May 1st - May 29th

Inlay Challenge


This month’s challenge is all about inlay and celebrating those decorative details in your favorite woodworking project.

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The Challenge


This month’s inlay challenge will be judge by Shaper staff. It’s again open to all Shaper Origin owners, or those with access to an Origin, to participate. We’ll judge projects based on these three criteria:

  • Originality

  • Execution

  • Design and overall cohesion of the inlay

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Prizes


In addition to fame and glory, we have three awesome prizes, beginning with first place receiving $1000 credit to the Shaper store.

  • Second place $500 credit to the Shaper store

  • Third place $200 credit to the Shaper store

How it works

  • Post your project on ShaperHub to enter

  • Be sure to add #inlay-challenge in the Project Description

  • Add a minimum of three photos and or videos

  • It is not required to use Shaper Studio for your project, but we encourage you to do so!

  • All projects posted by May 29th at 5pm PST will be reviewed and voted on by Shaper staff.

  • Winners will be announced June 4th

Join the Contest

Not sure where to begin?


ShaperHub is full of inlay projects to get inspired from, alternatively, you can remix one of these studio designs and make it your own!

Explore Designs in Studio

Frequently Asked Questions

While other contests that we've run in the past have been open to the public, this one is for the Shaper Origin community. While you don't need to own an Origin, you do need to at least have access to one such as a shared space, and have a Shaper Account (free to set up) in order to play.

Document your joinery with photos / video and then create a new project on ShaperHub. In order to qualify, you must include #inlay-challenge in the project’s description. Learn more about how to post a new project on ShaperHub, here.

If you don’t yet have a Shaper account you will need to create one in order to post your project on ShaperHub. It’s easy, free, and takes only a couple of minutes.

All valid projects will be reviewed and voted on by Shaper staff.

Winners will be announced June 4th

If you’re feeling inspired, go for it! Please avoid posting the same project twice, however.

Nope. Just store credit.

Post your joinery project to ShaperHub with #joinery-challenge in the project’s description.

Make sure you post the project between May 1st – May 29th. Projects posted after March 6 at 11:59PM PST will not be considered in the vote tally.

Old projects on ShaperHub can be used, but you must make a new listing for them during the contest period.

Shaper reserves the right to disqualify any project creator that we suspect of cheating or foul play. Be a good citizen of the woodworking community! All community guidelines and terms and conditions of ShaperHub apply to this contest.