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  1. 09-08-2009, 4:17 PM #1
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    I won FWW's turning contest.

    I entered the piece I made called Monsoon in FWW's "What have you turned lately" contest. I was thrilled to have made the top 15 but to win is a real honor. The competition was extremely talented so to have come out on top really blows me away. IMHO everyone in the contest was deserving of winning, I'm just the lucky one. I'd like to say thanks to FWW and everyone that voted for me.
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    We need some pictures of the winning piece!
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    Bill - congrats on your win! Absolutely beautiful work! You really had some stiff competition - so to win a contest of this caliber is quite the accomplishment! Congrats!
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    I presume it is ok to post a link to the FWW website with pictures of his work. I hope this is also your work, unless someone else liked the Monsoon name Very nice piece of work.





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    when are we gonna see your new one to rival this? typhoon?
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    Nice work. Congratulations!
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    congrats!

    I like it!
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    Holy crap! How do you even begin something like that? As a newbie turner, color me very, very impressed!
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    Congratulations, Bill!
    And you're welcome. I was worried you wouldn't win - when I voted you were second or third. I tried stuffing the ballot box, but the darn website was wise to me.
    So, what did you win?
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    Congrats! and joe i love the Keanu poster.
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    Congrats Bill. It was well deserved. What a beautiful piece.
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    Holy smokes! Amazing work! How many hours did it to make such a beautiful piece?
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    Bill, Congratulations

    It is no surprise you always do wonderful work. It was very much deserved.

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    Bill,

    Congrats. You deserve it.
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    Congrat's to you Bill. Looks like an incredible amount of work went into that piece.

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