another new project for next spring

[Dan Noren]

we lost an older uncle due to illness, in the wee hours of thanksgiving day. as he was army, he had a flag on the casket. pop, being the oldest, was given the flag. i have decided to make a display case for it. the wood to be used, is nicely figured quartersawn white oak, and will be finished with blo to pop the grain, then kona gel stain, and a coat of clear gloss lacquer as a finish.

 

[Darren Wright]

Sorry for your family’s loss, sounds like a very fitting project to honor him.

 

[Brent Dowell]

That will be a nice project. Sorry for your loss.

 

[Don Baer]

sorry for your loss. Just a suggestion but I keep a supply of these brass plates on hand and when we do a flag presentation at the Legion we include a shadow box and i engrave the nameplate with my laser with the veterans name and branch of service. The have adhesive on one side so it' just a matter of peal and stick.

 

[Jonathan Shively]

So sorry for the loss to your family.

 

[Dan Noren]

going out on a limb on this one, learning something new. i will be laser etching his name, and such on the glass.

 

[Dan Noren]

got a bit more done yesterday. cut the boards to rough length, and will finish those up when days off, and nice weather are on the same day. started the glass engraving tests. hopefully doing this right. going with the black cardstock method. seems to engrave nicely, but, when put up against the flag, the text seems to all but disappear.

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

I know zero about glass engraving, but would it be possible to color/infill the frosted glass of the engraving to make it black? Paint? Ink? That might make it stand out against a flag backdrop.

 

[Don Baer]

black cardstock

I use black water based paint (Tempera Paint) I have been told if I were to use white water based paint the etching will come out blask, I haven't tried it..... yet but I intend on giving it a go.

 

[Darren Wright]

Maybe use an led strip and edge light the glass, will make the text really stand out and light the flag in the case too.

 

[Dan Noren]

more off news. found out another uncle has passed. they think he may have gone about a week before he was found. left work, and spent a good chunk of the day with pop. also, got the laser engraving set up squared away. pic later.

 

[Dan Noren]

onward, and upward. today's test basically took the speed way down, with the power level at 100% (only a 7 watt laser ya know). i started out this test with 10 examples, with speeds ranging from 5 lines per inch, to 50 lines per inch. in the first pic are the results of the first go round. pop and i agreed that the third one in the left column was the best result. that was the 15 inches per minute run. not being fully satisfied, i upped the number of lines per inch from 200 to 250, and did that one alone.

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

The lettering done with the 15/250 combo is definitely more sharp and pronounced.