Toy Poodle–Jack Russell silhouette picture light (part 3)

While the MDF picture frame back (internal frame) is curing we cam move onto the doggies.

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We need to prep the MDF blanks for cutting out on the scroll saw.

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Trim the silhouette prints and find or cut two pieces of 3mm MDF.

At first I was gluing the silhouette templates directly to the MDF with Glue Stick but soon realised the paper was difficult to remove after cutting si I came up with a neat fix for that.

First lay down masking tape then glue on the templates. After cutting out the whole lot cleanly and easily pulls off the MDF. Tip: after spray painting the MDF silhouette’s and leaving them overnight to dry I noticed I always some lines running across? Rather weird – this was caused by butting the masking tape when laying it down; overlapping a bit got rid of the lines!

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With both blanks ready we can…

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add some weight to reduce the chance of the paper curling up when cutting.

Author: AlanM52

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