Vote now to help select the winners of Fine Woodworking’s first annual Furniture Build-Off. See the top pieces and pick your favorite.

Woodworkers built furniture ranging from tables and chairs to a CD tower all from one board of maple. FWW received numerous submissions that a Fine Woodworking panel narrowed down to 24 semi-finalists.

Now it’s up to the woodworking community to pick the winners in four voting rounds. FineWoodworking.com visitors can vote one time for each round.

Here’s the selection calendar:

First Round:
Number of contestants: 24
Voting dates: Ended June 16, 1:00 p.m. ET

Second Round:
Number of contestants: 12
Voting dates: June 17, 10 a.m. ET, to June 30, 1:00 p.m. ET

Third Round:
Number of contestants: 6
Voting dates: July 1, 10 a.m. ET, to July 14, 1:00 p.m. ET

Fourth Round:
Number of contestants: 3
Voting dates: July 15, 10 a.m. ET, to August 1, 1:00 p.m. ET

Delta/Porter-Cable will announce the winners at its booth at the International Woodworking Fair in Atlanta, on or about August 22. The top three will be displayed at the show.

More than $16,000 in woodworking tools from Delta/Porter-Cable is at stake in this competition. The winners will get tool packages valued at more than $9,000, $4,000, or $2,000 respectively for the first, second, and third place winners.

Fine Woodworking launched the contest to test woodworkers’ creativity and construction skills. In the hands of a craftsman, one board has a thousand possible lives. Unlock one, said magazine editor Asa Christiana when he announced the build-off challenge. Woodworkers needed to build the furniture from one maple board, 2 in. thick by 10 in. wide by 10 ft. long or the equivalent of no more than 17 board feet.

Check the voting page to see which contestants win of each round and help us select the Delta/Porter-Cable prize winners.

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