"Everyone's a Winner" Contest

[lynnfrwd]

Man, you guys all did some great projects- sorry I haven't taken the time to comment (It's been a busy day!) but you guys' work is all incredible. It is great that LHR will have such great pieces to show off from
booths.
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whew... submission sent... (with 25 minutes to spare!)



Here's what I came up with... it's not anything revolutionary but the eagle is a pretty sweet pattern and it does show off the CW's capabilities to carve detail and shows how you can prep appliques in advance
and carve a plaque on the spot in about 30 minutes. This technique is great for fairs/short turn around situations. I should have called this carve "two times" because I had to carve both the eagle (I screwed up the finish on the first one) and the plaque (Y-axis error halfway through first carve... caused 6+ hour maintenance down time and was due to my not keeping on top of the maintenance) twice

I will be making 10 of these for an organization and this was the proof of concept carve.

The small square is for a 1x4 brass plate that will be added each year for the folks that receive the award.

Thanks for looking, and thanks again for all of the support,

Lawrence

And video to boot. Awesome!


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[DickB]

Great job and video Lawrence! I thought the antique finish looked cool.

[rcdages]

Oustanding Vido Lawrence

[bergerud]

I beg to differ! Nice video, true. But in the context of a contest video for LHR to show - maybe not so good. If I were LHR, I would not want to show a video where the user had to tear his machine apart, drill out machine screws, and replace parts just to get the carving done. Great for us on the forum, but if I were you, I would edit it for the contest.

[lawrence]

that's a great point- I hadn't thought about that and will do another video up showing a little more "success" - I didn't think that the videos were for the final shows - I thought they were for the judging only.

Lawrence

[lynnfrwd]

These are for the contest. I can't guarantee that we will be able to show the videos at tradeshows.

[bergerud]

You may be right. But voting by "Conference attendees and staff" seems like it might include potential customers. It cannot hurt to keep it positive.

[DickB]

Connie asked me to email this information, so I thought I would post it here as well. (Does anyone know where to download Wolfie's Gradient Designer these days? His site is all but closed today.)

Dick Bipes
Contestant # : Dick Bipes - Synchronicity Clock
Forum Name: DickB

Materials, Quality Setting & Time:

• 6 wheels (large gears): oak, Best, 25 minutes each or 2.5 hours total
• pinions: maple, Normal, 30 minutes
• frame: maple,Normal, 12 minutes
• face: pine, Normal, 1hr 18 minutes
• bases (back): mahogany, Draft, 58 minutes
• levers and pawls: oak, Normal, 10 minutes
• pendulum: pine, Normal, 14 minutes
• hands: walnut, Normal, 7 minutes
• bob: hickory, Normal, 2 minutes

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Software:

• Radial Vector Generator by forum member JLT: http://forum.carvewright.com/showthr...795#post149795
• ai2mpc by Jeffrey Litz: http://forum.carvewright.com/showthr...689#post199689
• Wolfie's Gradient Designer
• Designer with Centerline Text option

[lynnfrwd]

I didn't really look at it as a total slam on CW, just that his maintenance was due and he was in a big hurry. Most of us on here won't take it too seriously, and I do appreciate that Lawrence can laugh at himself.

We will name this one "Ode to the Misadventures of Lawrence".

[rcdages]

How many projects are in the contest ??????????