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Post by mirthmgr on Dec 20, 2017 19:58:24 GMT
My brother's a tennis pro, so I made him a name plate for his desk at the club. I'm pretty happy with it. It became pretty clear that getting the black out of the deeper grain was going to take a whole lot of sanding (my power sander is currently on loan, so it's hand sanding for me), but I decided I kind of like the contrast it gives the wood. It looks a little aged, which is trendy, right? I made a base for it, but packed it up before I photographed it. It has a pocket cut out for business cards, which will fill in some of the blank space beneath the text.  |
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Post by deepdivetc on Dec 20, 2017 20:04:53 GMT
Looks really good. What is the font on the top.
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Post by mirthmgr on Dec 20, 2017 20:19:02 GMT
Thanks! It's Bickham Script Pro; it's one of the fonts in Adobe's Typekit. It's probably my favorite script font, mainly because it has a ton of alternates for each character. The default "z" has a tail that would have dipped down into the word "tennis", but I was able to switch it out to keep anything from overlapping.
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Post by Jerry on Dec 21, 2017 2:51:49 GMT
Lookin great.
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Post by Derek the Admin on Dec 21, 2017 13:09:45 GMT
I'm sure he will like that. Good work.
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Post by Hommer Woods on Dec 21, 2017 15:43:52 GMT
Very nice. I like the black in the grain too.
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Post by scarecrow on Dec 21, 2017 18:38:45 GMT
Looks great, nice piece. I'm stuck here on the fence between the M3 and the Carve King.
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Post by Bruce on Dec 22, 2017 18:00:52 GMT
Great job! What size V-Bit did you use?
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Post by mirthmgr on Dec 22, 2017 18:08:47 GMT
Great job! What size V-Bit did you use? Thanks! I used two passes on it. The bulk of it was done with a 1/8" 30 degree bit, and the strings were done with a 5 degree bit. |
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