courtym74 Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 Local college asked me to recreate their basketball court for a tribute to the man who it's named after. RabidAlien, amazingkevin, frankorona and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 Ooohh!! Now that is just Down Right Awesome!!Their gonna Love it. courtym74 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomanydogs Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 That’s great. Very nice job. courtym74 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 nice job courtym74 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhudson Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 Definitely a 3 pointer! courtym74 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Pellow Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 Unique! Both the design and the implementation of that design are good. courtym74 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 (edited) I too love the idea and think that you do an excellent job with it. Many ideas jumping in my head as my daughter played college VB and my husband is a big College basketball fan. Maybe one day I can give it a try. Thanks for sharing your picture! Edited December 1, 2018 by meflick courtym74 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 That looks awesome but, you didn't give us much information and old people like myself sometimes can't see a lot from the images. Is it mostly over-lay and painted backers? What size did you make it? Thanks for any added details and thanks for sharing the pic. God Bless! Spirithorse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 A very unique project executed very well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtym74 Posted December 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 5 hours ago, spirithorse said: That looks awesome but, you didn't give us much information and old people like myself sometimes can't see a lot from the images. Is it mostly over-lay and painted backers? What size did you make it? Thanks for any added details and thanks for sharing the pic. God Bless! Spirithorse Of course, happy to provide more info. The backboard is all blue. Foul lines, three point line "the lane" lines, and signatures are all cut through the top board. The white letters are individually cut out, painted and glued back on to the backboard. The stained area is cut out completely, stained, then glued back in. All in 1/2 in birch ply. total size is 3 feet wide by just under two foot high. That was the worst part, figuring out how to cut the surround off in one piece as it was too big to do on the scroll saw. Ended up laying it on the table saw and raising the blade into it, running almost to the corners then finished it off with the scroll saw. Once that was off the rest went pretty easy. If I'd thought about it my jigsaw would have been perfect. Kind of a "Well Duh" moment on that one. meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtym74 Posted December 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 11 hours ago, meflick said: I too love the idea and think that you do an excellent job with it. Many ideas jumping in my head as my daughter played college VB and my husband is a big College basketball fan. Maybe one day I can give it a try. Thanks for sharing your picture! I think they would love one for their favorite teams too! There were volleyball lines on the original as well but i couldn't think how to get the white lines mixed into the blue and make it look right. BTW I had to enlarge the signatures separate of the court as otherwise they would have been too small to cut out. meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtym74 Posted December 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 18 hours ago, lawson56 said: Ooohh!! Now that is just Down Right Awesome!!Their gonna Love it. Yes they did. I donated this one and ended up with orders for three more for the current coaches and athletic director!!!! lawson56 and meflick 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 What a brilliant idea and you really nailed it. I am sure the recipient will be blown away by it. Excellent work. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Pellow Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 6 hours ago, courtym74 said: Of course, happy to provide more info. The backboard is all blue. Foul lines, three point line "the lane" lines, and signatures are all cut through the top board. The white letters are individually cut out, painted and glued back on to the backboard. The stained area is cut out completely, stained, then glued back in. All in 1/2 in birch ply. total size is 3 feet wide by just under two foot high. That was the worst part, figuring out how to cut the surround off in one piece as it was too big to do on the scroll saw. Ended up laying it on the table saw and raising the blade into it, running almost to the corners then finished it off with the scroll saw. Once that was off the rest went pretty easy. If I'd thought about it my jigsaw would have been perfect. Kind of a "Well Duh" moment on that one. I, too, appreciate the details that you have now given. meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 A beautiful piece of work. Thanks for showing us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 That came out great. Doesn't look like it was an easy job to do. courtym74 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 On 12/1/2018 at 11:15 PM, courtym74 said: Yes they did. I donated this one and ended up with orders for three more for the current coaches and athletic director!!!! Congratulations on the orders! I hope you get well paid for your time, hard work, and creativity. Thanks for the reply on the dimensions, etc. God Bless! Spirithorse courtym74 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 Wow great job.. must have taken some thinking to figure out how to make this request work out well. YOU NAILED IT, for sure. Dick heppnerguy courtym74 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 you satisfy all your customers requests!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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