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Hi all, Been a while - I've been working hard finishing my basement the last year and the TS and other woodworking tools have been buried. However a few weeks ago an opportunity to create some sawdust came up.
My wife came up with the concept of making this "name plaque" for some friends where were getting married. I came up with a specific design, after some advice from the Bride's BF that it be "modern, dark, and be able to be hung on the wall or set on a table or something"
I decided I wanted to use some figured maple, and make it a very clean, simple design that showed off the wood without a lot of embellishment.
Construction was very easy - I had pieces of walnut sitting about, and got ahold of a nice piece of blistered maple, that were S3S. So I had to rip one side, and cut to length. Used the BT3 to create a trough in the walnut. Got the roundover bits out and went to town. Then stained the maple with transtint (3 or 4 applications with sanding in between). Then assembled, glued, and finished with hand rubbed shellac. Total shop time, probably an hour and a half construction, and a similar amount finishing/staining.
Was pretty happy with the finished product.
My wife came up with the concept of making this "name plaque" for some friends where were getting married. I came up with a specific design, after some advice from the Bride's BF that it be "modern, dark, and be able to be hung on the wall or set on a table or something"
I decided I wanted to use some figured maple, and make it a very clean, simple design that showed off the wood without a lot of embellishment.
Construction was very easy - I had pieces of walnut sitting about, and got ahold of a nice piece of blistered maple, that were S3S. So I had to rip one side, and cut to length. Used the BT3 to create a trough in the walnut. Got the roundover bits out and went to town. Then stained the maple with transtint (3 or 4 applications with sanding in between). Then assembled, glued, and finished with hand rubbed shellac. Total shop time, probably an hour and a half construction, and a similar amount finishing/staining.
Was pretty happy with the finished product.
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