Hat Rack

[highpockets]

New hat rack is finished.

[COWBOY1296]

it looks like it belongs in my house. nice job

[dwilli9013]

New hat rack is finished.

Hatrack.jpg

Wow probably the most realistic rope border I have ever seen.

Seriously though nice job. Thanks for sharing it.

[scottp55]

Excellent job Highpockets
How did you get that "pre dawn" effect?
Really nice total impact effect !
scott

[highpockets]

Sorry Cowboy, this one is going in my deer camp.

Dwayne, I agree the rope detail came out really well, looks 3D

Scott, the silhouette is a separate piece cut from 1/8" clear plastic painted black. I cut the background, including a copy of the silhouette, undercutting the silhouette about a 1/16" so the plastic silhouette would be supported. Undercutting the wood allows the plastic silhouette to appear to float about the background. I masked off the stained edges and started spraying colors. I first sprayed the entire background white then started spraying yellows, oranges a little blue and some gray then came back and put a spot of white in the middle.

I'm pretty please how the sunset came out. Looks a lot better in person. My photography skills are lacking.

[scottp55]

Aah:)
Thanks for the blow by blow!
Really does look NICE:)
Good job:)
scott

[zeeway]

An instant classic...nice job. At the risk of the jokesters' comments, how did you get the rope hooks to stay erect?

Angie

[adze_cnc]

I sometimes think there was a translation error and the three Jewish men thrown into a fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon were actually Hatrack, Meshach and Abednego...

[highpockets]

An instant classic...nice job. At the risk of the jokesters' comments, how did you get the rope hooks to stay erect?

Angie

I cut out a J shape in scrap wood as a form soaked the rope in 50/50 mix of water and white glue and placed it in the "J" form to dry. Almost worked, but not quiet as stiff as I wanted so I applied a coat of fiberglass resin. That did the trick, but now they were shiny. The final fix was to run them against a wire wheel to buff the shine off. There has to be a better way, but since this was a one off project I just wanted it done.

[highpockets]

Installed and working

[martin54]

Why is this in the vcarve gallery ? Your an Aspire user now

Looks good to me, you have posted some very interesting projects, always wondering what is next

There has to be a better way

You can buy matte finish resins I believe, never actually tried them myself as most of my carbon fibre work has that glossy look & I think people would think it was an imitation carbon fibre if it were matte

That would have saved you having to buff it to get the matte look

[dwilli9013]

There has to be a better way

HF sells little spot sandblasters that you just fill the container with your abrasive of choice then spot blast inside a trashcan. Works like a charm I have used this method for years on various metalwork projects and stained glass.

[highpockets]

The resin was just what I had on hand. I didn't know there was a matte finish resin, thanks for the info.

As for sandblasting, I thought about it, I have a sandblasting cabinet, just didn't feel like messing with it for such a small job. I decided to try the wire wheel and if it didn't work the sandblaster was the next step.