My New Tiki Bar Sign

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S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Fri, Feb 13, 2004 5:21 PM It's all done. Not what I had in my head to do, but good. I'm letting the glue dry over night and then I'll hang it over the door. I am lucky enough to have a nice scroll saw. So I printed the letters out on computer (teenaged font) and glued the paper to the wood on back and cut the letters out of particle board. I could not get my printer to print reversed and I had no carbon paper, so it tried my patience. Since there was no need to be exact, it was ll okay. I cut the back piece of the scrap from the same piece the letter came from. I sprayed the back black and painted the front in layers of various colors. I meant to make it look like a wood grain, but that was just not happening. So I mixed various dark shades and got a texture and varied look. Used a little wood glue to stick them down. Pre-drilled and put in the small screw eyes. The Swank Pad Broadcast - If it's Swank... [ Edited by: Swanky on 2004-02-13 17:23 ]
P Polynesiac Tiki Socialite San Pedro, CA Joined: Jan 29, 2004 Posts: 2099	P Polynesiac Posted posted on Fri, Feb 13, 2004 5:28 PM That's a really nice lookin' sign! Yeah, scroll saws let you do some very cool stuff... Post some more pics once it's up in it's new home!
M Monkeyman Tiki Socialite Vista, CA Joined: Mar 04, 2003 Posts: 2386	M Monkeyman Posted posted on Fri, Feb 13, 2004 9:05 PM How do you cut out the inside of the A's? That scoll saw looks like it works very well on detail. Nice Job Swankster!
T Traderpup Tiki Socialite Long Beach, CA Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 1055	T Traderpup Posted posted on Fri, Feb 13, 2004 9:21 PM I used to do fretwork as a hobby..... with inside cuts, you'd first drill a pilot hole, then take the blade off the scroll saw, place it thru the pilot hole, then reattach the blade to the saw. When you're working on large fretwork pieces, it really slows you down! Nice work on the sign, Swanky! [ Edited by: Traderpup on 2004-02-13 21:21 ]
T tikitony Tiki Socialite Ventura, CA Joined: Aug 18, 2002 Posts: 861	T tikitony Posted posted on Fri, Feb 13, 2004 11:05 PM sign kicks butt, watch out, you gonna get some orders now!
BK Basement Kahuna Tiki Socialite Jawja Province, Isle of North America Joined: Oct 14, 2002 Posts: 3618	BK Basement Kahuna Posted posted on Fri, Feb 13, 2004 11:24 PM Really cool sign.
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Sat, Feb 14, 2004 7:05 AM Nice work Swanky, Scroll work is excellent,but probably a piece of cake compared to the fret work you've done. Did you try openint the letters in MGI Photo Suite or similar app and then applying the morror image? that gives the reversed image. (edited by BK for the correct name of maker) OOPs [ Edited by: Basement Kahuna on 2004-02-14 12:38 ] [ Edited by: Benzart on 2004-02-14 21:37 ]
T tiki_kiliki Member Birmingham, AL Joined: Apr 01, 2002 Posts: 1046	T tiki_kiliki Posted posted on Sat, Feb 14, 2004 9:59 AM Very nice Swanky! It looks wonderful!
S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Sat, Feb 14, 2004 11:37 AM Benzart, The reverse is usually a function of the printer. Ther eis usually a "Transapancy" or some other setting to do it. Nothing in my printer set up. I worked it for this time by gluing it down backwards and tracing over the lines and cutting. If I need something very precise, I'll find a better way. I had thought about doing some enlargements of matchbooks in a 3D thing.
S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Sat, Feb 14, 2004 2:52 PM The bar is open...
TD Tiki Diablo Member socal Joined: Jun 24, 2002 Posts: 1916	TD Tiki Diablo Posted posted on Sat, Feb 14, 2004 6:31 PM Lookin' good Swanky my boy!
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Sat, Feb 14, 2004 9:45 PM Swanky, Sorry, I did not know that the reverse was a printer function. I have an app called MGI Photo suite and I always use the "Mirror" to create a reverse image . I wasn't trying to tell you what to do since I don't know that much about computers. Back to the original theme, your frames are great and I think you wll need to step up production. I know I'll want one when I get my FLOUNDERart print.
S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Sat, Feb 14, 2004 10:28 PM Okay, my digital camera is not nice enough to take a picture of the bar at night with the "proper" lighting. Here is what I got after adjusting it with Photoshop... My 1000th post... I took a new one in the daylight... The Swank Pad Broadcast - If it's Swank... [ Edited by: swanky on 2004-02-15 13:35 ]
UJ Unkle John Tiki Socialite Middle-of-the-Ocean, TX Joined: Oct 22, 2003 Posts: 1217	UJ Unkle John Posted posted on Thu, Feb 19, 2004 9:43 PM That sign looks great! I whipped this one up for my bar, it's about 8" x 14" or so.
UJ Unkle John Tiki Socialite Middle-of-the-Ocean, TX Joined: Oct 22, 2003 Posts: 1217	UJ Unkle John Posted posted on Thu, Feb 19, 2004 9:45 PM BTW my 200th post. go me. this was ment for my post above... too darn tired to read correctly. this post is actually 201. weee -one man aspiring to be everyone’s favorite unkle. http://www.unklejohn.com [ Edited by: Unkle John on 2004-02-19 21:47 ]
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Fri, Feb 20, 2004 8:01 AM Nice loking bar and that Awsome Tiki loks great in the shadows. Kinda makes you want to be careful? Very nice.

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