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Offline John D Smith

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Commonwealth Games 2014
« on: July 24, 2014, 08:50:26 PM »
      Hi everyone I have a challenge I am sure someone will come up with the answer. Every winner of a Medal in the Games also gets presented with a

gift It is a Quaich it looks like it is turned from a Burr it looks beautiful it was designed by Paul Hodgkiss the challenge is Who Turned These ?  ???

                                         Regards John
  
I have also been admiring the Podium's the Medal winners stand on I have found out these were all made from trees fallen in Glasgow the gold podium

is made from Elm and the Silver & Bronze from Sycamore 96 in total were made  
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Re: Commonwealth Games 2014
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2014, 09:08:15 PM »
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,"  By Dickens ''''

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Re: Commonwealth Games 2014
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2014, 09:11:12 PM »
Interesting about the podiums, I will have to watch for those.
No idea who made the quaich but at least google showed me what it was  :)
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The internal diameter should never exceed the external width.
Nor the internal depth, the external height.
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Re: Commonwealth Games 2014
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2014, 09:24:06 PM »
Possibly Robin Wood? He does these and is possibly the most likely candidate.

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Re: Commonwealth Games 2014
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2014, 08:35:58 PM »


   Here is a picture of the Quaich
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Re: Commonwealth Games 2014
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2014, 08:49:37 PM »
Gorgeous
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I have learnt the first rule of woodturning.
The internal diameter should never exceed the external width.
Nor the internal depth, the external height.
Does that make me an expert now ?

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Re: Commonwealth Games 2014
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2014, 08:51:33 PM »

     Now the podiums and the designer Paul Hodgkiss
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Re: Commonwealth Games 2014
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2014, 09:09:15 PM »
Very classy. I wonder what they will get used for after the games.
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Graham
I have learnt the first rule of woodturning.
The internal diameter should never exceed the external width.
Nor the internal depth, the external height.
Does that make me an expert now ?