Closed: 3rd Annual BLF Scratch Made Light Contest

Giveaways and Contests
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Hereā€™s what I hope to eventually be my build thread. Iā€™m looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with. This is going to be so exciting!

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Someone help talk me out of entering the machine made category. Iā€™m seriously hampered with a lathe that canā€™t thread, but Iā€™m still all itchy to enter even knowing Iā€™d have to have a really strange design to avoid large internal and external threads.

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Donā€™t enter. Just watch from the sidelines. Be a spectator. Threading is essential to a good machine-made design. Besides, you donā€™t want any of the prizes being offered anyway, right? J)

Anything else I can help you with? 0:)

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That was helpful. :stuck_out_tongue:

Ah, what the hell, put my name down for the machine made category.

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_the_ wrote:

Table saw used in a safe and manual intensive way is allowed.

Let's try to be keep this event FUN and the rules loose and flexible enough. Judges will lower the score if they think that a contestant is bending the rules too much.

Just trying to clearly understand the rules so I don't bend them.

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Go ahead and bend them the judges will just knock off points. :slight_smile: Give the other people a better chance.

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I believe there have been guys that learned to thread on a lathe that didnā€™t do automatic threads. I am pretty sure it has been done.

Bet you could do it too.

https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=making+threads+on+a+lathe+without+automatic+threading&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#q=cutting+threads+on+an+old+manual+lathe&tbm=vid

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Good to see new members signing up. I hope more members will take the plunge, new or old. The more contestants, the better the contest. We want you.

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More build threads listed in post #1. More prizes added in post #0. Are we having more fun already? At least I am! :)

ATTN: Contestants! Would you please:

  • Make the competition easier to follow by adding the following info to your build thread subject:
    • Your name: "MyName's entry to ..."
    • Category: "Hand Made" or "Machine Made"
  • PM me when you create the build thread so that I won't miss it when adding links to post #1
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Go for it Henry. Just make the pieces fit snug, then D&T them and screw them together to secure. This is a make the coolest light contest, not the most user friendly lost in the woods light contest. Regardless, Iā€™d have a screwdriver with me in the woods. Hell, there is nothing going to be user friendly with my light.

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The way Iā€™m reading the rules I donā€™t actually have to own the machines I use in the build, just be the one to program and operate them while theyā€™re running my parts. A whole universe opens up for me if thatā€™s right, I have A LOT of machines open to me at work and the local community college.

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You are interpreting the rules correctly. Go for it! :)

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J)

Itā€™s on like Donkey Kong.

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Oh hell, I'm in for the Hand-Made Category.

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oh man this is going to be excitingā€¦

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Especially since you are entering too, right?

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All right!! Thanks a ton to _the_ for helping organize this. Best wishes to all the participants. Have fun!

Stickyā€™d.

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OL i will be participating in some ways. :smiley:

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Yes, thank you again for running this _the_.

Have another question. Please don't take my questions as attempts to get the rules bent. I will comply with what ever your rulings are. Not pushing for yes' to my questions. Just need an answer so I can plan accordingly.

Are screws allowed for Hand Made?

EDIT: Store bought screws, that is.

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Nut screws washers and bolts? Yes, that's definitely allowed in this weird contest.