Itty Bitty Contest

[John Hart]

I'm telling you....sniffing chips appears to be worse than smokin' dope....drinking wine .....or my favorite......Bud lite....... I hope nobody drives after turning........

I jush came up from the shlop (hic*)

[Carole Valentine]

I'm telling you....sniffing chips appears to be worse than smokin' dope....drinking wine .....or my favorite......Bud lite....... I hope nobody drives after turning........

It gives you the munchies too. I just came in and hit a bag of Double Stuff Oreos with a big glass of milk! LOL You better jump into the fray, Ken...you don't know how much fun you are missing.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

ROTFL..............You turners sure know how to have a good time!

[Rich Stewart]

I don't know if these will be my official entry but here are some things I was fooling around with this morning. I did these with pen turning tools. No special home built small tools. I been toying with the idea of using coat hanger wire to make some micro tools. My cameras macro thing seems to be not working. Did the best I could with what I have.

[Rich Stewart]

Forgot to tell you. The larger one is red cedar finished with BLO and Blenham turners polish. The smaller one is poplar with the same. Sanded through 600.

[Rich Stewart]

Wow!! Y'alls stuff makes mine look like a booger. I am going to try again today. I spent most of the day making a bowl out of a piece of Brazillian rosewood that wifey picked out when we were at PSI. Next week is her birthday and I want it to be real nice. Spent a lot of time on it. Agonizing about going through the bottom or something stupid happening. It came out pretty good so far. I'll send pics when I'm done completely. Man!! That jet mini is a sweet machine. I think it wouldn't really be a bad thing for a feller to have TWO chucks.

[John Hart]

Rick accidentally posted his entry outside the Contest Thread So I'm moving his Pics over here:

I know I've only been doing this a month or two, and my brother Ron is going nuts with all my phone calls... but I thought I would try this. A little lidded goblet - A piece of oak, with a bloodwood cap. Laughs are welcome. (Maybe some constructive critisism?). Thanks for looking!

[Dennis Peacock]

Rick accidentally posted his entry outside the Contest Thread So I'm moving his Pics over here:

A lidded box.....!!!!! No THAT deserves some attention.!!! Very nice.

[Chris Barton]

So, I made an error by posting my original entry on another thread. This is what I have to show for my efforts...

[Jeremiah Jordan]

That lided box does grab ones attention. Great work.

Jeremiah.

[Andy Hoyt]

So John. Does Rick's lidded box pop?

[John Hart]

So, I made an error by posting my original entry on another thread. This is what I have to show for my efforts...http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachme...8&d=1133654883

It's uh....well...I'd have to say....it's very small Chris!! Nice Job! Woo Hoo!!

So John. Does Rick's lidded box pop?

I don't know Andy....I don't live in Idaho anymore. .... Rick? Does it pop?

[Carole Valentine]

Here's another Itty Bitty. It is cherry, same height as the other one but the cup and stem are smaller. Also added a detail at the shoulder of the stem and base. Signed and dated but no room for species. Waterlox finish. This is FUN!

[John Hart]

And it just keeps gettin' funner! I just finished the Trophy. It is posted here: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthre...338#post252338

[Michael Stafford]

Well in no way will I offer any competition here as it is unlikely that I will get to finish my entry in time for the contest deadline. And it will be disqualified if I were to enter it.

I am working a very small, but not itty bitty staved segmented bowl in bubinga. With luck it will finish up at less than 3" diameter and 2" tall so it is not legal for this contest. However it is fun for me. Good luck to all you small scale turners; I just have more experience working with larger tools.