While its not Halloween related, I had to show off Paul Lewickyjs shop in the U.K. Paul is currently on a  7 month tour of Afghanistan with 15 Sqn Royal Air Force Regiment. Nice shop! And he definitely appears to be a fan of WWMM! Woohoo! Nice looking stuff there.

*****Bill Bumpus sent over some of his Halloween projects. Love the witchs hat intarsia! Double double, toil and trouble.

*****Tim Sluder is always carving. Heres a really cute jack-o-lantern, 2" tall and carved from basswood.

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Halloween 2009Thought Id rerun some of my past Halloween videos. Most of you probably see this every year, but in case you are new, here is my first Halloween video from 2009:

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Plans for the home made pocket hole jig and kids gettin er done

Last week I posted some pictures Carmen Salamones shop-made pocket hole jig. It wasnt long before Bruce (Wood Chuck) cranked out some plans. Download his Sketchup file here. Thanks Bruce!
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Carmen Salamone is quite productive. Here are more versions of the wind spinner.  (You may recall, hes the one who inspired me to make mine.) I love the way people are painting these things.

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And check out these made by Macgyver Norris and Country Barbie. (I am going to guess those are nicknames, unless they live in Hollywood!) This is part of Kevin Wells "Little Woodworkers" feature.  And check out Kevins web site, Chuckin Wood.

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Kids today. Charlie Webster incorporated his version of my planter box as part of his Boy Scout Eagle Project. Looks great. 

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