Recently Scott55 posted showed a carving of the Tree of Life, and he kindly told me where he found the model (Ebay). After playing with the model a bit, I decided my five-year- old, beat-up MDF cabinet in my shop could use some sprucing up.
So I took off the drawer fronts and the doors, and clamped them to my machine and carved away. After reattaching them to the cabinet, I sealed the MDF with some poly, then lightly sanded, and finally sprayed it with some leftover copper paint I had from another project. Well that looked okay, but then I painted over everything with some dark red cherry gel stain, and wiped it. That’s when I smiled. Maybe you will, also.
I know the sides do not line up so well, and it could still use some touching up, but remember, this is a shop cabinet. My wife suggested moving it int the house, but I said I needed it to hold bits and clamps and wrenches and stuff.
Angie
hmmm...not sure why photo is inverted...it shows up correctly when you click on it...
