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November 2024 Turning Challenge: Kevin Jesequel wins!

Choose your two favorite entries.

  • Steve Chu

    Votes: 4 7.4%

  • Nino Cocchiarella

    Votes: 1 1.9%

  • Scott Hadley

    Votes: 4 7.4%

  • Gabriel Hoff

    Votes: 13 24.1%

  • Lou Jacobs

    Votes: 19 35.2%

  • Kevin Jesequel

    Votes: 26 48.1%

  • John Leinemann

    Votes: 6 11.1%

  • Cody Litster

    Votes: 1 1.9%

  • Isaac Litster

    Votes: 4 7.4%

  • Rick Moreton

    Votes: 2 3.7%

  • Mike Obuchowski

    Votes: 8 14.8%

  • Ron Solfest

    Votes: 7 13.0%

  • Vincent Vogel

    Votes: 3 5.6%

  • Dwayne Watt

    Votes: 1 1.9%

  • Bruce Reisdorph

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Don Wattenhofer

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    54
  • Poll closed .
Michael Anderson

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The turning challenge for the month of November 2024 was to turn a puahala style calabash. Now, the challenge for all forum members (this means you and me) is to choose a winner. Voting begins now and concludes at midnight UTC (coordinated universal time) on Saturday, 30 November, 2024.

You are allowed two votes; once you have voted, you won't be able to go back and change your votes. After you have voted, you can track the vote totals. The voting is secret (just like an actual election), so nobody else can see who you voted for (not even the moderators/administrators). In case of a tie vote, the forum moderators will gather in a virtual waist-deep shavings-filled shop to determine the winner.

As in all previous challenges, the winner might have to pass a lie detector test before being awarded the Grand Prize (rumored to be a high-carbon dogleg SRG).

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Dean Center

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These are all very nice vessels, well turned and finished. The classic pua'hala shape is highly nuanced and extremely hard to achieve without a lot of practice. I would say that half of these nailed it. Thank you to all of you for submitting your entries. Those of us too timid, or busy, to do so salute you.
 
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Lou Jacobs

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Kevin Jesequel said:
@Lou Jacobs you set the bar extremely high with the first post. I think you had the best form out of all of us
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That’s so generous of you to say Kevin. Thank you! I think our forms were nearly identical, and your choice of wood was a showstopper! Again, a well-deserved win! But I’m bursting with curiosity, please let me know (if you ever find out) what a dogleg SRG is! ;-).
 
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