project x - revealed!!!!

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i've decided to be a bit mysterious with this project, hence the name, project x. so far the only thing i can say right now, is that this project involves hard maple, metal, and glass. so far, all of the hard maple parts have been rough cut.
 

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An artistic fireplace mantle<--(guessing) made up of 2"x2" endgrain showing maple peices stacked up

for the sides, with antique wrote iron fence peices in front of the sides, and a 1.5" thick green glass

shelf across the top with a hand chipped egde with sharp points on it.<--(further guessing).

?????????
 
today i got all of the parts for project x cut to final size, and parts glued up for the bases. there are also peeks at the metal and glass parts.
 

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I know! I know! It's a radio-controlled helicopter with a gimbal-mounted high definition camera!

What do I win? :D
 
got a little more done yesterday and today. got all of the final body lines and drill points laid out last night. today i cut the bodies to shape and sanded to the lines with the spindle sander.
 

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more done today. got the jig for the base rounding over made, drilled the holes, and chamfered the ends of parts c. hopefully project x can be unveiled soon....
 

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well, i have gotten as far as i can without spilling the beans, so to speak, and now i reveal the true nature of project x. but first, in the pics we have the bases with the edges rounded over (with the soon thrown out trim router from harbor freight, what a piece of junk!). now we have project x revealed! push in one side, get one, push in the other way, get another one. you get two m&m's at any given time. :thumb:
 

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