greenmtnguy
Local Chapter Leader
Entries for the "Advanced Casting Contest" will be accepted starting Feb. 1st, 2019 and will end Feb. 20th, 2019 at 11:59pm EST. NO EXCEPTIONS!
To give everyone a fair chance, no CNC, Lasers or 3D printing
Allowed are bottle stoppers or other cast items.
How to Enter:
You must submit the information below when submitting your blank/s. Any blank/s posted to this or any other thread or anyone revealing their work will be disqualified.
Use this email to submit your entries to: advancedcastingcontest@penturners.org
Please include your IAP member Id, real Name and address with your entry.
Who Determines the Winners:
A member's poll will be created for your peers to vote. Voting will begin on Feb. 22nd and run until Feb. 24th at High Noon MST. The top 3 vote recipients will then be entered in the finalists' poll which will begin Feb. 25th and end on Feb. 27 at 11:59 pm EST. The winners will be revealed Feb. 28th.
All contestants must comply with the Universal Contest Rules in addition to the following rules.
Rules for the advanced Casting Contest:
No CNC, Lasers, 3D printers
I am allowing bottle stoppers and hybrid blanks
1 - The object of the contest is to create a pen blank or other allowed using one or more of many casting techniques. You may cast single or multiple colors - or - attach an object or objects to a tube/s and then cast it in resin - or - you may cast your item/s then drill the blank and glue in the tube.
2 - The objects you attach or cast can be made by any means allowed in the rules above. Once cast they may only be turned on a lathe to final dimensions.
3 – Your creation may be one blank for a single body style or two for a double body or body and cap style pen or bottle stopper or other cast item
4 - This contest is about creating a blank/s and using it to created a usable item..
5 - Each submission must be photographed during the 4 phases as follows:
Before casting showing the materials used
After the blank is cast right from the mold
Show the blank on the lathe turned and with finish complete
A picture of the finished assembled pen
6 - To enter the contest you must submit to the email listed above. You must submit 4 photographs. Photos need to be 800x600 with a maximum file size of 256kb.
7 - Your submission must include brief description of the materials and process used in the creation of the blank.
8 - Photographs should be on a plain background without props of any sort. A clear plastic pen stand is acceptable. Remember that you will be judged based on your photographs submitted.
9 - Please include your member user ID, real name and address along with your entry
Prizes
First Place, Sterling silver pen kit from Silver Pen Parts 4145
Second Place. $50 Gift certificate from dieseldoc and a $25 gift certificate from Little Machine shop
Third Place, $50 gift certificate from Rand B,
To give everyone a fair chance, no CNC, Lasers or 3D printing
Allowed are bottle stoppers or other cast items.
How to Enter:
You must submit the information below when submitting your blank/s. Any blank/s posted to this or any other thread or anyone revealing their work will be disqualified.
Use this email to submit your entries to: advancedcastingcontest@penturners.org
Please include your IAP member Id, real Name and address with your entry.
Who Determines the Winners:
A member's poll will be created for your peers to vote. Voting will begin on Feb. 22nd and run until Feb. 24th at High Noon MST. The top 3 vote recipients will then be entered in the finalists' poll which will begin Feb. 25th and end on Feb. 27 at 11:59 pm EST. The winners will be revealed Feb. 28th.
All contestants must comply with the Universal Contest Rules in addition to the following rules.
Rules for the advanced Casting Contest:
No CNC, Lasers, 3D printers
I am allowing bottle stoppers and hybrid blanks
1 - The object of the contest is to create a pen blank or other allowed using one or more of many casting techniques. You may cast single or multiple colors - or - attach an object or objects to a tube/s and then cast it in resin - or - you may cast your item/s then drill the blank and glue in the tube.
2 - The objects you attach or cast can be made by any means allowed in the rules above. Once cast they may only be turned on a lathe to final dimensions.
3 – Your creation may be one blank for a single body style or two for a double body or body and cap style pen or bottle stopper or other cast item
4 - This contest is about creating a blank/s and using it to created a usable item..
5 - Each submission must be photographed during the 4 phases as follows:
Before casting showing the materials used
After the blank is cast right from the mold
Show the blank on the lathe turned and with finish complete
A picture of the finished assembled pen
6 - To enter the contest you must submit to the email listed above. You must submit 4 photographs. Photos need to be 800x600 with a maximum file size of 256kb.
7 - Your submission must include brief description of the materials and process used in the creation of the blank.
8 - Photographs should be on a plain background without props of any sort. A clear plastic pen stand is acceptable. Remember that you will be judged based on your photographs submitted.
9 - Please include your member user ID, real name and address along with your entry
Prizes
First Place, Sterling silver pen kit from Silver Pen Parts 4145
Second Place. $50 Gift certificate from dieseldoc and a $25 gift certificate from Little Machine shop
Third Place, $50 gift certificate from Rand B,
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