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scrap wood project
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:54 pm
by reible
This is a piece of broken fence I thought I would have some fun with. The photos tell the story so I don't think I need to go into details but ask if you want more info.
Photo's, the first photo is just me having some fun with my other hobby and no that is not done with the computer it just how I took the shot.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12199425@N ... 390591154/
Ed
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 7:36 pm
by nuhobby
Thanks Ed,
Have been meaning to compliment you on this sign. It is very appropriate right now (and always).....
Great sign
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:28 am
by easterngray
That is wonderful Ed - Thanks. How did you do the letters? Alec
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:29 am
by reible
I'm glad you got to enjoy the project.
While it looks dead simple it did take a while to figure out and do. First the intent was for the message to have light behind. I played with some widths of cuts to find something that gave the look I wanted. I also went for a very rustic presentation since this was just a broken fence board out of our fence. Maybe the term "rustic garden look" should be coined for this.
To that end I did several paper designs keeping to the width of wood and width of cut. Once I was close I redid it using a china marker on the ruff wood. The idea being to cut away the orange markings.
The final tool choise was the rotozip. I saw all the infomercials and some how found that I could never get mine to work like the ones on the shows... it always seemed to have a mind of its own in real wood, especially soft/grain hard grain woods. This seemed like the best choise because no matter how how hard I tried it was going to make its own way thus letting the wood move this towards art and less towards wood craft.
Since certain places need to be more controlled I use the shopsmith to drill holes at these locations. This was also the starting/ending places for some of the cuts. A few other holes were drilled just to let me start the bit in the cut. After a pass or two or three with the rotozip I had the orange markings gone and the result is what you see.
So it is a bit more effort then the results show but it came out just about as I had planned. I almost was going to jigsaw a pattern and then pin route it on the OPR but I thougth it might look to mechanical and "even" then...
Ed
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:17 pm
by drewa
Maybe I missed it in this thread, but, what the heck does that mean "Be still and know that I am"?
Curiouser and Curiouser,
Drew
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:51 pm
by admin
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:04 pm
by Ed in Tampa
drewa wrote:Maybe I missed it in this thread, but, what the heck does that mean "Be stil and know that I am"?
Curiouser and Curiouser,
Drew
I guess we know where Drew doesn't spend Sundays.
Pagan!
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:58 pm
by easterngray
Don't worry Drew, we'll pray for you!!
Alec
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:10 pm
by reible
I about went crazy reading the post with stil rather then still....... I've done dumb things like that before and never saw it until my good wife points it out. Since she didn't I figured I was safe but none the less I took a quick trip to the living room to make sure there were two l's.
All is well or should I say all is wel.
Ed