Well after my first project of the scroll saw horse shoe i decided to tackle something similar. I have a 1 year old son and back when i made this we had put him into his own room so i decided to tackle another simple project and that was a scroll saw cutout of his name "Dean".
I messed around with word art on Microsoft Word and came up with and printed the font and design in the picture below.
I used MDF for this piece as i knew i was going to paint it. Cutting MDF is alot dustier that cutting normal wood and i would highly recommend wearing some sort of respiration protection as well as safety glasses (which should be worn doing most woodworking) as there is a lot of air born dust and there's a high chance that pieces being cut out can go flying in your direction.
Once again i placed masking tape over the entire piece and glued to template to this masking tape. I drilled holes in the places where i needed to in order to fit the blade through.
When i was finished cutting I gently sanded the corners on the front of the name. I didn't sand the back as i felt it would sit smoother and closer to the door leaving the edges of this alone.
Now with MDF once you cut it you expose alot of new fibres so i first sprayed it with a spray undercoat to seal these fibres to stop them drinking the main coat. After this undercoat i once again gently sanded it due to the fibres raising slightly with the moisture of the spray paint. I then sprayed the complete sign in a light blue colour giving it 3 coats. i used plain sticky pads to stick the sign to the door.
I messed around with word art on Microsoft Word and came up with and printed the font and design in the picture below.
I used MDF for this piece as i knew i was going to paint it. Cutting MDF is alot dustier that cutting normal wood and i would highly recommend wearing some sort of respiration protection as well as safety glasses (which should be worn doing most woodworking) as there is a lot of air born dust and there's a high chance that pieces being cut out can go flying in your direction.
Once again i placed masking tape over the entire piece and glued to template to this masking tape. I drilled holes in the places where i needed to in order to fit the blade through.
When i was finished cutting I gently sanded the corners on the front of the name. I didn't sand the back as i felt it would sit smoother and closer to the door leaving the edges of this alone.
Now with MDF once you cut it you expose alot of new fibres so i first sprayed it with a spray undercoat to seal these fibres to stop them drinking the main coat. After this undercoat i once again gently sanded it due to the fibres raising slightly with the moisture of the spray paint. I then sprayed the complete sign in a light blue colour giving it 3 coats. i used plain sticky pads to stick the sign to the door.
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