The Penny Collector poster is ready for hanging in my office. I carved a simple Buhl-diamond on the backside of the top rail with V-gouge. Then finished with multiple, thin coats of Tru-Oil finish. I may take the sheen down a bit after it is fully cured with light 0000 steel wool buffing or I may leave it as is. Time will tell. I found out about Tru-Oil from the BenchCrafted blog [http://benchcrafted.blogspot.com/2015/01/why-you-should-be-using-tru-oil.html]. Jameel’s blog and BenchCrafted are at the top of my list for insights and inspiration.
I wanted to make the backer from material on hand. Made one using left-over teak plywood. Liked the look (not that it will matter facing the wall), but the board had severe cup which would stress the hardware holding it in place. Oh, btw, I used two figure-eight connectors for that task.
Next I dug out some cherry plywood left over from one earliest projects (before I swore off plywood). The figure is not particularly pleasing, but it will amuse the spiders as they spin their webs in the dark.
The glass was cut to size (12 x 18) at my local glass shop and placed along with the poster and backer into position. Then it was photo time.
If you missed part one of this short series, this letterpress poster was from Carrie Elkin [http://carrieelkin.com] as part of her Kickstarter campaign for THE PENNY COLLECTOR.
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Looks great Tom. Sorry if I missed it previously, but what’s the significance of the diamond? Is that your shop mark?
Yes, the diamond was my logo in the days of graphics: http://www.tombuhl.com (upper left side). Earlier it was a straight diamond with TOM BUHL stacked inside and TYPOGRAPHERS centered below. Plus a hard drop shadow. Later it was updated as you see it on the link, but with TYPOGRAPHER or IMAGING CENTER or TRAINING, depending upon the time and place.
In woodworking I either carve or inlay a simple diamond, usually on underside of shelf or in back. Occasionally, it becomes a visible graphic element as on the Esherick music stands.
Thanks for checking in. Hope you are enjoying your springtime in the midwest.