Banksy Panda Plaque and how I used a bit of that wood *WIP*

[toesy]

Had the idea last night that I would try cutting one of Banksy's Stencil's out of wood, and decided that "That Wood" the knotty pine I got, would be ideal.

So spent some time looking thru some books and online and decided on the below.

This is Work In Progress, I left the bottom section for some words, and I have backing board to do and maybe sorting the edge out on my router.

 

[cowboy682]

toesy
nicely cut and a very good idea

 

[bodgerbaz]

Hey toesy, that's some pretty good cutting there matey. Nice sharp straight lines and very neat. Well done.

What thickness of pine did you use and what wording will you use?

As an aside - we love the Banksy work and we had the opportunity to see his exhibition at the Bristol Museum in July 2009 . . . no one minded if you took photographs as long as you didn't use flash http://www.pbase.com/no_darkroom/banksy

Barry

 

[Grahamshed]

That looks good Toesy. Impressive.

 

[toesy]

What thickness of pine did you use and what wording will you use?

Barry

20mm thick, when you look at it side on the you can see all the grain of wood in the cuts... And it looks lovely

thanks for the kind words guys.

 

[martinka]

That's neat, toesy, and a big old chunk at 20mm thick. I've only cut plywood at anything like that thickness and it's a pain. What size blade did you use?

 

[ColeyS1]

That looks proper cool

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[Philip n]

Great job Toesy. Very clever adaptation.

Did the curly grain of the wood cause you any problems as you were cutting?

 

[toesy]

Great job Toesy. Very clever adaptation.

Did the curly grain of the wood cause you any problems as you were cutting?

I thought it would fall apart, but its held together really well, only one split a an edge, which I may reduce down, if not glue and clamp it.