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A while ago a friend requested that I make a sign as a house warming gift they wanted to give. They then went ahead and drew up the design and purchased a wood cutting board to make the sign on. The wood is olive about 18 x 10 inches 3/4 inch thick. My friend wanted the main lettering , "Home Sweet Home" in raised letters and a larger font so I tilted my saw table to four degrees to saw out this part. The raised and recessed parts are then glued in place after the letters were sanded. The name and other letters are much smaller font and so I was not able to raise them so they are sawn as I would normally saw fretwork with the table flat. I plan on putting a black backer from 1/8 plywood on the back of the sign which will give some extra strength to the small sections of lettering. The house outlined on the right side has the gable end of the roof raised and the door recessed for added interest, again sawn at a 4 degree tilt. The door when recessed poked through the back so I sawed the back off with a flush cut hand saw. The viening outline of the walls and floor of the house was sawn first with a Pegas #5 MGT blade followed with a #2 spiral blade to widen the cut and make the outline more visible. I was concerned with the knots and grain of the wood but it has held together well.
Just a comment about the cutting board - It was purchased at Winner's". I find that stores like Winner's , Thrift Stores, etc. have excellent wood cutting boards, trays, shallow wood dishes, etc that provide wood that can be used for some very interesting scroll saw projects.
Garry
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Just a comment about the cutting board - It was purchased at Winner's". I find that stores like Winner's , Thrift Stores, etc. have excellent wood cutting boards, trays, shallow wood dishes, etc that provide wood that can be used for some very interesting scroll saw projects.
Garry
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