Post #809305 by BlackWater on Mon, Jun 5, 2023 7:08 PM

Mon 5/29/23 More progress. Getting more confidence with not measuring out every single thing and just sketching it out. And my measured guides weren’t perfect anyway, so I sketch one side and eyeball the other or measure a few things. Learning to use marker for router guide lines so I can see them. Mostly finished the bottom guy but the hands are too far apart and I’m not sure how to fix that yet. Still need to do the sides and back (?) but there’s less detail work involved there.

Sat 6/3 More touchup on the front and filled in the sides and back. screwed up a pattern but hopefully no one notices. Lots of sanding. Reminder to look at the work as it will be displayed, on the ground. Shows what details are unimportant (bottoms of things) and which are important (tops.) I think I’m finished with this one for now though I might come back to it. On the next one I want to sand off the ugly outside finish first, I’m not sure how that will look under stain. But I don’t want to sand away the thin poly patterns.