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I took side profile pics of my daughter and her fiance and traced them into a piece of mahogany. Them I cut them out on a bandsaw. The base is oak. I glued them together with dowels. Just finished staining it. Next will be a couple coats of poly. I've already ordered an engraved tag to attach with their names and wedding date. I sure hope they like it.

I took side profile pics of my daughter and her fiance and traced them into a piece of mahogany. Them I cut them out on a bandsaw. The base is oak. I glued them together with dowels. Just finished staining it. Next will be a couple coats of poly. I've already ordered an engraved tag to attach with their names and wedding date. I sure hope they like it.

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That's so awesome. You could make some coin selling these, all would be custom and personalised.

Take you long?

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> Take you long?

Took about 2 hours. To be fair though, I wasn't attempting to hurry. I was puttering around the garage and keeping an eye on the little ones while working on it. If you're decently with a scroll saw or band saw it shouldn't take long.

I've got ideas for simple modifications to the design. Like using the outer silhouette for the parents with the inner being the silhouettes of the children or some such along those lines.

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Yeah those sound great improvements. Nice job dude

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All I can see is a lopsided chalice.

just kidding. great job.

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Very nice & creative!!

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That's so creative! Very beautiful and meaningful piece of art.

Something they'll likely keep forever.

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That's pretty damn cool, man.

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> That's pretty damn cool, man.

Thank you

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Nice work! It's going to be an heirloom piece.

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> Nice work! It's going to be an heirloom piece.

Thank you! That's exactly what I was going for.

I'd considered mixing up some epoxy and pouring it into the heart shape and creating a stained glass effect but opted to keep it simple.

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I'd considered mixing up some epoxy and pouring it into the heart shape and creating a stained glass effect but opted to keep it simple.

Yeah, keep it simple. Epoxy will not age well anyway so best to leave it out.

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Did you use their profiles?

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> Did you use their profiles?

Yes. Took took their pics, blew them up on a PC and traced their profiles.

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Beautiful! Such a wonderful one of a kind gift!

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Gonna need an update on how they liked it. Awesome job.

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Outstanding! You're as fine an artist as you are a father.