Grr Ripper contest finalists

Vote for your favorite haiku!Thank you all for submitting your poems into the haiku challenge. I am astonished by how good they all are, and picking out the finalists was not an easy task. My crack team (wife and kid) and I read through them all and each chose some favorites. Then I combined those results, and using a complex algorithm came up with these seven.
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For all that you do,Grr-Ripper, to keep us from harm:haiku very much.At age fourteen INeed to stay safe so I wanta new Grr-Ripper nowGrr-Ripper straight and trueIt saves my fingers oh phewNow I am not blueSaw Teeth Make Hands CringeGrr-Ripper Appears, Danger WanesFingers Fing FreelyGrr-Ripper what a namePrevent kickbacks all the sameSafety is the gameFingers! Five each hand.Keep them there with Grr-Ripper, orUse toes for zipper.Lumber freshly cutKicking back into my gutAlas! No Grr-Ripper!*************Now its up to you!Take a moment to head over to the Mere Mortals Facebook Page and vote for your favorite. Ill keep the poll running until next Sunday. Whoever receives the most votes wins the Grr-Ripper. Good luck!

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A magic box with help from the Grr Ripper

Contest time! Microjig sent me a couple of Grr-Rippers recently and asked me to try them out. They improve not only my safety, but the cuts of my wood. Heres the best part: Microjig is offering up a Grr-Ripper to one lucky Mere Mortal. Entering is simple, but you have to get a little creative.

Please enter the Mere Mortals Haiku Challenge here! 

Get to it quick. Enter by next Friday...the 10th!

Heres my video about the Grr-Ripper. Not only that, but a cool magic box you can make in your shop in a day. 

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Homemade gripper No not a Grr ripper

Ive got something of a backlog I want to catch up on this week.
Sergio Jimenez (you may recall his homemade speaker brackets back in April) decided to make his own familiar-looking adjustable push stick. Of course, I recommend MicroJigs Grr-Ripper, but I love it when anyone looks at something and says, "hmmm...I think I can make something like that." This is clever.

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