competition piece

hi all

here is mine entry in our clubs open compitionwhich is on the 28th september

i could enter my chess set instead but the only thing that is concidered is the turning so im leaning towards the yew clock ive made it for a friends 50th wedding anniversary gift your views as always appreciated

cheers sadsam

 

I think you have won Sam! Well if I were one of the judges you would. That is very impressive, beautiful workmanship.

hi Robby

i am a bit reluctant to enter my enter now i have seen your clock. it is really good. i to like the colours. here is my entry and i hope we have a lot more entries of this quality then we will give the judges a hard time with the decision.

dennis

Sam, that's a beautiful clock.

Your club colleagues are gonna have to come up with something special to beat that.

I'm sure the recipients will also be as impressed as we on here are.

 

Gerry

Truly magnificent Sam.

 

If you don't win with this there must be some very talented turners in your club.

 

Is this your entry Dennis, another excellent piece, I hope your in different classes.

 

Bill.

hi Bill

yes this is my entry there is only one class for every one. the judges are a club turner that has put up the prize and the other judge is a gallery owner.

dennis

 

Well I'm gob smacked, there should be different classes.

I would not like the task of judging.

 

Bill.

i like you wouldn't like to judge the entries as we have got very talented turners in our club. i will be taking photos on the night so will post them on here. that is as long as i remember the camera

dennis

hi all

thanks for the encouraging comments much appreciated

lovely piece dennis i take the drinks will be on yew hopefully we will match the rest and make it a goog night

sadsam

A great piece Sam, very nicely executed and a lovely choice of timber.

 

What size is the clock mechanism? I know you can get at least 2 different ones, but you can't tell from the photo.

 

Lovely piece from Dennis too. How you have the patience to cut all the hundreds of segments for your pots and bowls......

 

Good luck to both

 

Simon

hi simon

the clock mecanism is 100mm dia and the clock overall stands 320mm tall by 160mm

diameter

thankyou for your comments

Like yew Sam I enjoy making clock's the choice of wood is first class all the best for the comp update us on how you get on. Dennis you always amaze me with your segment work their is one of the lads from the club that is into segment work and iv'e been to see him at work and amazed at the amount of work involved credit to you. The same applies in our club of only one catergory which im not a fan of as how can the novice's compete with fella's that been into it for years is beyond me but hey that's the rules.