I've had an idea for a while to get crafty and make a wall hanger decoration. Be it good enough for the office wall, or the fireplace mantel (Cowkid2 beat me to that*).
Picked up a 1" x 12" x 4', cheap wood...seems perfect for hacking and chopping.

I've been looking at easy-ish patterns, and tried to free hand it on to the board with a pencil. After a few hours of sketching and burning through an eraser.

Figured it was good enough...and went to the jig saw:

Dirty side:

Clean side for perspective:

Tried using my old soldering iron to burn the detail in:

After an hour of burning the surface with the new soldering iron I picked up to work on this project.

Cowkid2 made this in school, King Striper (paper machete):
Picked up a 1" x 12" x 4', cheap wood...seems perfect for hacking and chopping.

I've been looking at easy-ish patterns, and tried to free hand it on to the board with a pencil. After a few hours of sketching and burning through an eraser.

Figured it was good enough...and went to the jig saw:

Dirty side:

Clean side for perspective:

Tried using my old soldering iron to burn the detail in:

After an hour of burning the surface with the new soldering iron I picked up to work on this project.

Cowkid2 made this in school, King Striper (paper machete):

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