Holiday Contest & Auction - Gloat 'em if ya got 'em
This thread serves to provide an easy method to view all the entries in the contest (as well as those which were submitted for auction purposes only) without having to sift through the rhetoric. But if you're like me, that can be fun too - so here's a link to it.
This thread will remain locked for the duration on the contest. If you'd like to submit an entry please post it in the thread linked above and then let myself, John Miliunas, or Andy Hoyt know this and we'll ensure that your post gets copied into this thread.
That's an important step, because this is the thread the judges will be looking at.
Thanks, Scott.
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Entry #2 -- Group Tearout
Here is my second entry: a mushroom. It stands about 5" high and is probably 2" or so in diameter. I think it is made out of western white cedar... it is actually just made out of a branch that I found. It doesn't have any finish because it is so much prettier (I think) plain white. Most other finishes I have tried turn it a yellow orange and it makes it look to much like a two by four. The recipient is more than welcome to add their own finish ;)
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Update.... I made an extra mushroom to go along with my first... Now everybody don't clap at once! ;)
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This item currently has a bid of $10 - Feb 9 - 9:20 AM EDT
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I'm having a Hackmatack! --- Auction Only
... and I can't get up!:D
Here's my official entry for the auction This is a piece of native Maine Hackmatack that was a tree just yesterday. Last night some high winds took down an ugly old dead good for nothing but firewood (or turning) maple right behind the house, and it brought the hackmatack down with it.
It's about six inches tall and four inches across at the shoulders. I hadn't intended on this being a once turned item, but I got carried away before I realized how thin the walls had become. Oh well - nothing ventured.... Sanded to 600; buffed with all three compounds; photobooth; and Bob's your uncle.
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Okay - Cothren. Git-r-done!
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This item currently has a bid of $80 - Feb 11 - 5:46 PM EDT
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Candy Dish -- Group Catch
Well, you turn what you got :o This is a highly figured piece of maple, the kind that gives ya that 3D effect from some angles. About 6 1/2 X 1 3/4. Can be used for candy or ice cream any flavor. And yes, group catch, would look Great with Andy's HF :D :D
When bidding on this piece, please refer to Item #4
This item currently has a bid of $26 - Feb 11 - 2:21 PM EDT
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My Entry! --- Group Catch
Here's my first shot at a hat and it turned out better then I could of hoped! It's thin! Really thin! I'd say about a 16th" on average. Weighed 4.5 ozs before the band treatment. My neighbor Jane Menear did the embellishments and as you can see she's quite the crafter! It's Holly with 5 coats of semi-gloss lacquer. 13"s brim to brim and 7"s high. It fit my 6 year old daughter perfect without the pigtails! Thanks for putting this together guys! It really was alot of fun doing this one knowing it's going to a great cause! Kurt
P.S. I'd also like to thank Larry Hancock for putting such a great tutorial together! http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/email/pdf/hat.pdf
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This item currently has a bid of $100 - Feb 2 - 2:05 PM EDT
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Candlesticks (1st attempt) --- Group Catch
This is a pair of Walnut Candlesticks turned from some glued up Walnut. Two views, front and back side. There's some light sapwood in there too. Tall one is 10.25", short one is 8.75", both are about 2.25" at base and have some brass candle holder inserts to hold a standard taper candle.
What I tried to do here is make the base and top the same with the center section shorter on one than the other. Seemed like it would be easier than it was. I had a heck of time making all the coves, beads, tapers, etc matchup. Now I know why they have duplicators and pattern lathes.
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This item currently has a bid of $25 - Feb 9 - 2:53 PM EDT
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Entry #2 -- Group Tearout
I picked up some really nice curly maple at a sale the other week but the end of one board had an inclusion in it so I decided to do my first plate turning. Here is the result. 7.5" diameter finished with BLO only.
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This item currently has a bid of $10 - Feb 8 - 10:13 AM EDT
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Entry #3 -- Group Tearout
This last is the beginning of some turnings from the free wood of my grapefruit tree which has expired. It has a fair amount of old dead wood with newly dead stuff which I found makes for some difficult turning and sanding with the vastly different densities. This was what I came up with. 4.5"Dx2.5"H. BLO and buffed with tripoli to see if the shine would come up. I think it needed more BLO to soak into the old dead sections.
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This item currently has a bid of $15 - Feb 9 - 9:27 AM EDT
