My son is in Cub Scouts and is getting a "Arrow of Light" award.
Several of the parents are giving their son arrows, which got me to
thinking on a way to display it. This is what I came up with
http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/i82much55/
I spent about 20 -30 hours on the template, then made templates for
the plugs, so I could use a flush trim bit.
I first had to do the "rays and feathers, which I ran wild, then
routed out the arch, which I ran wild also.
I then routed out for the shaft.
Iused an x-acto knife to square up the corners.
I used African Mahogany for the backgroud, yellowheart fo the inlay,
and purpleheart for the border.
I was trying to match the colors of the actual badge as close as
possible
I must have 6-8 hours in the inlay part, not couting the time waiting
for the glue to dry
On Feb 18, 9:36=A0am, "Gary E" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > My son is in Cub Scouts and is getting a "Arrow of Light" award.
> > Several of the parents are giving their son arrows, which got me to
> > thinking on a way to display it. This is what I came up with
> >http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/i82much55/
> > I spent about 20 -30 hours on the template, then made templates for
> > the plugs, so I could use a flush trim bit.
> > I first had to do the "rays and feathers, which I ran wild, then
> > routed out the arch, which I ran wild also.
> > I then routed out for the shaft.
> > Iused an x-acto knife to square up the corners.
> > I used African Mahogany for the backgroud, yellowheart fo the inlay,
> > and purpleheart for the border.
> > I was trying to match the colors of the actual badge as close as
> > possible
> > I must have 6-8 hours in the inlay part, not couting the time waiting
> > for the glue to dry
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> Looks great! =A0How did you finish the purple heart? I am having a devil o=
f a
> time with it.
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I just used some polyurethane.3 coats
Guess it was my lucky day
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[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> My son is in Cub Scouts and is getting a "Arrow of Light" award.
> Several of the parents are giving their son arrows, which got me to
> thinking on a way to display it. This is what I came up with
> http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/i82much55/
> I spent about 20 -30 hours on the template, then made templates for
> the plugs, so I could use a flush trim bit.
> I first had to do the "rays and feathers, which I ran wild, then
> routed out the arch, which I ran wild also.
> I then routed out for the shaft.
> Iused an x-acto knife to square up the corners.
> I used African Mahogany for the backgroud, yellowheart fo the inlay,
> and purpleheart for the border.
> I was trying to match the colors of the actual badge as close as
> possible
> I must have 6-8 hours in the inlay part, not couting the time waiting
> for the glue to dry
Beautiful job.
S.
"i82much" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My son is in Cub Scouts and is getting a "Arrow of Light" award.
> Several of the parents are giving their son arrows, which got me to
> thinking on a way to display it. This is what I came up with
> http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/i82much55/
> I spent about 20 -30 hours on the template, then made templates for
> the plugs, so I could use a flush trim bit.
> I first had to do the "rays and feathers, which I ran wild, then
> routed out the arch, which I ran wild also.
> I then routed out for the shaft.
> Iused an x-acto knife to square up the corners.
> I used African Mahogany for the backgroud, yellowheart fo the inlay,
> and purpleheart for the border.
> I was trying to match the colors of the actual badge as close as
> possible
> I must have 6-8 hours in the inlay part, not couting the time waiting
> for the glue to dry
Looks great! How did you finish the purple heart? I am having a devil of a
time with it.
Gary