Post #809914 by TikiAno on Sun, Jul 16, 2023 2:11 PM

Wow, Joshua, killer- I'm always so amazed by your work, great job!

Wendy, incredible work! Gorgeous.

Willcarve, awesome start (way better than mine, more on that mess below).

BlackWater, so cool!

Hang10, haha- well, it's a very long story- will catch you up soon- but I'm currently trying to give away the old bar from my old house- it will either stay here in San Diego or get chopped up- I thought about disassembling and moving but building a bar via nail gun and having a poured resin top, in retrospect, was not forward thinking re: potential of ever moving it! Haha.

I figured I had better start soon, so first I found an old board in the old garage, and sketched it out- my first version was all graphed out, but I wanted to make a few changes. Started routing it out- but forgot I wasn't using a piece of solid wood but some plywood... so some details flew away in protest.

Added some texture- again, not the best idea with plywood...

Took a wire brush to clean off the pencil and ....

(I admit I haven't used my router since the last Swap, so I'm a bit rusty....)

Then I felt like Gene Wilder in Blazing Saddles, my hand and its ability to rout straight lines had gone to hell... (reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzcgyk62cHU)

Took the torch to the wood so check texture (and this is what alerted me to the wiggly lines).

Next up, jigsaw the piece out, add some color- still debating whether to all brown toned wood stain or go closer to the actual fireplace...

Also plan to drill out the eyes and put red LED lights behind it- but will leave it detachable so that if the recipient doesn't want to plug it in they can remove.

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