Intro Into my Projects..
I’ve decided to take the pictures of my projects and start posting them. Hopefully in the future I will remember to take more pictures so I can actually document the process for others that might want to do something similar.
My First “Documented” Project
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| I started out with a piece of scratch wood in the garage and found a font in MS Word that I liked and printed out a sort of stencil. After cutting out the letters and tracing them on the wood, I cut it out with my jig saw and here you go. (I only broke off one letter during the sanding process..) |
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| After using the router to make the edges pretty and put slots in the back to put in the nail holders, it got a nice dark stain, lacquer and the key holders. Now it has enough hooks to hold all of our keys and then some. |
Lessons Learned
- A band or scroll saw would be nice for projects like this where there is some tight cutting.. (Maybe one day I will be so lucky..)
- Use a HARDWOOD!! I shouldn’t have used the scrap wood in the garage.. I’ve learned that pine breaks very easy and wish I would have used a maple or oak or this project. Between Erika and Myself sanding or dropping or knocking this off the wall. I think ever letter but the ‘O’ has been glued back on.
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