Here are a couple more Christmas gifts that came out of the workshop. The first one is a wall-hanging for my die-hard Vikings fan mother-in-law. I cut it on the X-Carve and hand-painted it.
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- Carved but not painted
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- After painting the Vikings logo outline black and sanding the excess paint off.
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- After painting the Vikings logo outline black and sanding the excess paint off.
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- After final painting.
This one is for my parents to hang up pictures of the grandkids:
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- The rough-sawn 8/4 walnut from the lumberyard
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- I resawed it into three planks roughly 5/8″ wide.
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- I left the boards’ surfaces rough-sawn and offset the top and bottom for that old-timey look.
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- I carved this quote with a v-bit on the X-Carve.
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- I painted the carved letters and then did a quick sanding to remove any paint outside of the grooves.
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- I added some twine to hang the sign and a piece of twine with clothespins to hang pictures at the bottom.
If you’re wondering whether making a sign like this makes up for moving 2,000 miles away with the grandkids, the answer is “mostly.”