Started in ~February '19, completed in September of the same year. This sucker was difficult. I painted it and glued down the pieces with the intent to solder the seams, learned how to solder, and pulled them all up. Then I wrapped them all with foil (took me about 3 episodes of Supernatural), glued them to a piece of foil wrapped around the wood so they'd keep their shape as I soldered, and actually did the soldering. Then I pulled it off the foil so I could tin the edges, stuck it on the wood, melted the seams until it took the shape it had somehow got out of, and glued it down. Whew. Then just to mount to the wood and stain the wood (yes I know, should have done it the other way around, I was having trouble with the stain and didn't think it was going to happen). And of course initial it.
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| Original work--all of this had to be redone |
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| Solder job! |
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| Attached |
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| Woodburned initials! |
Next week, the finished product.
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