awards board part II

[lawrence]

Well, here is the next part of the Group awards board I'm working on. I finished up this piece this afternoon and hope to start working on the picture holders next week.
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u313/ldr_klr/boardSmall.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u313/ldr_klr/DSCF0238Small.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u313/ldr_klr/DSCF0245Small.jpg

The carve is a hair over 12 inches wide and took 3 and change hours to complete
Thanks for looking
Lawrence

ps- the attached file is one that I've cleaned up even further, with extra space in the A's and e's so there is less break out and I cleaned the overall image up a bit more as well.

[RayTrek]

Hello

Just wanted to say I think your project is looking great!
And thanks for sharing it with us

Ray

[lawrence]

Well, I'm almost done with this monster.... (whew)
My Chief gave some inputs-- he wanted smaller picture holders and just "55 ECG" Here is what I've ended up with so far
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u313/ldr_klr/DSCF0056Small-1.jpg
The plane did not look right stained, so I gave a go at painting.... well at least I know where my talents are NOT! No DaVinci here, but it'll do....
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u313/ldr_klr/DSCF0058Small-1.jpg
The individual picture holders are for 4x6 photos and have the award engraved on the wood. The picture holders themselves are acrylic u-shaped thingys that cost like a buck each and are stuck on with double sided tape. The award winner's name and squadron is printed on the individual photos
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u313/ldr_klr/DSCF0061Small-2.jpg
All the pictures/photo holders are to be attached with screws/keyhole slots. I've already cut all the keyhole slots out-- had a bit break on me in the process (ZING!!! POW!!!... check for holes... ok all's good, whew)
The ply edging is oak and is chamfered similarly to the flag cases I make
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u313/ldr_klr/DSCF0063Small-4.jpg It is held on with a 3/8 rebate glued and pin nailed.

I still need to finish the ply and edging, measure and affix the mounting screws and then bring it into work. I plan to anchor the board to the wall with screws hidden behind the pictures.

I'm glad to almost have this monster done.... it has taken much more time than I anticipated-- 9+ hours in carving on the carvewright, 5+ hours of design, 3 hours shopping, 1 hour transit, 3+ hours material prep/sanding, 3+ hours painting/finishing and I'm not done yet!... suddenly the day and a half I took off of work to do this doesn't seem like such a good deal Oh well, I've learned a LOT about sketchup/my carvewright, my incra router jig, keyhole bit usage, etc... and had fun in the process. Hopefully my next pic will be of it hanging in place.
Thanks for looking
Lawrence

[William Blankenship]

Nicely done!!! This really turned out well. Thanks for sharing.

Bill...

[c6craig]

Looks great to me!! You can really tell the amount of work that went into the project. Nice job!

Craig