First ever Turning Challenge and Trade

[Roger T]

Ok folks,

The trade names have been drawn. You are responsible for getting the mailing address of your trade partner. The best way to do this is with private message thru the forum here. Try and get your pieces sent out within a reasonable amount of time. This has been a lot of fun, and I hope that all of you have enjoyed it as well.

Here are the pairings:

Hybrid_Woodworker sends to IndyCindy

IndyCindy sends to RogerT

RogerT sends to MikeMa.

MikeMa sends to TimV

TimV sends to JWatson

JWatson sends to Duckkisser

Duckkisser sends to Croessler

Croessler sends to JamesAustin

JamesAustin sends to S and S Woodcraft

S and S Woodcraft sends to BigBen

BigBen sends to Jerry Sats

JerrySats sends to Hybrid-Woodworker.

Thanks much for participating.

Roger

[JerrySats]

Thanks Roger for putting this all together .

[duckkisser]

ya it was fun next time we should figure out a way to send them out without those people knowing who is getings whos so its a complete surprise when you open the box. hopefully roger by the time we do this again i will have my lathe up and going again.

[Hybrid-woodworker]

Roger, I would like to thank you for putting this together. It has been a lot of fun and I am looking forward to having another turners work on my display shelf.

BRuce

[jwatson]

alright i shipped mine off. this was a fun deal.

[Roger T]

WOOHOO!!! Looks like I might be the first one to receive their trade pc. Cindy, your piece is awesome! You did a fantastic job on it, and a beautiful piece of wood too! Keep up the good work, and thanks so much for the lovely piece!

Roger

[Indy Cindy]

WOOHOO!!! Looks like I might be the first one to receive their trade pc. Cindy, your piece is awesome! You did a fantastic job on it, and a beautiful piece of wood too! Keep up the good work, and thanks so much for the lovely piece!

Roger

Wowee, thanks Roger! I'm glad you like it!

Cindy

[jwatson]

recieved mine today wonderful work by tim.

[mikem]

Receive mine from Roger, a wonderful piece as well!

[HolzMechaniker]

Mother puss bucket, I missed it.

[duckkisser]

sent mine out yesterday hopefully it gets there in one piece.

[duckkisser]

got my bowl from jwatson looking good cant wait to give it to my dog as a food dish he has been kind of sad since he chewed a hole in his last one.

naaa got it on my table now with some apples in it.

[TimV]

Thanks MikeM! Awesome looking bowl! It looks great on my mantle.

[croessler]

Received my bowl from Duckkisser in great shape. It a nice bowl and I like the details and the contrasting woods.

[Hybrid-woodworker]

Hey Cindy, I did not forget you, my day job got in the way. I packaged it Sunday and my shipping department (wife) will get it labeled tonight and to the post office in town tomorrow.

Jerry, got your bowl and I think the wood was pecan. Looked great next to the Dick Sing calculator base. I like the rings on the bottom, very nice. Did you use a jam chuck the work the bottom?

BRuce

[JerrySats]

Hi Bruce

Glad you got it , I used jumbo jaws or mini jumbo's , I forget which on a Oneway talon chuck. They're like cole jaws .

[Hybrid-woodworker]

Thanks Jerry, I put a Longsworth chuck on my Christmas list. I'm tired of doing the foot first.

BRuce

[duckkisser]

ya those things save me tons of time and i feel more comfortable with a secure hold on the foot before i hollow out the bowl part. then i can just flip it around and finish off the foot.

[Indy Cindy]

Hey Cindy, I did not forget you, my day job got in the way. I packaged it Sunday and my shipping department (wife) will get it labeled tonight and to the post office in town tomorrow.

BRuce

Thanks, Bruce. I'm looking forward to it!

Cindy

[Indy Cindy]

Hey Cindy, I did not forget you, my day job got in the way. I packaged it Sunday and my shipping department (wife) will get it labeled tonight and to the post office in town tomorrow.

BRuce

Bruce, it arrived in excellent condition. I commend your shipping department. Nice bowl, thanks so much!

Cindy

[Hybrid-woodworker]

Thank you, I wil pass the compliment on. This has been a lot of fun, I am hoping that someone does this again. Once I retire (704 days) I will have the time to coordinate something like this but I hope someone does it sooner than that.

BRuce

[JerrySats]

Ben got my bowl the other day , seems the fine folks at USPS liked it so much they kept it for a week and a half . Nice job on it , I like the shape of it .

[Hybrid-woodworker]

Hay Jerry, any thoughts on doing this again in Jan/Feb time frame? This was a fun project and I really like having other turners work on my shelf. Maybe increase the difficulty with a few more rules? 2 woods, lidded container...

BRuce

[TimV]

Last month before I shipped my bowl off to Joe, I showed it in my Woodturner's Group meeting for the month. I explained what Roger had setup and received everwhelmingly positive responses to the idea.

This Thursday, I'm going to take Mike's bowl and show my group again what I received in return.

[duckkisser]

let us know if they want to do something similar or what they think.