March Competition Project Discussion

[Blister]

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Entrant list for March
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babylon355
Blister ( Ready )
Bodrighy
callumlovatt ( Ready )
cambournepete ( Ready )
chill
Chris357
Chrisp
clk230
como ( Ready )
Daven ( Ready )
dennisk ( Ready )
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Dust Busker
Elaine ( Ready )
gus3049 ( Ready )
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Hudson Carpentry
johnny.t. ( Withdrawn )
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liamscanlan
loz ( Ready )
maltrout512
matmac
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miles_hot ( Ready )
monkeybiter ( Ready )
myturn ( Ready )
nev ( Ready )
not_simple_si
Oakbear
OldWood
Paul.J ( Ready )
philb88
Pvt_Ryan ( Ready )
RATWOOD ( Ready )
RO
Silverbirch ( Ready )
skeetoids ( Ready )
spasm ( Ready )
steve66
SVB
TheTiddles
whacky
Wood spoiler (Ready )

 

[myturn]

Comment No.1

Define a Platter (homer)

edit.
Doh, you've done that in another thread, I retract my question!

 

[Pvt_Ryan]

just for clarity, is there a min/max size for the platter?

 

[Hudson Carpentry]

Ryan I read the rules for once hehe as I was worried my 6" max would be enough but It does state any diameter in the rules as others have smaller lathes

 

[Chrisp]

Ryan,
Its all in the proportion, whatever the size of the lathe, imagine if every entry was photographed against a blank backdrop with no dimensions given, it would be hard to guess the sizes.
From the minature to the MAXIMUM, only the grain would really give it away in my mind!
Chris.

 

[spasm]

Can my name be added to the entrants list please.

and can i ask what is a beard, please don't say its something on the end of my chin ;-).

¼ - 25% outer rim can have a radius or have a retaining lip and be enhanced with beards coves or V groves

Spasm

 

[Hudson Carpentry]

I think he meant bead

 

[Chrisp]

Really? and there was me designing a hairy foot for my platter..... :wink:

 

[Hudson Carpentry]

No texturing allowed hehe

 

[Blister]

just for clarity, is there a min/max size for the platter?

Ryan

Any size , within reason , when you get to 6 foot it becomes a table :lol:

 

[Blister]

Can my name be added to the entrants list please.

and can i ask what is a beard, please don't say its something on the end of my chin ;-).

¼ - 25% outer rim can have a radius or have a retaining lip and be enhanced with beads coves or V groves

Spasm

Name added

Sorry it should say Bead

 

[miles_hot]

Blister

The foot can be 2" hight but is there a max height overall to the platter?

Many thanks

Miles

 

[gus3049]

Being latheless has given me time for thought. So 'round' huh!!!! There go my first three thunks.

Drawing board - the return.

 

[spasm]

Thanks for entering my name.

Spasm

=D>

 

[Blister]

Blister

The foot can be 2" hight but is there a max height overall to the platter?

Many thanks

Miles

No , any height again within reason :wink:

 

[Blister]

Being latheless has given me time for thought. So 'round' huh!!!! There go my first three thunks.

Drawing board - the return.

Yes Gordon round

what is a thunk ?

Later in the year we have a anything goes Platter challenge :mrgreen:

will you have a lathe by then ?

 

[gus3049]

Being latheless has given me time for thought. So 'round' huh!!!! There go my first three thunks.

Drawing board - the return.

Yes Gordon round

what is a thunk ?

Later in the year we have a anything goes Platter challenge :mrgreen:

will you have a lathe by then ?

Thunk is the past participle of think or....
its the sound of a large lump of wood hitting something slightly softer than the large lump of wood.

The lathe should, in theory, be arriving by the second or third week of March. Hopefully in time to do my ex-to be -square platter. If it doesnt, my entry will be very small, probably turned on the end of a drill press. :shock:

 

[miles_hot]

Being latheless has given me time for thought. So 'round' huh!!!! There go my first three thunks.

Drawing board - the return.

Yes Gordon round

what is a thunk ?

Later in the year we have a anything goes Platter challenge :mrgreen:

will you have a lathe by then ?

Blister - by allowing natural edge I assume that we're allowing a knobbly outside with a round lip so that the obvious "theme" is round (rather than a square platter)?
Miles

 

[myturn]

Back again, but this time I've read the rules posted HERE and I have a few questions for clarification of what is acceptable.

I presume when you say 75% flat you mean 75% of the diameter?
If that is the case then on a 10" platter that only leaves 1.25" for a rim or radiused section, on a 12" platter just 1.5". That seems like rather a small rim for a platter and is quite limiting on design like sketch 2 (see below).

Also it precludes a shallow continuous curve as in sketch 1, which I would have thought to be a classic platter shape.

I'm not being awkward (maybe I am :mrgreen: ) but there are rules and interpretations of rules.

Which of the (rather crude) drawings below would be considered acceptable?
And is it the intention to limit the width of any rim to 25% of the diameter?

 

[gus3049]

As I read it, all BUT No1. Must admit I thought Blister made it reasonably clear. Shame though I really did want to make a square one!!

No doubt HWMBO will very shortly elucidate - or explain - tell us.