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18th November 2007, 09:21 PM #1
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Woohoo @ the Lilydale Show
Lillydale Agricultural Show has been and gone for another year, our local turning club had quite a few entries in the Crafts (Woodwork) section, with surprising success. I'll let Rodent and Jess post their own brags though.
The one that stunned me was:
Attachment 60510
I'd entered two pieces, that decanter and a goblet:
Attachment 60508Attachment 60509
both of which won firsts, but our camera went *poof* t'other week so I can't take pix. Rodent took the pic of the decanter & award for me, but didn't get the goblet & award.
Not bad, considering both items were only supposed to be prototypes for my entries and were turned from green redgum. (Thanks DJ!) The decanter gave me serious grief with ovalling, while the goblet developed a couple of serious splits. This didn't worry me - they were only concept pieces - until I went to reproduce them in some decent timber I'd put aside and discovered it was so badly checked as to be unusable...
Of course, being stupid I'd already paid my entry fees in advance
and was left with the option of either entering the prototypes or not entering at all...
In all honesty, I'm bloody amazed they did so well! But feeling good about it, just the same.
- Andy Mc
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18th November 2007, 09:26 PM #2
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Congratulations Skew!
Shows that sometimes when the best made plans go to sh*t, good things can still happen
Have a nice day - Cheers
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18th November 2007, 09:32 PM #3
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Congrats Skew, nice piece of work
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18th November 2007, 09:33 PM #4
......say what?
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Well done Skew, that decanter is pretty cool.
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18th November 2007, 09:36 PM #5
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Well done Skew and by a bloke that is happy to share his knowledge
A most deserving winnerregards
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18th November 2007, 09:38 PM #6
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Very good prototypes though!!!! Well done Andy
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18th November 2007, 09:52 PM #7
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Originally Posted by watson
Andy?
Are we almost close to a revelation here?
Cheers
Shorty________________________________________
Cheers
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18th November 2007, 09:55 PM #8
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G'Day Skew
Congratulations, boy the are different, never seen anything like them before, definately photos for the archive. Greenie sent.
Cheers
Bernie
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18th November 2007, 09:59 PM #9
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[quote=thefixer;627941]Andy?
Are we almost close to a revelation here?
Nah,
Just me typing blind.......as usual
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18th November 2007, 10:00 PM #10
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Neat!!! Go Skew!!!! What's next
Congratulations!
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18th November 2007, 10:04 PM #11
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Well done Skew, you sell yourself short they are good.
Regards
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18th November 2007, 10:15 PM #12
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Well done, Andy, nice pieces.
C'mon Rod & Jess, fess up...
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
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18th November 2007, 10:41 PM #13
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how on earth did they win?
seriously - nice work skew. i particularly like the big thing, looks cool. very well finished to. the handle and square base are a nice touch
nice inlay on the goblet to
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18th November 2007, 10:47 PM #14
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Good on you. Couldn't of happened to a better bloke. Great effort
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18th November 2007, 11:00 PM #15
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Think I might have to pop around and reclaim my bits of timber Skew
Nah, seriously congrats on the award, a well deserved one I reckon.
Expect me to drop by sometime soon to check them out in the flesh
Cheers
DJ
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