Guide, Day 7: Sewing Machine Oilcans: There are a few things I keep at arm’s reach in the shop: an oily rag, some paraffin and a small sewing can oiler. Shown in the photo above are the four that I could gather in… https://t.co/09jBug7tEG #woodworkingquest https://t.co/51aW5FTVEu


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WWGOA Quickscrews Sweepstakes: WWGOA Quickscrews Sweepstakes Official Rules NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. 1. Sweepstakes Entry Period/Sponsor: The WWGOA Quickscrews… https://t.co/htd7ez0qqk #woodworkingquest


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A Look Inside Kerry Pierce’s Shop: Part 2: Kerry Pierce has written for Popular Woodworking for decades. His work covers dozens of magazine articles and books–so I guess I made some assumptions about what his shop would look like. As it… https://t.co/9h8KNETH6O #woodworkingquest https://t.co/dPvd4qYmD8


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Friday, December 1, 2017

Arts & Mysteries: Lunette & Floral Carving: This traditional pattern can dress up any panel. by Peter Follansbee pages 60-62 I’ve carved so many oak boxes that I lost track of their number long ago. I’ll sometimes bump into one, or a… https://t.co/dDpGIjBe9y #woodworkingquest https://t.co/GTGmH7dM7f


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Causes of Orange Peel: Understand and avoid this common spraying flaw. by Bob Flexner pages 62-63 Orange peel is the most universal defect in a sprayed finish. It is a bumpiness on the surface that resembles the skin of an orange –… https://t.co/V61qbeiPwz #woodworkingquest https://t.co/OMB07KVwy6


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End Grain: Patience Learned, Not Taught: Youthful energy sparks the experience, but careful work takes time. by Bill Murr page 64 Recently, the young boy a few houses down the street want-ed to make some things out of wood. His father… https://t.co/npT2Eo3dFe #woodworkingquest https://t.co/LbXtiTVuvh


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Book Giveaway: December Mystery Box: So, I’m looking at the bookshelves in our office library and it’s time to make some room for new stuff. Plus, the holidays are upon us. So I thought it might be fun to do a Mystery Box Giveaway.… https://t.co/38Zb9J5H3Y #woodworkingquest https://t.co/ScffNROCUI


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