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Is that a burl? Negative - it's a section of walnut that I turned in the style of a 'birds mouth bowl'. This style of turning leaves the pith (center of the tree) in the bowl as can be seen in the darker heartwood section. The lighter colored wood is the walnut sapwood that occurs near the edge of the tree, hence I left the 'live edge' bark attached at what becomes the top of the bowl. The section was turned green (that is freshly felled with the wood wet) and slowly dried in my shop. That drying process resulted in numerous cracks in the wood which I eventually filled with turquoise (powder mixed with epoxy) that appear as the pale blue lines that were the cracks. It's a rather large piece - as you can see in comparison to that pencil in the photo. The pencil and nickels are of standard size - such as to offer you a visual clue to aid your guessing.  |
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nickelsearcher 10,000 Post contest - Round 5Guess the number of nickels in an open containerGuessing Deadline: Wednesday June 7 at 3:00PM EST Guesses so Far:
chipjones 2450
John1 2635
jason39305 2700
Dearborn 3500
nfine 3927
Zurie 4250
grizzlybear706 4500
keith12 5000
This is the final round before we crown the podium winners and award prizes - so sharpen up your guesses and win some bonus points!
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Thanks again for the contest to help keep our grey matter as sharp as wood turning tools.
1223 nickels
Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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3766 Nickels in that busted hacky sack I know I'm outta the top three but I appreciated the chance to win one of those great prizes. So cool. I would however be thrilled for a baby clock. Display looks like it could be a scene in a Pink Floyd "Time" video. 
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I would however be thrilled for a baby clock. You - and all players except koigirl808 - remain eligible for the random drawing for 2 of the little clocks. Refer back to Page 8 for the rules associated with those prizes. One of the requirements is that you must enter a guess in Round 5 - which 10 of you have already done. More guesses on the way?  Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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My guess is 3715. Who is going to count all those nickels.
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3150
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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4567 is my guess
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Edited by cointagous
06/02/2023 12:44 am
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Who is going to count all those nickels. Well - I did of course. Anyone who would like to audit the results is free to come on by and start counting again.  Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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nickelsearcher 10,000 Post contest - Round 5Guess the number of nickels in an open containerGuessing Deadline: Wednesday June 7 at 3:00PM EST Guesses so Far:
Petespockets55 1223
chipjones 2450
John1 2635
jason39305 2700
cointagous 2905 <== Invalid Guess
BStrauss3 3150
jbuck 3300
Dearborn 3500
SaturnD51 3715
TNG 3766
nfine 3927
Zurie 4250
grizzlybear706 4500
Spence 4567
KenKat 4898
keith12 5000
@cointagous - sorry to see that you edited your post. By my rules edits are not allowed. You will receive 5 points for this Round and remain eligible for an Appreciation Prize. This is the final round folks - prizes will be awarded soon!
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06/02/2023 06:36 am
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A glance at the current leaderboard shows 1 player at the top, 4 players bunched right behind and another 19 who could make the podium by pulling out a Round 5 win. So - 24 potential podium finishers depending on the results of this round. Makes it kind of exciting to see how we get across the finish line. Seems like this is a good time to remind all the players of the tiebreaker rules as published on Page 1. Far disclosure - I "borrowed" these from GTP with jbuck concurrence: Tiebreaker Rules:•These tiebreaker rules apply to each final contest podium position; i.e., there will only be 3 prizes awarded. •If two (or more) players are tied for any podium position after the five rounds, the first tiebreaker will be the number of winning (20 point) rounds •If two (or more) of the tied players have the same number of winning rounds, then the second tiebreaker will be the number of runner-up (10 point) rounds. •If two (or more) of the tied players have the same number of winning and runner-up rounds, then the final tiebreaker will be the accuracy of guesses (starting with Winning guesses). Accuracy will be defined as the actual numerical difference and not the percentage difference. After the three podium winners select a prize from the main event prizes, then the remaining eligible players will all enter the random drawing for an Appreciation Prize - one of the little clocks pictured on Page 8. Now is the time to ask any questions on the process for awarding of prizes.Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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This will be a good finish |
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