Mine is admittedly kinda junky. But itās my first build so it was super fun. And it can do its job, so itās not a failure
I loved YuvalS light inside the light!
EasyB with a 40% mass reduction! That is ridiculously effective!
Gchart with an amazing interactive art piece!
Skylight is probably making the sun feel bad about itself! Or blinding moonmen, who knows?
Fearofthedark doing things I can barely manage to wish I could!
Haukkeli doing it just plain better!
MtnDon thinking outside the boxā¦ By building a box!
Pip is focused on getting stuff done!
And Asian8640 has all that pretty copper!
Huge thank you to everyone involved, in any way, with the 9th BLF/ Old Lumens challenge! You are all inspiring! (Seriously. Now I want to build a boxy, computerized, coppery light that comes to the rescue in a power outage, holds another light, and helps me get stuff done! Maybe for old lumens 10? Lot of learning to do in the meantime!)
Looks like your finished post was at 11:30 eastern time on the final day. The contest ended at the end of the day UTC which is 5 hours ahead of us. So Iām guessing when he closed the contest yours wasnāt finished. We could probably talk them into sneaking yours in thoughā¦ Iām pretty sure this contest is more for fun than anything and nobody would be too upset if they stretched the time a little. I know I wouldnāt mind a bit.
I speak for myself when I say that this is an informal enough competition with a small enough participant pool that I second bending the rules a tiny bit to allow his entrance. The only issue I see is that I donāt know if we can alter the peopleās choice award Poll without creating a new one. However, it has only been less than 24 hours and 14 votes as of writing this, so it shouldnāt be too hard for everyone that voted already to reevaluate and recast their vote.
We have some awesome entries this year congratulation to every one who finished there builds!
Its a bit sad to see no one made a light on a lathe, that is usually the most competitive part of the contest.Hopefully next year we see some more machine made entries. You all have 9 month to start learning lol.
The coordinators of the 9th BLF Old Lumens Challenge recognize there is some disappointment in the missed deadline of one of the challenge entries. The coordinators believe that 90 days from official announcement to the ending date was quite ample time. There was a countdown timer prominently displayed in the first post of the announcement topic. There was a notation that the countdown timer was the official time to be used. The counter was counting down to the final seconds for 90 days. The counter is still there in plain sight, now counting up. There was also an approximate 9-day preliminary announcement posted.
The coordinators are reluctant to adjust the time frame only because doing so sets a precedent that may be used at some future point when or if someone feels a rule needs to be adjusted for some reason that benefits their challenge entry.
However, in the spirit of forum camaraderie, the coordinators have decided to allow Scallywag's challenge entry to be treated as completed in a timely manner. As a completed entry it will be placed in the People's Choice poll and will be placed in its class alongside the others for the judges to adjudicate. Anyone who has already cast a vote may change it if they wish.
The poll has been adjusted with the addition of Scallywag. However, adding the images and link in post two will be done later when I am home and can use my PC to edit images to use as was done with the others.
Hey, itās fine. I forgot to check the post, and even though the light was done on time the thread wasnāt and thatās the only thing you guys get to see.
Youāre right 90 days was plenty of time and if Iād checked the main thread Iād have just made time to post Monday night.
I didnāt, so thatās on me.
For what itās worth I donāt think Iām in danger of winning the vote anyway
It was not easy to vote! I followed along on everyoneās threads and it was fun to see so much hard work and creativity on every level. Congrats to everyone of you for putting in the time in the lights as well as the words and photos for your threads!
Voted Congrats and goof luck to all the participants!
This contest always bring impressive ideas and out-of-the-box conceptions! Great to be part of this ālightedā world