My Latest Plaque

[ironsides]

Just finished this one.

1. Cherry Wood blank from Michaels 9" x 12".
2. Roughed machined with .250 dia bit -- 61 minutes.
3. Finished with 1/32" nose radius carving tool from Carvewright store --6 hr 29 min.
5. one coat Boiled Linseed oil finish.
6. one coat of "Plaid Liquid Leaf" applied to select text from Walmart.
7. Used "Aspire 3.0" for design work.
8. Texture behind letters is an Austrian Curtain image and distorted using Aspire.
9. Flowers from 3D Model Club.
10. Carved using ShopBot PRSalpha 48 X 48.

[bleeth]

Very nice George-I really like the way you have the florals "climbing" on the bevel. Great touch.

[wberminio]

Great Job!

I like the quote also!

[MogulTx]

Real nice! And I guess that is GDK in the lower right corner?

Good work!

Monty

[ironsides]

Real nice! And I guess that is GDK in the lower right corner?

Good work!

Monty

Yes. I've started putting my monogram on all my jobs.
GDKelly

[phd1658]

Very nice, George. I like the sentiment! Just out of curiosity, what did you use to hold down the plaque?

[ironsides]

Very nice, George. I like the sentiment! Just out of curiosity, what did you use to hold down the plaque?

Bill,
I use mechanical clamping.
For production, I milled a 9 X 12 pocket in a 24 X 24 board from Lowes.
This locates each piece accurately for production work.

The blanks, from Michaels, come in different shapes, but they all will fit into the cavity.

George

[joe]

George,

Thank you for posting.

This is a Drop-Dead wonderful example of creative work. It doesn't look as if there was any tearout. Good choice of wood too.

Joe Crumley
www.normansignco.com

[myxpykalix]

George, what was the cost of the cherry wood blanks from michaels?

[joe]

Once upon a time I had a vac system. For my kind it didn't work very well.

Here are a couple hold downs. They were cut from 2" Oak from a discarded table.

If anyone wants a DXF all you need to is email me. When I was designing these my mind kept drifting back to the felt hammers I'd seen on the interior of a piano. They must have taken piano artists years to develope and refine. Hope they don't mind my using them on such a crude process.
www.jcrumley1@cox.net