Popular Post FrankEV Posted September 26, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 First things first. A big thanks to Barry (flarud) for the inspiration and kindly shared information. I read his post “Jacks” in Bragging Rights of Aug 21 and later his update on Aug 26. I really liked his “Jacks” as he calls them. They are simply a wood box with a Jack-o-Lantern face and the box painted Orange. He lit them up like you do for a Pumpkin Jack-O-Lantern. Boy oh boy are they cute. Just had to make some. I made eight, I call Box-O-Lanterns,using cheap cedar wood fence slats that are a nominal 5 ½” wide by very rough sawn to about 5/8” thick by 6’ long. I ran the slats through my planer, to make them a uniform ½” thick and clean on both sides. The rough sawn was just a little tooooo rough for me. I cut all the parts at one time, but due to a limited quantity of long clamps I had to assemble them one at a time. All cutting, assembly and painting was done in just two days. I purchased two SGV bundles of Faces from Etsy for just a few dollars. I chose eight that I resized, using Inkscape, to a 4 ½” width. This looked proportionally good to me in the 5 ½” wide box I had decided to make. All eight were cut with a Pegas #5 MGT R Blade in one two-hour cutting session. This was a mass production project, and done very quickly, to make my very rustic and rough version. I decided on the size and started cutting the wood before having the chance to contact Barry and find out what his sizes were. His are much smaller. My box is 5 ½” square using mitered corners, 10 ½” tall. The top and bottom are 6 ½’ square, glued up from a 5 ½” and a 1” piece. On top of the Top is a 4 ½” square piece I beveled just for looks, again, like what Barry had done on his. On top of that piece, I added a scroll cut “pumpkin” stem that is painted green. After assembly, just using glue, I rough sanded the entire assembly with 150 grit paper in my palm sander just to clean up glue squeeze out and to get rid of the pencil lines I made for glue-up. I used my small torch to add some burn marks and then lightly spray painted everything (except the stem) Pumpkin Orange, allowing the grain and torch marks to show. I went the cheap way for lights also. I purchased from Amazon two 4 packs of Accessory Cords that have a candelabra socket on one end (with a holder for a 1 ¼” hole mounting), an inline switch and a plug on the other end. These are like what is used in plastic decorations sold in stores. I also bought a package of twenty-five equivalent 7W Orange LED bulbs. I’ll have extras for a long time to come. This was a fun project. I did not make an overall pattern. The only patterns were the faces I chose to use, appropriately located in a 5 ½” x 10 ½´retangle, for positioning purposes. Had to take the following pic outside as they are to many for my photo booth. Daytime After dark. One up close. Hope you enjoy. Comments and critiques alwasys welcome. Thansk again Barry, I know you will be viewing this post soon. Dan, jollyred, Wichman and 9 others 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 very nice work FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill WIlson Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 Those are cute. Reminded me of this DVD that my grandkids used to watch, when they were little. FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankEV Posted September 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Bill WIlson said: Those are cute. Reminded me of this DVD that my grandkids used to watch, when they were little. I guess Square Jack O Lantern would have been a better name. Edited September 27, 2023 by FrankEV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 Nicely done as are all your Projects. Thanks for posting them, they look great Dick heppnerguy FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarud Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 Thanks for the "Shout-out" Frank. I like "Box-O-Lantern" for a name! Nice touch on beveling the top. FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 They look great, RJ FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 They are very cute. Not really into Halloween but I do like those. Marg FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 They all look great Frank.Nice that you used all different faces to. FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieC Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 I love all the different faces! Awesome work! FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted September 29, 2023 Report Share Posted September 29, 2023 Wonderful looking Pumpkins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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