fhqwhgads' x-mas gift... - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

fhqwhgads · 07-13-2006, 04:58 AM

Here's an x-mas gift that I made for my sister-in-law, who sings in the church choir.
I cut the letters on the scrollsaw out of a 12"x12"x1/4" piece of maple. (yes, the letters were cut out of one solid sheet of maple) The final dimensions of the letters are about 7"x9" or so. They are mounted on a piece of blue mat board, and then there's a second piece cut and elevated about a 1/4" from the background. I built the frame (12"x15" or so) out of maple and used half-lap joints and a walnut dowel to pin them...

maleficent · 07-13-2006, 05:21 AM

wow, that is fantastic... the patience that must have taken... boy i bet you got tons of brownie points

ngdawg · 07-13-2006, 06:51 AM

Sir, YOU are an artist.

Snoogans · 07-13-2006, 12:35 PM

I'm extremely impressed!

Fly · 07-13-2006, 07:36 PM

fuckin' eh fhq.........sweet job.

i wish i had half of your wood working skills.

Mondak · 07-13-2006, 08:07 PM

the walnut dowel really finishes it well

amonkie · 07-14-2006, 02:36 AM

Still as pretty as the first time I saw this - Keep it coming!

07-13-2006, 04:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
fhqwhgads Junkie	fhqwhgads' x-mas gift... Here's an x-mas gift that I made for my sister-in-law, who sings in the church choir. I cut the letters on the scrollsaw out of a 12"x12"x1/4" piece of maple. (yes, the letters were cut out of one solid sheet of maple) The final dimensions of the letters are about 7"x9" or so. They are mounted on a piece of blue mat board, and then there's a second piece cut and elevated about a 1/4" from the background. I built the frame (12"x15" or so) out of maple and used half-lap joints and a walnut dowel to pin them... Last edited by fhqwhgads; 07-13-2006 at 05:01 AM..

07-13-2006, 05:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	wow, that is fantastic... the patience that must have taken... boy i bet you got tons of brownie points __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

07-13-2006, 06:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	Sir, YOU are an artist. __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.

07-13-2006, 12:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
Snoogans Veteran Location: Uppsala, Sweden	I'm extremely impressed! __________________ Internet hint: If someone's asking if what they do is weird, it always is.

07-13-2006, 07:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
Fly see the links to my music? Location: Beautiful British Columbia	fuckin' eh fhq.........sweet job. i wish i had half of your wood working skills. __________________ BASTARD SterlingStudios

07-13-2006, 08:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
Mondak Industrialist Location: Southern California	the walnut dowel really finishes it well __________________ All truth passes through three stages: First it is ridiculed Second, it is violently opposed and Third, it is accepted as self-evident. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER (1788-1860)

07-14-2006, 02:36 AM	#7 (permalink)
amonkie Drifting Administrator Location: Windy City	Still as pretty as the first time I saw this - Keep it coming! __________________ Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna