Lets see your DIY Cutouts

Well to raise an old thread...
My Hocus Pocus rabbit got stolen this year along with a PVC candy cane.

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It won't stop me from putting a display out next year but still makes me mad.
I had a video camera setup with an old 1 gen. Tivo but it looks like the Tivo locked up a few days prior and I failed to check up on it. Oh well,
Maybe a laser trip wire hooked up to a flame thrower next year...Where's the DIY forum for that?
 
There are a number of ways. You can project the image with a projector. You can enlarge an image at a copy shop, try one that provides blue-prints for architects, they have large paper; then trace that pattern onto the surface. You can enlarge it manually buy drawing a grid over the image, then draw a larger grid on the wood surface and copy/follow the lines within the grid over the image. You can buy patterns, I like the patterns offered by The Winfield Collection, http://www.thewinfieldcollection.com/

Good luck and have fun.
 
New member from So.Cal. Here are a few cut outs that I am proud of....ImageUploadedByTapatalkHD1405342781.929453.jpg


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Idapop3, love those cut outs, you did a great job and I am sure they were appreciated a great deal by the veterans who see them!
 
I never served, but I appreciate all veterans for what you have sacrificed. Every Memorial and Veterans Day, I go all out for them. I have had several veterans stop and thank me. I always thank them. It is the least I can do for them, I just wish more people thanked them and appreciate them.


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My neighbor is expecting their first child in the coming month. What better gift than a cutout for the lawn, right?
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Coroplast, Krylon, some quick masking, and a super size marker to outline when done. Three years old now, haven't had to touch it up or anything.

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Yup, just spray paint. Some blue tape and newspaper for quickie masks. You can see the over spray before I cut it out:


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Much easier to handle and store, also. It is the thicker coroplast, 10mm, so one needs to pay attention while cutting it, but it works well.
 
boyelroy11 said:
Much easier to handle and store, also. It is the thicker coroplast, 10mm, so one needs to pay attention while cutting it, but it works well.
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What do you mean that you need to be more careful? Is that so you make sure you cut through the extra thickness? Or does the blade veer off track occasionally?
 
On the 4mm coro, with a sharp knife, you can basically cut any shape you want with next to no effort. On the 10mm coro, not only it is thicker overall, but the individual wall thickness is also greater, so it takes a high amount of force when using even a sharp utility knife. The edges left after cutting it are also sharp enough to cut, should you slip and slide your hand along them. Basically, if you use a blade of some sort, you must use some foresight and caution, or it can get you. I ended up using some large sheet metal shears on mine. They look like scissors on steroids.
 
boyelroy11 said:
On the 4mm coro, with a sharp knife, you can basically cut any shape you want with next to no effort. On the 10mm coro, not only it is thicker overall, but the individual wall thickness is also greater, so it takes a high amount of force when using even a sharp utility knife. The edges left after cutting it are also sharp enough to cut, should you slip and slide your hand along them. Basically, if you use a blade of some sort, you must use some foresight and caution, or it can get you. I ended up using some large sheet metal shears on mine. They look like scissors on steroids.
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OK, thank you, that makes sense, I hadn't thought of that. I guess you'd want to make the cut portion as simple as possible since it is so much tougher to cut out.
 
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