Article discussion thread:2009 Best Project Design Contest Voting

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[wood-n-things]

I voted but how hard is this to choose your favorite one when 3-4 are excellent and all are so very good.

136 entries. WOW. I wish the pics were a little larger and clearer, but over all nice presentation. Thanks for giving us a vote!

Those are some really a tough decisions to make. I have no Idea how the judges do it.

C'mon everyone vote!

[Janette]

I got my voting done. I thought it was interesting that there were way more intarsia/segmentation entries than any other category. Considering all the whining people do when there are "too many" articles on it in the magazine A few looked to be marquetry but it was hard to tell by the pictures.

Great job everyone who entered!

[Forester21]

I'm still waiting (and waiting, and waiting) for the pictures to load. I get the dreaded x's and have to re-load everything all over again.
T

[Forester21]

Each time I reload I have to vote again to get to the next page - wondering if my votes get counted each time??
T

[KtownScroller]

Too many great projects. It was a very tough choice. Congratulations to all the contestants!

[Arcy]

There are some absolutely fabulous projects in there!

I would have liked to have looked at the large versions in a slideshow rather than having to click on each individually. The thumbnails are fine for identification, but don't give any sense of the actual project and there was a lot of back and forth.

I also would have liked to have been able to look at each set out of order.

And with only four compound cut pieces I'm now REALLY sad that I didn't get mine done in time At least I have a head start for next year!

--Rob

[Janette]

I agree Rob, it took forever to open each one, then close it etc. Thumbnails were way too small to see. Seeing some side by side would have been good too.

[Scrolling Days]

Marvelous work!! Everyone who submitted an entry should be very proud! It's hard to pick from so many fantastic examples of woodcrafting.

I didn't see any work from "Junior Scrollers." Was that category eliminated?

[ANDY CHEW]

Great work all entrys are great even give some out there ideas thank you atc

[KTravis]

Wow!!!

Now those are some great designs. I had a very hard time deciding which to vote for.

I too would have liked a scroll thru option per category.

That said great job all in all.

[Powakee]

Those were some great projects!!!!! The hardest to choose from was the intarsa/segmented work. (And, I agree with Janette on this one - I am not an intarsa guy but dang that was some beautiful intarsa work).

Overall, There were too many pieces that could have (and in my head - did) take my vote. But finally, I did choose one in each category.

Everybody who entered should be proud of their work and I appreciate that you shared it with us.

Thanks
John

[woodshop93]

Marvelous work!! Everyone who submitted an entry should be very proud! It's hard to pick from so many fantastic examples of woodcrafting.

I didn't see any work from "Junior Scrollers." Was that category eliminated?

Yes it was-because I was the only one to enter that category.
So they eliminated the category and put my two entrys in: Traditional Fretwork and General Scroll Saw.

[jowshu98]

Very impressive work! Hard to choose amongst so many top notch pieces!

[Shannon]

Thanks for the feedback - yes, a slide show would have been more convenient - we'll work on that for the future.

As Nathan mentioned - we only had TWO entries in the junior category - and both were from Nathan... at least in compound there was someone to compete against!

Yes - I was also VERY surprised at the number of entries in intarsia/segmentation. And yes - we ended up putting marquetry in that category as well.

I'm eager to see what you guys pick!