baggetta Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Modern darts was invented by a carpenter from Lancashire named Brian Gamlin in 1896. However the history goes back much farther. Darts began as a military pastime originating in England during the medieval era in the first couple of decades of the fourteenth century. And it is still popular today, especially in bar rooms around the world. I thought it was kind of interesting that the person throwing the darts in a game is referred to as the ARCHER. So that is where the name came up for the sign. I cut my sign from maple and used the off cut for the base of the sign. I also tinkered with the idea of making a 3D dart using compound cutting. It took me a while, but I finally came up with a pattern I liked, so I decided to incorporate it into the sign. The dart was cut from part of a 2 x 4 cut to size. After cutting the dart I sanded it and drill a hole in the sign base, part way, at a slight angle and glued the dart there. The whole thing was given several coats of satin clear spray. In the pattern I give you the sign and the pattern for the dart, in case you want to play around with it. If you don't know how to compound cut or would like some tips, check out my video on YouTube on how to make miniature vases compound cutting. Pattern new2woodwrk, Gordon 121, amazingkevin and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjR Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Nice work and an interesting history too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon 121 Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Nice job I love the way you incorporated so much it looks really nice and the finish you put on it looks great Gordon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 Looks great and is very creative.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimErn Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 Very nice and creative. I love darts, the real metal kind with a bristle board, not the new plastic electronic kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 One of the best!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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