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Craftsman Workshop of the Future Contest Winners

Here are the winners of the Craftsman Workshop of the Future Contest ! The grand prize of $20,000 in Craftsman tools brought out lots of amazing entries. All sorts of fantastic creations came out of the woodwork, and we were delighted to see what great projects people had to share.

After all the entries came in there were three rounds of voting and judging. The first round of public voting selected 30 Round 2 finalists. The staff of Instructables, Popular Science, and Toolmonger narrowed those down to 15 Round 3 finalists. Finally, experts from Craftsman Tools judged these finalists, and selected the $20,000 grand-prize winner as well as the runners-up who will each receiving $500 worth of tools.

These 11 Instructables are amazing, and well worth checking out for inspiration for your next project. But don't stop there. Be sure to check out all of the great entries and get inspired to build something fantastic of your own. Put your tools to good use!

Convert your Honda Accord to run on trash by jimmason

48V Electric Flat Tracker by Radioactive_Legos

Build A Mobile Bar - BaR2D2 by jamiep

Solar PV tracker by bwitmer

Hexabot: Build a heavy duty six-legged robot! by rpantaleo

Build A Net Gun by crispyjones

The Princess Playhouse by alinke

Building a Honey Extractor (using an 'antique' washing ma… by doozer_not_fraggle

Snail Art Car The Golden Mean by jonsarriugarte

Building a workshop from scratch by dwj300

Hidden Treasure Box - Inlaid Wood Box with Hidden Compart… by technoplastique

32 comments

Feb 2, 2009. 8:38 PM~INVENTOR~ says:

I like the net gun and the snail car the best, but everyone got a close second. the net gun reminds me of Rob and Big. Great job!!!

Feb 15, 2009. 10:33 PMsean_cats says:

HOORAY 4 THE NET GUN!!!!!!!!!!

Feb 7, 2009. 7:03 PMAnarchistAsian says:

ROB AND BIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Feb 11, 2009. 9:50 AMDIYDragon says:

Wow! Lots of awesome, and very technical looking projects. I bet the judges had a hard time choosing. : D

Jan 29, 2009. 6:03 PM

Goodhart says:

I agree, these are all great. It is a bit like the ole saying about you need money to make money though. To win the tools, you probably need a decent workshop full of tools already. I knew that a handsaw, and a 3/8 drill (with 6 dull bits) wasn't going to get me far :-)

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Jan 29, 2009. 6:47 PM

canida says:

Start with the small contests, and win enough tools to nail the big ones!

Jan 29, 2009. 6:50 PM

Goodhart says:

:-) so far I have managed to win a Patch _{I guess I am overly anxious, as I get older, I feel like I am running out of time} :-)

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Feb 10, 2009. 4:00 AM

killerjackalope says:

Silly goodhart, midlife crisises and such... I bet that beards hiding a tatoo or a porsche or maybe a piercing...

Feb 10, 2009. 5:47 AM

Goodhart says:

Yeah, it's hiding the universal trucker's mud flap symbol as a tattoo LOL

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Feb 11, 2009. 4:54 AM

killerjackalope says:

I knew it! Got a horn for the bike yet?

Feb 11, 2009. 6:36 AM

Goodhart says:

Horn for the bike? I haven't ridden in decades _{^{_{I'm so confused...}}}

Feb 9, 2009. 11:22 AMi love bombs says:

Rock Out I didnt win cuzzzzzzz i didnt enter anything!!!!!! whoaaaa yea!

Feb 8, 2009. 5:24 PMknoxarama says:

woohoo! i lost!

Jan 31, 2009. 7:44 PM

amakerguy says:

Great job everyone!!!

Jan 31, 2009. 2:55 PM

alinke says:

great job all

Jan 30, 2009. 3:00 PMregipalka says:

good job everyone

Jan 30, 2009. 9:17 AM

stinkymum says:

Difficult choice for the judges but I'm glad the hidden treasure box won, as I loved it!

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Jan 30, 2009. 6:24 AM

jessyratfink says:

Congrats everyone! :D

Jan 30, 2009. 12:28 AMDa_Fudge says:

There is an amazing amount of creativity and awesomeness there!!! Congrats to the winner, and good try runner up's. (I, personally, was hoping for BaR2D2, but, the honda is still awesome ;)

Jan 29, 2009. 5:37 PM

LinuxH4x0r says:

^{dammit dammit dammit dammit dammit dammit dammit dammit} CONGRATS TO ALL! ^{dammit dammit dammit dammit dammit dammit dammit dammit}

Jan 29, 2009. 1:44 PM

Lithium Rain says:

Most sincere congratulations to all the winners!

Jan 29, 2009. 3:50 PM

jamiep says:

Thanks! BaR2D2 and I will be having drinks this evening to celebrate! :) Jamie Price & BaR2D2

Jan 29, 2009. 1:04 PMrivetgeek says:

Great projects. Its kind of a shame in my opinion that the winner was a commercial company instead of an individual though. Maybe it's just me but it sort of seems to defeat the purpose of the competition when professional shops are getting involved. I mean technically I could build a nuclear breeder reactor with the right craftsman tools and commercial facilities. *And this is far from sour grapes seeing as how I didn't enter.

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Jan 29, 2009. 3:02 PM

canida says:

A good general point, but one that doesn't apply to the winner of this contest.

ALL Power Labs is an open-source power-hacking group that happens to have got something to work and built a kit in addition to publishing the plans online. It's no different from, for example, making a kit from your Instructable and/or selling things you make on Etsy. This is great motivation to start a community workshop in your area, so you can build bigger and better projects!

So in short, we're all in favor of hackers/makers/tinkerers/crafters turning their hobbies into income - it means you might be able to get by without a "real" job. ;)

So, when are you going to post a nuclear breeder Instructable?

Jan 29, 2009. 3:12 PMrivetgeek says:

Fair enough, I was not aware that ALL power labs was a collective as opposed to a commercial venture. And technically I could post it right now, however the last time someone tried it at home, the house became a superfund site (google: nuclear boyscout)