Christmas Cross Stack cut

[FrankEV]

As others are doing I'm getting a early start on making some planned give aways for Christmas.  I looked for a pattern that could be hung eiither inside or outside and found this S Good 7 1/2 x10 1/2 Merry Christmas/Cross/Oval that I felt fit that desire.  I wanted to make six plaques for my neighbors and family, so I decided to attempt stack cutting.  Cutting stacks of 3/4" and 1" was not difficult but was a lot slower than what I am used too.  Also, dulls the blades real quick.    

The Oval is 1/2" Sanded Ply that I stack cut two at a time. I rought cut the oval with a #3 Pegs MGT blade staying on the waste side of the line and then used my bench mounted belt sander to true up the oval eliminating the typical marks from starting and stopping.  The ovals were then sanded to a fine finish with 1500 grit paper.   

   

 

The Crosses are 1/4" thk BB Ply stack cut three at a time using a Pegas #1 MGT Blade. After cleanup the crosses were painted rattle can spray Hunter Green.  The final coat had green glitter applied while still wet..  

I did brake a small bit off in one of the stacks and had a beast of a time getting it out without destroying the stack. The paint and glitter hides the mess in one place.

     

 

The words Merry Christmas  is 1/8" BB Ply stack cut all six at one time using a Pegas #0 spiral blade. After clean up the Merry Christmas was paintd rattle can spray Bright Red.  And Again, the final coat had red glitter applied while wet

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Waiting for paint to dry and then glue to set takes a lot of time.  I first glued the crosses to the ovals and then glued the words to the cross.  After which I added a picture hanger on the back side and coated the entire assembled plaque with multiple coats of clear polyurethane. 

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Dusting the glitter onto the wet paint made it them sparkle and added another dimension to the plaques, but it is a messy job.  I'm goning to  have sparkles in my workshop forever . 

 

[amazingkevin]

My barber aways ask me why I have glitter in my hair and then says never mind I don,t want to know. He,s a real cammodeian. No matter what I tell him he rolls his eyes lol.yes glitter hide a multitude of sins and brings out the best in projects as in your gem here .it's remarkably the best!!! So I,m extra careful with getting glitter on me.lol

Edited October 8, 2020 by amazingkevin
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[daveww1]

beautiful work, love the cross with the glitter.

[butch1008]

very nice work

[heppnerguy]

On 10/7/2020 at 10:37 AM, FrankEV said:

As others are doing I'm getting a early start on making some planned give aways for Christmas.  I looked for a pattern that could be hung eiither inside or outside and found this S Good 7 1/2 x10 1/2 Merry Christmas/Cross/Oval that I felt fit that desire.  I wanted to make six plaques for my neighbors and family, so I decided to attempt stack cutting.  Cutting stacks of 3/4" and 1" was not difficult but was a lot slower than what I am used too.  Also, dulls the blades real quick.    

The Oval is 1/2" Sanded Ply that I stack cut two at a time. I rought cut the oval with a #3 Pegs MGT blade staying on the waste side of the line and then used my bench mounted belt sander to true up the oval eliminating the typical marks from starting and stopping.  The ovals were then sanded to a fine finish with 1500 grit paper.   

   

 

The Crosses are 1/4" thk BB Ply stack cut three at a time using a Pegas #1 MGT Blade. After cleanup the crosses were painted rattle can spray Hunter Green.  The final coat had green glitter applied while still wet..  

I did brake a small bit off in one of the stacks and had a beast of a time getting it out without destroying the stack. The paint and glitter hides the mess in one place.

     

 

The words Merry Christmas  is 1/8" BB Ply stack cut all six at one time using a Pegas #0 spiral blade. After clean up the Merry Christmas was paintd rattle can spray Bright Red.  And Again, the final coat had red glitter applied while wet

.

 

Waiting for paint to dry and then glue to set takes a lot of time.  I first glued the crosses to the ovals and then glued the words to the cross.  After which I added a picture hanger on the back side and coated the entire assembled plaque with multiple coats of clear polyurethane. 

.

 

Dusting the glitter onto the wet paint made it them sparkle and added another dimension to the plaques, but it is a messy job.  I'm goning to  have sparkles in my workshop forever . 

 

When you were describing it, I thought, 'not sure I am going to  like this much', but when I saw the finished project, I realized how wrong I was with my premeditated judgement. I love this piece.

Dick

heppnerguy