update Carry On August 24
Well - it's been a little while, but, this is not the only thing being worked on in my shop these days. I am also building a cabinet. So this project is a side line project.
I remade the lower frame piece that I screwed up. Glad I did that.
You gotta keep in mind that the CNC is only PART of the process - not all of the process.
I miter cut the miters on the Hitachi SCMS
Then I cut a spline slot on the table saw.
I made the splines on the table saw, band saw and Performax 16-32 drum sander - and a little bit on the 2" wide vertical sander.
And also a pile of hand sanding.
The Glueup was a bit of a challenge. I needed to make a bit of a fixture to help me out. I make fixtures as I need them.
YES - I was VERY VERY messy - WAY too much glue.
I did scrape some of the excess glue before completely dry.
I reshaped the text base to fit into the pocket in the frame and I repainted the text base and the letters.
I stained it with General Finishes Warm Cherry.
I placed the text in the text box and placed the whole thing there just for this pic. Everything was then disassembled and set aside to dry for a couple of days.
I need to cut a rabit in the back for the glass, picture and backing to fit into.
Then I am going to use rattle can spray poly for a finish.
After the finish I will assemble it and hang it on my wall.