@ Darryl, basically I just stacked the text on top of each other and adjusted the depth of cut. The first names and date is set to not cut at allm the last name is set to cut at 0.1", and the back ground is set to cut down to 0.2". Rectangles were placed on all four sides to create the borders on all four sides. 24" X 7.25" pine from lowes, took right at 6 hours to cut.
@ Stacy, this was my third attempt at trying to finish one of these. I’ve finally figured out that I have to stain first and then use a small brush on the last names.
- I use minwax polyshades bombay mohagony over the whole board,
- wait around 4-6 hrs to dry,
- cut (2.3 hrs for this one),
- sand away fuzzies and tool marks(toothbrush sander).
- 10-15 coats of Amber Shellac (cut with DNA) on the last name with a small brush.
- Several coats of heavily diluted shellac over background to blend in dark shellac that overflowed.