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sawdustus · 08-11-2009, 10:55 AM

My son and two of his friends just completed all of their course requirements for their PharmD degrees,which will be awarded next month. I designed a plaque and stack cut the design in three pieces of 15" x 17" 1/8 bb ply. Next I will tape each name on one of the plaques and cut it out separately. I will then make some frames for them and present them at a weekend long party my daughter-in-law is throwing for them in two weeks. Should be fun. Here is a picture of the design. I blanked out the last name for privacy reasons but it balances nicely. The blank rectangle below the name originally had 2009 in it but I took it out of the final design because it didn't look right; too crowded in the middle. I'll post the final cut pictures and the framed plaques when I am done.

george

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JohnB · 08-11-2009, 02:20 PM

G'day George,
Looking good.

scrollpup · 08-11-2009, 02:38 PM

All the med stuff is something I wouldn't have thought of and certainly will set these plaques off nicely George.Great idea.But what is the top middle pic? That was the only one I did not recognize. I'm not criticizing the drawing, I just can't figure out what it is

Oh, congrats to your son on getting his degree!

Jerry

lucky788scroller · 08-11-2009, 03:02 PM

Lookin good. Its gonna be hard to freehand cut the name though since somebody spilled bleach on your piece and removed the lettering!

Haggard3230 · 08-12-2009, 02:12 AM

Looks like a good start George.

wood-n-things · 08-12-2009, 03:24 AM

Perhaps the last name is "White"...LOL

Nice job so far, looking forward to the finished project.

sawdustus · 08-12-2009, 08:59 PM

Thanks all. Jerry, it's a pill press. Very old fashioned but probably still used in some places. The parallel lines represent grooves of different sizes. You put the pill paste in the press and by pushing the top piece along, you roll out a pill.
Now that I have spent a day + cutting, I goofed. Cut the lines for the bottles, press, mortar and pestle with a #2 blade. It's made too narrow a kerf to see the backer through. Tried recutting with a larger blade and found it very difficult to stay in the kerf to keep the shapes. Decided to recut the entire piece. Reprinted, repatterned ( a little larger this time) and am now cutting with a #7 blade. Much better except for the hanging piece I have to glue back on so I can finish cutting the snake. Oh well.... Keep you posted.

george

minowevie · 08-12-2009, 09:04 PM

George, that looks like a great start. your friend Evie

08-11-2009, 10:55 AM	#1
sawdustus Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,975	plaque for son and friends My son and two of his friends just completed all of their course requirements for their PharmD degrees,which will be awarded next month. I designed a plaque and stack cut the design in three pieces of 15" x 17" 1/8 bb ply. Next I will tape each name on one of the plaques and cut it out separately. I will then make some frames for them and present them at a weekend long party my daughter-in-law is throwing for them in two weeks. Should be fun. Here is a picture of the design. I blanked out the last name for privacy reasons but it balances nicely. The blank rectangle below the name originally had 2009 in it but I took it out of the final design because it didn't look right; too crowded in the middle. I'll post the final cut pictures and the framed plaques when I am done. george Untitled-1.jpg __________________ A day without sawdust is a day without sunshine. George delta 650, hawk G426

08-11-2009, 02:38 PM	#3
scrollpup Avatar by Casey Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hot Springs,Arkansas Posts: 1,732	All the med stuff is something I wouldn't have thought of and certainly will set these plaques off nicely George.Great idea.But what is the top middle pic? That was the only one I did not recognize. I'm not criticizing the drawing, I just can't figure out what it is Oh, congrats to your son on getting his degree! Jerry __________________ Two wrongs don't make a right....they just even the score...

08-11-2009, 03:02 PM	#4
lucky788scroller Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin Posts: 6,260	Lookin good. Its gonna be hard to freehand cut the name though since somebody spilled bleach on your piece and removed the lettering! __________________ Dale w/ yella saws

08-12-2009, 02:12 AM	#5
Haggard3230 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Riverton, KS on Route 66 Posts: 2,714	Looks like a good start George. __________________ Merle SSG US Army Retired. merlehobbs@yahoo.com

08-12-2009, 03:24 AM	#6
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Right here ---silly Posts: 4,471 Blog Entries: 1	Perhaps the last name is "White"...LOL Nice job so far, looking forward to the finished project. __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. Don't be so open-minded. Your brains will fall out!

08-11-2009, 02:20 PM	#2
JohnB 1 Tin Soldier Rides Away Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Posts: 4,859	G'day George, Looking good. __________________ Regards John "The Golden Mile" I got holes in both of my shoes Well I'm a walking case of the blues Saw a dollar yesterday But the wind blew it away Some of my Stuff Retired Medically Unfit WA Police Officers

08-12-2009, 08:59 PM	#7
sawdustus Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,975	Thanks all. Jerry, it's a pill press. Very old fashioned but probably still used in some places. The parallel lines represent grooves of different sizes. You put the pill paste in the press and by pushing the top piece along, you roll out a pill. Now that I have spent a day + cutting, I goofed. Cut the lines for the bottles, press, mortar and pestle with a #2 blade. It's made too narrow a kerf to see the backer through. Tried recutting with a larger blade and found it very difficult to stay in the kerf to keep the shapes. Decided to recut the entire piece. Reprinted, repatterned ( a little larger this time) and am now cutting with a #7 blade. Much better except for the hanging piece I have to glue back on so I can finish cutting the snake. Oh well.... Keep you posted. george __________________ A day without sawdust is a day without sunshine. George delta 650, hawk G426

08-12-2009, 09:04 PM	#8
minowevie Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: california Posts: 6,398	George, that looks like a great start. your friend Evie

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