Two benevolent woodworkers recently sent me some fancy wood to play with. Thanks guys!One woodworker is Ethan Sincox and the other wishes to remain anonymous.
The woods include spalted walnut, pearwood, satinwood (which smells exactly like coconut oil and pineapple—according to Ethan—and indeed it does!), rosewood, an
d bog oak.One kindness begets another, so I'm giving away a table saw book, written by Paul Anthony, which was given to those of us who attended the Fine Woodworking Finishing Showdown.
Anyone can enter to win this book, even if you are from Siberia, Tasmania, or Nepal. Don't let your location stop you. If you win, I will gladly mail it to you.
To enter the drawing, just write your name in the comments section. 48 hours from the time this is posted, I'll ask my partner to pick a random number from the total number of entries. The corresponding number in the list of entrants wins the book.
I'm not having any more question-related giveaways—you guys are too clever!
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I printed off 49 individual numbers and my partner pulled one out of a bowl. And the winner is
Number 5: Justin Tyson!!
Justin, please email me your name and address and I'll mail the book to you asap: goodwoodworkshop@comcast.net
Wow, a wood that smells like a pina colada! I may need to check that out.
ReplyDeleteGreg Jones
I'll have to watch myself if I ever get any satinwood. It might end up in a blender.
ReplyDeleteVic Hubbard
Are we going to see the finished stone box? My better half brings back wood from her mission trips to S. America (I have enough key chains and t-shirts)I have to be careful though when turning these as one put me outside for 20 min. trying to catch my breath and the other well let's just say a cow patty would be a fragrant change.
ReplyDeleteBill Dalton
Enjoy the blog.
ReplyDeleteDavid Benton
Alright, finally a giveaway that I actually have a chance at winning! You do great work, Kari. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteJustin Tyson
The answer is:
ReplyDeleteApply one coat of satin varnish and when that dries applied two additional coats of clear varnish.
Ah, or that was the question.
Bill Stankus
Love the blog it gives hope and inspiration to us newbie woodworkers; and thanks for the chance to win the book.
ReplyDeleteWill Atwood
Great blog. Thanks a bunch and Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteActually Just found you yesterday, I'm thinking of making my own hand planes. I saw a semi how-to in here and I like the carving sections too!
ReplyDeleteStuart Williams
Happy Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteDave
I always enjoy your fresh outlook on things Kari and have really enjoyed the blog posts on carving planes and stone boxes. Keep up the great work.
ReplyDeletelove the column.
ReplyDeleteSo, Ethan didn't give you any of his Kauri wood? :-)
ReplyDeleteMichael
Hi Kari!
ReplyDeleteKari - some nice timbers there...enjoy - Rob
ReplyDeleteSo kind of you!
ReplyDeleteJulio Almeida / Brazil
Pretty neat. Thanks for passing it along.
ReplyDeleteDavid
Who doesn't love a contest?!?
ReplyDeleteSteve Taylor
I'm in, Kari- I'm really digging your oil stone holder carving, btw. Thanks!
ReplyDeletePete Owen
Please consider me entered. Thanks for this
ReplyDeleteScott MacLEOD
Hi from England,
ReplyDeleteI need some winter reading.
Hej from Sweden.
ReplyDelete/Markus
Michael is right, Kari. I totally forgot about my small stash of 50,000 year old Kauri wood! I'll include some in our next exchange.
ReplyDelete(Michael is the layout editor of the St. Louis Woodworkers Guild newsletter, Kari, so he gets all the credit for making the newsletter look as good as it does.)
I should mention the satin wood is the real thing from the West Indies and not yellowheart, which many people refer to as satinwood today. They are very distinct and different species. You can plane and scratch yellowheart to your hearts content but it will never smell like coconut and pineapple...
I always enjoy your blog, fun, informative and always interesting. Happy to enter the contest also, won't cost too much to send book to Ireland!
ReplyDeleteI want to enter. Greg Vaughn
ReplyDeleteJeremiah Rodriguez
ReplyDeleteMy Name is, My Name is, My Name is..... er, Tom.
ReplyDeleteI'm Chet in Columbia, SC. Would love to be the chosen one.
ReplyDeleteUm, Jeff Branch.
ReplyDeleteOooo OOoooooo OOOooooooo Pick me !! Pick Me !!!
ReplyDeleteDave B
Happy and Thanksgiving to you and yours Kari! Love the blog.
ReplyDeleteJoseph
Love your blog, great work both in the shop and one the keyboard. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMike Epsky
Thanks for the generous book offer.
ReplyDeleteKieran Kammerer
I'll throw my hat in the ring.
ReplyDeleteJeromy
I'm here (from Italy)
ReplyDeletePaolo
John Borgwardt
ReplyDeleteHAPPY THANKSGIVING !
ReplyDeleteGREAT WORK KARI,THANKS.....AG
Keep up the great work! Happy Thanksgiving from Las Vegas, NV.
ReplyDeleteKari
ReplyDeleteYou continue to amaze. The Carved Stone Holder is a gem. Thanks.
Ray
The tablesaw book looks like a good one
ReplyDeleteGreg in Little Rock
ReplyDeleteYou know how to draw your loyal readers out of the woodwork - ha ha!
ReplyDeleteCount me in! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteKari,
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy your blog and your demonstration of tools and techniques.
Please enter my name in the book drawing.
Hey,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much..
It is my first thanksgiving ever, because I juwt recently moved to the US.
Good vibes and love for everyone.
Mathieu Peeters
If no matters where we are, hello from Brazil, i want enter too.
ReplyDeleteMauricio MOntel
Hello from Eatonville Washington
ReplyDeleteWilliam Budd
I really enjoy the blog (and, being selfish, wish you'd write daily... although that would not be practical... after all, when would you have time to play with your new wood)
ReplyDeleteClearly this is a contest that makes maximum use of my talents. Please enter me.
Ron
Steve Marcotte
ReplyDeleteThanks Kari
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