Category Archives: Night Lights

With the doggie lighting done we can now proceed to glue him to the back board. Carefully measure, mark and drill the hole for the LED wires.

American Staffordshire Terrier Over the last week with the cold weather have not spent any time out in the workshop and then Holly needed extra care culminating with her leaving us – forever Today was another busy day catching up … Continue reading →

American Staffordshire Terrier Glue the internal frame and leave to dry, then nail each corner for added strength.

Before we start wiring the Jack Russell and to give it time to dry… …we should glue down the background photo print to the front of the picture frame back board. Then add some weight on top,

From the last session the MDF doggie silhouette’s are ready for the LED back-lighting. Before we do that we need to trim off their bum’s!

We ended the last session with cutting out the Jack Russell. Just finished cutting out the Toy Poodle.

While the MDF silhouette templates are drying we can carry on with the internal frame. In the last session we glued the pine strips around the MDF picture frame back, flush to the edges.

While the MDF picture frame back (internal frame) is curing we cam move onto the doggies. We need to prep the MDF blanks for cutting out on the scroll saw.

  Making a start by doing some prep work – glossy A4 background  print, silhouette template prints and a black photo frame.                    

Midway through last winter I found it too cold (even with some heating) in the workshop (Al’s Workshop) so I effectively closed the shop by hibernating all my Marketplace adverts with the intention to open again in Spring. Well…that came … Continue reading →