Ok, so I saw these online for sale and wanted them right away. Unfortunately it's christmas time and I don't have a lot of money right now. So i wondered if I could make them out of wood. I have lots of that laying around. Here's what I came up with...
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First thing I did was go online and find a picture of them. I found out the dimensions and got my template. As you can see it was just a matter of tracing, cutting out with a jig saw and a lot of dremel work.
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I wanted to do a plexiglass cover just like the ones I say for sale and had a sticker made of the RE logo. The base was just a matter of what I thought looked good to me.
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I made my stars out of 1/4 inch poplar and the base out of 3/4 inc mdf. So my finishing bolts were 2 inch for clearance.
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After er a little primer and paint there we have it. My biggest mistake was using an oil based paint for the stars. When I was mounting this with the 3/4 inch bolts after 4 days they were still wet and I kind of messed them up a bit, so I'm going to sand and redo them. But other then that the whole project cost me about 20 bucks for the glass and bolts. The rest was just stuff I had laying around the house. Hope you like!
First thing I did was go online and find a picture of them. I found out the dimensions and got my template. As you can see it was just a matter of tracing, cutting out with a jig saw and a lot of dremel work.
I wanted to do a plexiglass cover just like the ones I say for sale and had a sticker made of the RE logo. The base was just a matter of what I thought looked good to me.
I made my stars out of 1/4 inch poplar and the base out of 3/4 inc mdf. So my finishing bolts were 2 inch for clearance.
After er a little primer and paint there we have it. My biggest mistake was using an oil based paint for the stars. When I was mounting this with the 3/4 inch bolts after 4 days they were still wet and I kind of messed them up a bit, so I'm going to sand and redo them. But other then that the whole project cost me about 20 bucks for the glass and bolts. The rest was just stuff I had laying around the house. Hope you like!