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SHANNON ROGERS, CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Shannon started a woodworking blog called back in 2008 thatteaching thousands of woodworkers on 6 continents how to become better woodworkers with hand tools. By day, he’s the Director of Marketing for one of the oldest lumber companies in North America, J. Gibson McIlvain Co. So basically he is a wood nerd living the dream.

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