Monthly contest - Voting instructions added

[Rick Mainhart]

Hi Mark. Great ornaments.

Don't sell yourself short ... we're all our own harshest critic

Rick

 

[Linc H]

This is a collaborative effort with myself, Bill L and his son Eric L who all worked on this chess board as a Christmas gift for our friends son. They wanted an heirloom piece that they would be able to create many memories with. The thing is that Bill, Eric and I now have some great memories of our own as well by building this one of kind board. As most of you will attest when working with wood things don't always go as planned. However, we were able to overcome the challenges and the end result came out simply beautiful. The board is chess regulation standard made from Paduk, Wenge and Hard Maple. The box is made from walnut with some hard maple splines the bottom is black felt. The pieces belong to the person as did the timer. We added the set of coasters as an extra surprise. The phone call we received on Christmas made this challenging build all worth the effort.

 

[Linc H]

A pair of knives for grand daughter and friend.

Fred, these are beautiful.

 

[Linc H]

I was told a birthday gift is a holiday gift so Im tossing "Bullwinkle" into the mix.View attachment 206076

Never saw one like this.. What a great idea and very well done.

 

[Phil S]

This contest is still open for those that finished their projects just in time

 

[JohnnyR]

Made a pair of these View attachment 207174

for our bedroom. They're not tilted, I'm camera challenged. Now my wife knows what I've spent the last month + (cursing) down in the shop. Maple, Cherry and curly Cherry veneer. Designed as I built them.

 

[mark2]

Cutting board for my son and his wife - Cherry, Maple, Walnut and African Mahogany - 17.5 x 23.5 x 2

 

[Phil S]

Edited to added "voting"

 

[Bill_L]

JNCarr - Deuce coupe. So many great gifts - difficult to choose one.

 

[Bill Clemmons]

1st place = JNCarr, Deuce coupe

2nd place = Linc H, chess board

3rd place = NY Transplant, cutting board

So many great choices.

 

[mdbuntyn]

Bullwinkle by golfdad

 

[cobraguy]

2 boxes - cuprousworks

 

[Mark Johnson]

Corner Critters

 

[bowman]

Chess board LincH

 

[KenOfCary]

Bullwinkle - Golfdad

Too many choices though. All are great.

 

[JohnnyR]

Chess board LincH

 

[Berta]

2 boxes cuprousworks

 

[Dee2]

Chess board LincH

 

[Linc H]

Updated finally on Jan 5, quite late - sorry. I forgot to schedule recovery plans from holidays with energetic granddaughters. So now back to reality

I found that our polling system is not what it used to be. Given that and the large number of submittals, we needed a work-around to get this vote off the ground. Dee2 created a table of the eligible entries for the December contest, thanks Gene. Since we cannot collect tabulated counts by polling, please select your top choice for the 2021 December Monthly Winner and post the 'gift' and creator from the table into a unique post in this thread. Please one vote per member.

On or about Jan 8, I will tabulate the selections and announce the winner

Thanks

Gift	Creator		Gift	Creator
Rocking horse, etc.	bob vaughn		corner critters	Jclrk
Bullwinkle	golfdad		Deuce coupe	JNCarr
Pair of knives	FredP		...the herd	bainin
SYP Xmas tree	chrisc		PH cutting board	FredP
2 boxes	cuprousworks		End grain board	NYTransplant
Doll cradles	Mark2		Mimosa snowmen	mikeh74
Quilters Roses	jclrk		Charcuterie board	rick mainhart
LED 'A'	bowman		ornaments	mkepke
Chess board	LincH		Cutting board	Mark2

Knives by FredP

 

[Canuck]

Chess board LincH