On my last post, Rick mentioned the 12 Days of Christmas project. Some of you haven't seen it so here goes:
This is a schwibbogen stand (or pedestal). It is 20? long by 5? wide by 5? tall. You can see from the inside pic it has 15 mini-lights. The top and base are Aspen. It is glued to a ?? MDF base. At first I was gluing little pieces to the panels so I could keep the openings clear for the light to shine through. This wasn?t working too well and, SHAZAM!, I had (not an epiphany, but close) a BFO. [BFO = Blinding Flash of the Obvious] The solid base was sanded to give openings for light and screwed to the Aspen base.
Pic 1
I call it ?12 Days of Christmas? and it?s designed by me from a Speilman plan from one of his books that a fellow scroller (Mike Dingas I think-- thanks Mike) turned me on to. This was a tough project. I?ll make some changes if I do it again. Since I stack cut the panels, I have three more sets so that will happen. As Steve once said, ?The first time you learn, the next time you know.? At least I think it was Steve, it may have been Cherie.
Front and back views, with and w/out schwibbogen. The 1/16 space at the top is for heat dissipation.
Pics 2 & 3
On top is a schwibbogen called Nativity IV that I designed from a Volker Arnold pattern featured in SSWC some time back.
Project w/illumination
Pic 4
Click on the pics to enlarge.
As always, comments and suggestions welcome.
Whadayathnk?
Chase
PS A special thanks to Steve Beard who turned me on to doll house lumber, the corner molding I used for the corners.
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