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I started designing this back before Christmas in ArtCAM. Then I sent the programs for the 13 pieces out to the CNC Router one evening. I finished carving it out on the CNC just before Christmas Eve, and then hand shaped and sanded them to 320. But then I got hung on how to join all the pieces together. So my wife got a box full of pieces for Christmas.

Finally I got through thinking too hard about it, and mounted the eight ray pieces onto a piece of 1/4 ply with Titebond and a couple of screws each. The disk and crescent followed that and fit into recesses carved into the rays. The stars were glued and pin nailed on. The smallest star had to have a backer put on it to strengthen the joint.

During the process I had to blend the shapes together a bit better, and resand. If I were to make another one, I'd cut the angles on the blanks for the rays, and join them together first, then carve all the rays in one go. I'd do some other things diffferently too, but that take more time than it's worth...

Once it was all put together, I sprayed two good coats of laquer on it, put a hanger on the back, and called it done. Looks great next to the Cherry Armoire - even if I do say so myself....

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Beautiful!

That is a very nice wall hanging! But, I'm even more impressed that you gave you wife "The sun, the moon and the stars" !
I just can't keep up with that!!

Rog

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That's beautiful. Kudoes to your wife for taking a box full of pieces. That CNC is way too cool.

Gorgeous, UD, just absolutely gorgeous!!! I can just imagine how much sanding there was.....your arm muscles can take more punishment than mine

And, I like Roger's comment about giving your wife the sun, the moon and the stars--you'll have to tell your wife that....if you haven't already

Verna

I love it.
Now if I could only get a CNC router ...

Dude, that's a beaut-- I'm assuming you used your super duper CNC at work?

Nice job
Lawrence

WOW!!!

Thanks for the compliments folks.

Yep Lawrence, I used the router at work. I just wish I could do more of this kind of thing for the company.

Got ArtCAM, got the router, got some experience, now I just need to market it... (No one wants to pay for design time or machine time though.)

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Looks great UD.

Have a great day.

Nice work UD. Great woods and I love the design.

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Down right gorgeous! What would you price that at? Think volume. No one will pay for design and machine time but if you productionalize, you can make that up in volume somewhere.

Absolutely gorgeous

hit the New age areas they will sweep it up.

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