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Joe Samalin
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Quite the holiday season! Hope everyone survived (dare I say thrived or enjoyed?!) as best they could. Join us tomorrow for our monthly meetup from 6-8 at Nihonsan, and see what we have cooking for the new year! Below we just wanted to share some fun moments from the last year. 

Fun because you all helped make it so. 

Wishing you a fun, healthy, safe, and equitable 2026 all!

Will "The Godfather" O'Connor trying out a handmade chair built by veteran toolbox alum Joe at the last meetup of 2025!

Jason Fox, owner of Never Stop Building in Maine, teaching my son how to use a ryoba to crosscut wood. You know, to stop him from continuing to destroy the whole shop. (My son, not Jason.)

Our very own Morgan wowing the crowds at the annual Red Hook Design Holiday Market! Thanks to Shuya Iida of Hachi Collections for the invite!

This issue we're featuring a contribution written by one of our Brooklyn community members, Daniel Newman. Daniel's a brand new woodworker and completed his first project while spending time at his summer house in Maine.

If you have a story you'd like to share in the newsletter, please don't hesitate to reach out to me at will@makegoodwood.com. Enjoy!  

—Will O'Connor