Leap year -- an extra day in February. Still, I can't believe that we are already entering the month of March!

So far, this year, we have held our Winter Awards event, kicked off our very successful Reviews feature, held two reviews-related challenges, and welcomed 1000 new members. 

2008 is definitely an exciting year.

(Oh, and speaking of 29 ... somebody's birthday is just around the corner!!
Happy Birthday to me)

~ Debbie

We've been busy! Have you checked out the blogs and projects recently?
Our List of Famous Woodworkers Continues to Grow Our very own "Teenagewoodworker" was mentioned on "Wood Talk Online", by Marc Spagnuolo and Matt Vanderlist. Congratulations on the honour!
Lone Star Woodworking Association... We congratulate Steve Russell on his new position as the president of the brand new Woodlands chapter, in Texas. We wish your group best wishes!
Anyone Out There: Augusta Ga. Region Newplane is in a little predicament and is looking for some shop space to use in the Augusta Ga. area. Check out his request, here, for more information.	A LumberJock in need

In Memory of Oscorner Last month Dusty and Karson created a magnificent piece of art that would be used as a tribute to our friend Oscorner. Members were able to make a donation to LumberJocks.com (to help fund the site) and in return their name was put in the hat for a random draw for the artwork. The recipient is "Karrie" who just happens to be Karson's daughter. How wonderful that the tribute is not only going into the hands of one of our members but also into "family". Thank you to everyone who made a donation in Oscorner's name.
Pen Turners' Swap Several of our LumberJocks are participating in a "Pen Turners' Swap". The pens are currently travelling around North America, which each participant trading a pen for one of his/her own! Let's watch.
LumberJocks Picnics Throughout the year many LumberJocks get together for what have become known as "LumberJock Picnics". The following are in the plans. If you'd like to arrange a picnic in your area, just let me know and I'll post the information in the eMag. (The more notice you can give, the more opportunities people have to make arrangements.) Arlington, Texas:  (POSTPONED. No date set yet.) Brant County, Ontario: July 13, 2008. Host: MsDebbieP Washington State: June 14 or 21, 2008. Host: chamoruboy Mid-America: (to be determined). your picnic listed here

Tool Review Challenge To add a little fun to our "Leap Year" Martin presented a little challenge to members: post a review (with pictures of course) and have your name put in a draw for one of four special $29 gift certificates! With this opportunity only happening once every four years, the excitement was unsurmountable! This little challenge obviously had everyone leaping for joy as we had almost 100 new reviews posted. Congratulations to: hops sIKE gizmodyne rikkor And a special congratulations to Hawgnutz, who has posted 19 reviews already! In recognition of his commitment to the site and to the reviews he will receive a LumberJocks t-shirt!

GardenTenders 'Tis the season... well, depending on what part of the world you are in, it is the season to do something in your gardens!!   Check out our sister site, GardenTenders.com to get some tips and tricks and to share your gardening experiences.
Home Renovating
... we're getting closer! The latest online community, by Martin Sojka, will soon be introduced and ready for members to share their experiences with home building and renovating.

The Ins and Outs of Dovetail Joinery What is a dovetail? It's a joinery method using interlocking pins and tails. The majestic dovetail has received lots of coverage here at the LumberJocks' Shop. We've had questions and answers,  a "dule" (the technical name for a group of doves) of projects, and many tutorials, including videos.	(box by Odie)
To create the dovetails you can choose to use hand tools or specialty dovetail jigs or, well, it almost seems that the options are endless!
There are lapped dovetails, through dovetails, and secret dovetails, (taken from the Encyclopedia of Furniture Making) and we have seen double half-blind dovetails with beautiful combinations of wood.Some dovetails are precise and uniform and other woodworkers prefer a non-typical layout.
Check our our collection of projects that have been tagged for "dovetails" and "dovetail". You will be inspired to get out in the shop and build something right away!	(box by Douglas Bordner)
Need a little help? We have lots of that as well. Forum Discussions: Dovetail Blog Entries: Dovetails And don't forget to check out the video tutorials: Inlaid Dovetails by Al Navas Dovetailing a Box by Alin Dobra Oak Dovetailed Blanket Chest by John Nixon

Shhh!  She's resting.

If you would like to be part of the Shop Tours and Inspections send a message to Douglas Bordner, or resident Tour Manager, Writer, and Designer.

Inspections are painless and we enjoy getting a peek into other people's shops!

Wrapping The Grain Around A Box Do you have a piece of wood with beautiful grain, that you'd like to have continue around a box? Gizmodyne shares with us some tips to do just that. The photos that he has included are helpful in getting the layout of the wood correct. The end result - gorgeous! Read more.
Jointing Boards Without The Big Tools You have a small shop and no big jointer to fix those edges on your boards? No worries! The Teenagewoodworker shows us how to do the job with limited tools. Read more.
Laminated Bending: Which Glue? Not sure which type of glue to use for a  laminated bending project? Swied asked some very important questions and our LumberJocks jumped right in with lots of advice. Read more.
Shop-Built Mitre Gauge Gord Graff presents a video tutorial on building your own mitre gauge. As Gord says, "It's easier than you think."  Read more.	Need A Mitre Gauge?
There's More Than One Way To Trim Wood Brent asked about trimming up small wood strips and several tips were provided.  Read more.	Router? Hand Tools?
Marquetry Tips Has the thought of trying marquetry left you trembling? Frank Boer has put together a list of "how to" tips. As he puts it: "There's nothing to it". He does make it sound easy. Check out his list here.	MARQUETRY TIPS
Hand-made Hand Plane GaryK walks us through the step-by-step process that he followed to make his first hand plane. This series begins here.
Greene Inspired Night Stand From the Sketchup design, to the first cut and  ChicoWoodnut walks us through building a beautiful night stand. The series begins here.
Building a Log Home Are you thinking about building a log house but not sure where to start? Well, start here with Daltxguy's blog series which is walking us through his journey as he builds his log home. The series starts here.
Turning Green Wood Alin Dobra shares tips and techniques for turning green wood in his blog series.  The series starts here.
Reclaiming Pallets Sounds like a great idea! But is it just too much work? Check out the ideas shared in the comments here.	Reclaiming Pallets
Cutting the Perfect Dado Ampeater shares a quick step-by-step process to cutting the perfect dado. Check it out here.	Perfect Dadoes
Tablesaw Alignment Here, some tips are given to get that tablesaw aligned as perfect as possible.	Tablesaw Alignment
Bandsaw Resawing Are you having difficulties resawing wood? Check out these tips.	Resawing Tips

Reviews Reviews: From one woodworker to another These reviews are based on personal experiences by woodworkers in their own shops. Please note that these reviews may not represent the results achieved by other woodworkers using the same product. Total Reviews So Far: 253

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A Small Wall Shelf MrTrim walks us through building a small wall shelf. The photo steps are very helpful. Let's see YOUR version. Find the step-by-step plans here.
Bunk Beds RobH walks us through building bunk beds in his step-by-step series. The series starts here.
Pine Hall Mirror Gord Graff shares the process of building a pine hall  mirror. This 2-part video series starts here.

 Oops... I missed checking the stats on the first of March.

This is us on March 5, 2008. We are 3,370 woodworkers making 158,614 comments on 5,706 projects, 3,676 blogs, 253 reviews and 2,476 forum topics.

Recent Milestones Reached

• February 10, 2008: 3000 members
• February 22, 2008: Interactive Project Gallery added
  

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