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Attached are a couple of pictures of the new picket carolers in progress. The first shows the blanks for all the parts that have to be bandsawn to shape. The second is after they have been sawn.

The next steps are to sand all the edges to remove any bumps etc, rout a
1/8" round over on most edges, clean up the rough round overs and face sand the parts before the starting the glue ups.

I have reached the point where I am starting the glue ups.

You may notice I have drawn the main features on each piece with a permanent marker. In the past this has served me well to preserve the detail under the primer coat. This time I got a lot of bleed from the marker when sanding. Usually I am doing this with outdoor plywood and have not encountered too much of a problem so I'm not sure if the current results are because I am working with pine, or if it is the brand of marker. Hopefully it will not be a problem after the usual three coats of finish.

If all goes well, they should be ready for the dear wife to start painting by Monday.

John

Thanks for sharing the process with us. The more show and tell the better I like it!

Do you ever stack cut some of the parts that are identical? It appears that some of the parts could be done that way, using double sided tape, might save a few minutes of cutting time since the bandsaw could easily make those cuts.

Same question but add the fact that if you were to do two sets of parts at a time then you might save a lot of time with the stacking method.

Don't want to give advice where it is now wanted but I've used the method and found it save me a good deal of time and effort. You can also add a 1/4"-1/2" hardboard/MDF on top with the pattern on it and then on future builds use the pattern to draw the patterns on the project.

So what ever way you go keep enjoying what you are doing, and keep us up to date on your projects.

Ed

They wife loves X-mas stuff. Think you can get me a prices shipped to 18824?

mustangpalmer1911 wrote:They wife loves X-mas stuff. Think you can get me a prices shipped to 18824?

Lack of letters in the zip code may be an 'issue'.

[quote="JPG40504"]Lack of letters in the zip code may be an 'issue'.]
I believe he meant that his zip code is 18824 which is Hop Bottom PA

jcraigie wrote:I believe he meant that his zip code is 18824 which is Hop Bottom PA

My reference to 'letters' in the zip code was an indirect observation that they reside in different countries.

If you choose to send something to mustangpalmer in Hop Bottom, PA be aware - get your money up front. I sent him something last month with the understanding that he would remit the cost of postage to me upon receipt. Guess what?

Not everyone on this forum is as honorable as we would wish.

bhurley wrote:If you choose to send something to mustangpalmer in Hop Bottom, PA be aware - get your money up front. I sent him something last month with the understanding that he would remit the cost of postage to me upon receipt. Guess what?

Not everyone on this forum is as honorable as we would wish.

WOW - your offer was made on November 29th - this year. Opps, maybe I made a bad. I'm only assuming this to be the transaction in question.

I too am waiting and have been for quite some time for monies owed to me BUT I have not pointed that out "by name" on an open forum.

However, I do hope that you deal more one on one and "in private" with others whom you feel owe you something.

HOP BOTTOM, PA - that did not sound like a real place so I googled it. Guess what. Looks like a good place to live.

Done that.

Now I want to caution others.

Ed:

I have used the stacked method in the past and debated it for this project. I backed away on the 3 song book pieces mostly because of the 3/4"thickness. All my previous experience has been with thinner wood. Also on the smaller pieces I am using as much scrap as possible and doing them individually allows me to work around some knots, etc.

As to the hardboard patterns, I have done that also, but usually the light bulb dosen't go on until I am on my third or fourth edition.

Thanks for the comments.

John