Those look great! +1
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Thanks. It was hard to get a good pic of the whole group.
I lost the dot over the i in the âJuniorsâ on a couple. Next time I may go a little deeper to get more epoxy in there.
I thought about using black CA glue for the fiber letters but a test with that didnât turn out so well. I cheaper out and didnât buy the accelerator. Maybe that would have helped out.
I have done several community projects lately for different organizations. I really enjoy making things for other people. I make plenty for myself and family but it is very rewarding making things for others. My last one was making cabinet doors for some existing bookshelves for a senior citizens center. They have sewing classes and needed a place to store the machines and their projects. What was so incredible was making 3 doors that were about 5 feet tall and 24-30 inches was $350.00 for clear pine and paint. Originally the senior citizen center was going to pay for the material and labor donated. However our club ponied up the whole amount. Another project was also for a nursing home where several of us built a book case to store one ladies 300+ books so the whole facility could use it as a library. I carved the homeâs name and the ladies name on the front face frame.
So glad you support your kids and her troop. I think the coasters look great. I can see it was a lot of work but the effort was worth it. You might be surprised that those coasters turn up in 50-80 years at one of the girls estate sale and she kept and treasured for years and years
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Thanks. My hope is that they will remember the good times they had with the other girls this year and this will remind them of the names.
I am probably going to do something similar for the stable where she rides.
If they turn up in 50-80 years I wonât know anything about it 
My dad asked me to make a gift for another family member, and I finally had some time to run the design. I ran through quite a few attempts with all the rotary bits I had, but they all had problems making the small text, so I bought the MC Etcher bits. The text came out great, and actually ran the file faster than the v-bits and end mills. I made the text in Illustrator, using a âbible-lookingâ font, then exported the outlines as svg, thanks to help here. I made the design in CC, then mirrored it so it was carving from the back, and it looks polished when reading. Great fun!
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That looks really nice. I have an MC Etcher in the box just looking for a good project.
Is that plain acrylic or something special?
Thanks! Itâs plain clear cast acrylic, 0.107" or so thick. I got a bunch of cut-offs from a sign shop, some have tint, some are frosted. The frosted looked nice too, but it wasnât big enough for this project. I cut out the shape with a SpeTool 0 flute bit. It was a bit scary how fast it went through the plastic, but the edge is beautiful. The inner border was done with a 1/16 ball point #111.
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Finished a couple of these yesterday.
I tried to go all natural and finished the wood with linseed oil and wool fat. Probably overdosed the fat, you see fingerprints on some boxes.
Will return to bees wax next time 
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Hi Julien,
to answer your questionsâŚ
The molding inside the stiles and before the panel is a doucine. The molding on the panel is a plate-band. (there are many kinds of strips).
itâs a good idea you had. i donât like to strip either.
if you have a little play in the panel, you might have a little square between the stile and the panel.
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Superb. I really like the interlocking lip on the box pieces. I assume you glued the walnut on before doing the machining.
Makes me wish my glasses werenât on my head 100% of the time.
Thanks.
No, the glueing happened after the machining.
That way I can do a contour cut instead of pocketing.
The inner cut out part is good for further machining into bottle openers 
Ignore all the other rough nonsense, just look at that clean bore and slot for smw 6mm fixturing pins. Theyâre a fantastic fit 
With these, i can take the molds on and off of the nomad. This enables recutting of features and running additional ops if necessary. Set the origin in the center of that bore, the slot constrains rotation. Beautiful 
Snuck up on the dimension. Left .1mm stock then ran a full depth finishing pass to final dimension. Had to re-run the bore with an additional -0.01mm stock to leave to get the pin to juuuust fitâŚi should really just get a reamer 
(Edit: just realized i didnât deburr or chamfer before testing the pin fit⌠that was probably dumb 
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Just WOW!! Thank you for sharing on this blog. Inspiring.
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I canât get over seeing this as an optical illusion!
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Maybe applying a darker blue in the recesses of the door to make the panels POP out - and then apply some contrasting (maybe gold paint) motifs on all of the doors for a classic look would forestall any sanding? Just an idea. Maybe take a photo and place it in a graphics program to play around with ideas to see what works for you!
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I made this box as a gift for my nieceâs confirmation. ( I blurred out her last name to be safe with the posting) Made from walnut.
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Very Nice. Something she will treasure.
One thing I have learned the hard way is to ask for name spelling. Examples:
Dillon. Dylan
Deborah. Debra
Jesse. Jessy. Jessie,âŚ
Relatives you likely know but when making for a commision always get the spelling.
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Always get a sign-off which shows the actual piece, and spells out in plain text in a simple font, all of the text, esp. proper names.
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how did you cut the lettering (v-bit or end mill?) and is it filled or stained?