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Birdhouse Ornament Contest - We Have a Winner!

Choose your favorite birdhouse ornament

  • Number 1

    Votes: 2 3.6%

  • Number 2

    Votes: 21 38.2%

  • Number 3

    Votes: 3 5.5%

  • Number 4

    Votes: 2 3.6%

  • Number 5

    Votes: 2 3.6%

  • Number 6

    Votes: 14 25.5%

  • Number 7

    Votes: 11 20.0%
  • Total voters
    55
  • Poll closed .
Drew Watson said:
Yea but were there not rules to this competition about following certain guidelines and one of those rules was a bird wasn't it?
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Going back and looking at it, it looks like you're right, Drew. Rob's rules did call for a bird in or on the birdhouse. (I got confused because there was a request later to drop the bird requirement.) I also just realized that I failed to include your birdhouse in the competition. :doh:Even though it was submitted early, I don't see why it couldn't be included. (Man, you just can't hire good help these days.) :p

I don't have a way to edit the poll to add your entry, so we'll just say you get the Earlybird Award for being the first to enter the contest. :D
 
Ah what the heck in the spirit of the season why not do as the gov does and we simply amend the rules half way.:rofl: That way everyone is a winner.

i dont think it would matter Drew if #2 had a bird or not. Heck even i voted for it. Good work is good work inmho.

Tis the season of giving afterall. Now 2nd of Janauary well thats a different story.:rofl::rofl:

Vaughn i would not worry about it you do so much here i dont know how the heck you keep a staight path for most of the time. ;):thumb:


Lets all remember its not whether we win or loose its how we play the game.:thumb:

In the words of my sometimes wise for his age son of 16 after loosing the equivalent to the regional highschool "superbowl" "Dad lets remember its only a game and we got this far which we never did before."


To me ages ago when i first saw Bernies birdhouses i set my mind on getting one done. If it were not for the forum this would just be another wish on the wish list.

Whats the other one, "Takes a village to raise a child" well takes a forum to make a woodworker out of me.:D:thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb:
 
Vaughn, Could you just post a picture of the missing one in this thread? I'd really like to see it. These are some great birdhouses, I wish more people would have entered. Okay, I voted for my own, I wanted it to get at least one vote, felt I had to,but that was a tough decision. Some great entries here.
 
larry merlau said:
yup, that was how i remember it too drew no bird no entery....but seems the rules have disappeared?
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The rules are in post #39 of this thread. Here's the Cliff Notes version:

1) Have fun and make a birdhouse or bat house.
2) Flatworkers or spinny dudes can participate
3) Must have bird on/in the birdhouse.
4) Have fun.
4) Submit picture of birdhouse to Vaughn before say 20 Dec.
5) Vaughn if you can and will post the pics in a poll for voting in sufficient time to have a vote and declare a winner before Xmas.
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I can understand the concern for the rules being followed, seeing as how the list of prizes is so valuable. :rofl:

Paul Douglass said:
Vaughn, Could you just post a picture of the missing one in this thread? I'd really like to see it. These are some great birdhouses, I wish more people would have entered. Okay, I voted for my own, I wanted it to get at least one vote, felt I had to,but that was a tough decision. Some great entries here.
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Here you go, Paul:

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I was able to finally get a run done on some bird house orniments yesterday as I figured it might be a good gift to hand out to friends as we go visiting. I was limited to wood availibilty and did them all out of red cedar as it is light enough to hang from a tree. I tried some different shapes on the bodies and am still working on them. I thought ya know why not post and show anyways. :thumb:
 

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Drew yours is an absolute beauty. What is the wood. I am guessing spalted maple top but bottom????:dunno:

Sure like your bird it matches the tone of the wood well. I can see how smooth it is just from the picture. Has that wanna touch it look to it.:thumb:

You would get my vote if i could recast my vote.:):thumb:
 
The wood is Horse Chestnut top and Arbutus ( Madrona) body. Thanks for all the compliments as that was the first one I have ever made.

It was fun doing a run of the bodies as I was using the safe driver and just left the lathe spinning while changing the blanks.
 
What? There were rules?:dunno: I didn't see any rules. We don't need no stinkin rules.:huh::rofl:

Very nice work all around. I am having a tough time voting.

I'd also like to know where you can get the nice birds like on #4 & #6. They are much nicer than the ones from Michaels craft store.
 
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Alrighty gang, the voters have voted, and it's time to reveal the winners. I'm saying winners (plural), since the ornament that received the most votes may or may not be qualified due to not having a bird, depending on who you ask. To avoid controversy, the powers that be have decided to award prizes to all the participants, because that's just the way we roll. :p Plus, there are no losers here...just a bunch of oldish guys making little birdhouses. :rofl:

Here's the tally:

The most votes went to Curt Fuller, ornament #2. As promised, here is his photo of a Robust American Beauty...

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The next most popular ornament was #6, made by John Daugherty. His prize is this photo of a Serious Toolworks SL2542, nearly 1,600 pounds of cast iron goodness...

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The third most popular ornament was #7, made by Paul Douglass. His prize is this photo of a Oneway 2464, the Mayo Monster...

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Ornaments 1, 3, 4, and 5 all tied as the fourth most popular ornaments, and for good reason. There's not a bad one in the bunch. These ornaments were made by Don Orr, Rob Keeble, Bernie Weishapl, and Don Orr, respectively. For their efforts, they are each awarded this photo of a John Jordan model Stubby 750, complete with partially turned maple burl...

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And lest we forget, the Earlybird Award goes to Drew Watson for his ornament, which was entered early then forgotten by the company we outsourced our contest administration to. For his hard efforts and punctuality, Drew is awarded this photo of a Powermatic 3520B...

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All kidding aside, many thanks go to each of you who participated. We couldn't have done it without you. :thumb: :clap: :thumb:
 
Thanks Vaughn for heading this up. I'll display my award with great pride.:D Coming in second with this group of turners is a great honor in itself.:thumb: They all look great and I'd be proud to hang any of these on my tree.
 
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