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Meetup Tomorrow!

Joe Samalin
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Hey all. Hope you are enjoying the rapid wild change in climate this week, and hope it inspires you to join us tomorrow night for our monthly meetup! As always please bring anything for show and tell you want - a pic of what you are working on, a question about woodworking, a sample of some cool wood you found, whatever floats your boat. 

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Head instructor, Will O'Connor, ON HIS BDAY, cutting wood to length for his students by hand at the lumberyard. That is a true teacher ladies and gents. Just saying. 

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Another happy customer! Recent student in our kumiko class with his finished product. 

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Still a few spaces available in our first ever chopstick carving class with Dan Musick this Saturday morning! Sign up here! 

Podcast Listeners!
Be sure to check out the Mokuchi Studio Podcast, hosted by Yann Giguere, available on Spotify. On the show, Yann interviews Japanese woodworkers about their journey into woodworking, their process and more...
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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

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