What was up for grabs this month:

24″ Bora Clamp Edge Wide Track – Heavy duty straight edge tool guide. Increases the versatility of circular saws, jig saws, routers, biscuit joiners and more! Features dual t-tracks for attaching shop accessories, jigs and other attachments. One lucky winner will receive a 24″ model. Limited to US and Canada only.

3-Month Wood Whisperer Guild Membership – The Wood Whisperer Guild is a unique and interactive online woodworking school. If an existing member wins, I’ll simply add the time to the end of your subscription.

What you can win this month:

24″ Bora Clamp Edge Wide Track – Heavy duty straight edge tool guide. Increases the versatility of circular saws, jig saws, routers, biscuit joiners and more! Features dual t-tracks for attaching shop accessories, jigs and other attachments. One lucky winner will receive a 24″ model. Limited to US and Canada only.

3-Month Wood Whisperer Guild Membership – The Wood Whisperer Guild is a unique and interactive online woodworking school. If an existing member wins, I’ll simply add the time to the end of your subscription.

Want a chance to win?

All you need to do is participate. Each month, we select the winners randomly from the folks who comment on our videos and blog posts. Only meaningful comments will be selected. So the more you get involved, the better you chances of winning! Good luck!

What you can win this month:

Bloxygen Finish Preserver – Helps keep your finishes from curing prematurely. Bloxygen uses ultra pure Argon, a powerful and natural inert gas to drive the oxygen out of your container. Six lucky winners will each receive two cans!

24″ Bora Clamp Edge Wide Track – Heavy duty straight edge tool guide. Increases the versatility of circular saws, jig saws, routers, biscuit joiners and more! Features dual t-tracks for attaching shop accessories, jigs and other attachments. One lucky winner will receive a 24″ model.

Want a chance to win?

All you need to do is participate. Each month, we select the winners(s) randomly from the folks who comment on our videos and blog posts (this one doesn’t count). So the more you comment, the better your chances of winning! Good luck!

And I should probably mention that we’ll be selecting our three favorite submissions and giving them 1 year Guild Memberships. Already a member? No worries. We’ll tack the time onto your account!

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Around the Web:
Sawmill Creek Collaborative Project

Lowe’s Creative Ideas Website – online projects for beginner, intermediate and advanced woodworkers. Step by step plans for building projects, includes cut lists, hardware lists and instructions.

iHandy iPhone App. $1.99

News:
Roy Underhill open up a woodworking school. Read Woodworking Magazine’s blog post here.

Hot Deals:
Woodcraft’s one day only sale February 28th.
Highland Woodworking Steel City Bandsaw $699.99, regularly $989.97 plus free shipping.

Voicemail:
James wants to know if a tracksaw is as useful as a panel saw?

Tom’s Tip: Old finish for cheap!

Editor’s Tip: Rust erasers.

Giveaway:
Acanthus Workshop Class Giveaway – Chuck Bender

A trivia contest for which the winner will receive their choice of weekend Fundamentals class at the Acanthus Workshop in East Coventry, PA. Choose from any of the weekend Fundamentals classes offered by the Acanthus Workshop during the dates and times specified on the website (Fundamentals 1 July 18 & 19, Fundamentals 2 Mar. 15-15 or Aug. 29 & 30, Fundamentals 3 Apr. 17-19 or Sept. 25-27). All materials for the class are included. Fundamentals 1 is a Saturday and Sunday skill driven class based solely on hand tools. Fundamentals 2 is a Saturday and Sunday class based entirely on power tools where the students make a small footstool. Fundamentals 3 is a Friday, Saturday and Sunday class which blends the two and the students make a one drawer Shaker stand. Popular Woodworking magazine will up to $200.00 in food and travel expenses. Anything beyond the $200.00 that Popular Woodworking is willing to supply is on the winner of the contest.

The contest will run until 5pm EDT on March 10th. The contest is open to anyone except employees and family members of the involved entities. Winner will be announced live on the next Wood Talk Online.

Email answers to: WoodTalkOnline@acanthus.com

Here are the trivia questions:

1. What city was Chris Schwarz in where he fainted during a woodworking demonstration?
2. In what city was Chris Schwarz when he had an expensive infill plane stolen right under his nose?
3. Where did Bob Lang go to High School?
4. Chris Schwarz has referred to Bob Lang’s taste in music as 60-70s rock and roll, but the only musical artist Bob has ever referred to in the blog is from a different genre and era. Name this musical artist.
5. Bob Lang has published 7 books, 5 of them about the Arts & Crafts period of the early 20th century. Name the other 2.
6. What industry did Marc Spagnuolo work in before becoming a professional woodworker?
7. What instrument does Marc Spagnuolo play?
8. What was the name of Marc Spagnuolo’s furniture business?
9. What piece of furniture did Glen Huey build, with help from his Father, when he was 13 years old?
10. What piece of furniture was the first to put Glen Huey on the cover of Popular Woodworking Magazine.
11. What is Matt Vanderlist’s day job?
12. What is the name of the German shop teacher Chuck Bender had in high school?
13. What other business did Chuck Bender have in addition to furniture making?
14. What special event in Chuck Bender’s sons life did Chuck blog about?
15. After ten years in what town did Chuck Bender move his shop to its current location?

Enjoy the video form the live feed below.

Status Report:
Marc has FINALLY finished the gadget station and plans on delivering it next week. While in the area, he is also going to have a visit with the one and only David Marks. Matt decided to rearrange his shop tools recently and is apparently going to start writing a new book entitled, “The Feng Shui Workshop”.

Around the Web:
Check out Keith Cruickshank’s awesome videos at Woodtreks.com
Popular Woodworking Magazine and Woodworking Magazine have had a little facelift recently. FineWoodworking.com also seems to have had a few tweaks.

News:
Don’t miss your chance to enter The Wood Talk Online Giveaway. Lee Valley provided us with two of their new Skew Rabbet Planes and next week we will select two lucky winners. Enter Here!

Hot Deals:
DeWalt 18V Cordless Drill/Driver Kit Sweepstakes ends October 13th thanks to Tool Snob
Makita Orbital Finishing Sander only $39.99, Save 27% Highland woodworking while supplies last.
Aluminum Assembly Clamps from Lee Valley set of 4 (2) 18″ & (2) 24″ $85 regularly $108 fast-acting sliding jaw with a locking handle mechanism (similar to locking pliers)
Makita 14.4 V cordless impact driver at woodcraft $189.99
Select Norton Combination Waterstones Save 20%! Now Through October 31, 2008!

Topics: Where we get our design inspiration. Marc recommend a Taunton Publication.

Voicemail:
David has a good question concerning bandsaw blade width.

Tom’s Tip: Tired of using guesswork every time you set up your dado stack? Tom has some advice.