I had a request to make a plaque for a Command Chief and this is what we came up with, an unsteamed Walnut and Maple plaque.  It's pretty large, actually, so I included a shot of it by the guitar I just finished.  The plaque is about 12" x 21" and the Maple inlays are about 1/8" thick.  The finish is Nitrocellulose lacquer.

 

 

 

 

David

Edited July 31, 20187 yr by Gene Howe

You do some really cool stuff on your CNC David. Client should be ecstatic with this...

 

Thanks for sharing and demonstrating your respect & service to our military community.

That's a fantastic job, David.  The old Sarge will be very proud to display it.

 

Dave, I moved your post to the CNC forum. OK?

Sweet!!

34 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

That's a fantastic job, David.  The old Sarge will be very proud to display it.

 

Dave, I moved your post to the CNC forum. OK?

Thanks, Guys!

 

Gene, I started to put it there but I also used the planer, jointer, tablesaw, drum sander, spindle sander, chisels, and Dremel.  It's not just a CNC piece that I drew and cut in an hour.  Lots and lots of hand work to get it to that point.  But that just tells me that the CNC guy isn't very good... these pieces should just 'fit' right out of the CNC.

 

David

Maybe we need a CNC Hybrid forum.

 

59 minutes ago, difalkner said:

t's not just a CNC piece that I drew and cut in an hour.  Lots and lots of hand work to get it to that point.

Makes it even more spectacular. It truly is a beautiful recognition piece!

To me it's just another tool in the shop.  I use it when it makes sense for time, accuracy, or repeatability.  A few weeks ago I cut 30 plaque bases (posted it here, as well) and someone locally commented that I should have cut the entire piece on the CNC but all I cut was the slot for the acrylic plaque.  My reasoning was simple - it took all of 10 minutes to cut the 25° taper on the front of the base for all 30 pieces.  It would have taken a whole lot longer on the CNC and I would have had a lot more wasted material.

 

But I'm ok with the CNC hybrid moniker - it's still just another tool in the shop.

 

David

Hybrid or not, you put out some good looking pieces.

Looks like a great start toward a military insignia market.

Actually took an order today to do another, albeit slightly different this time.  SFC Stripe?  I wasn't in the military so no idea what any of these mean but I have the artwork and will get started.

 

David