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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: mcseforsale on January 05, 2014, 02:39:40 pm
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So, start with a leftover 1/2" mdf cut.
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p191/mcseforsale/Basement_Reborn/IMAG0672_zps8d5cfeab.jpg) (http://s128.photobucket.com/user/mcseforsale/media/Basement_Reborn/IMAG0672_zps8d5cfeab.jpg.html)
Whip out my crappy finish-woodworking skills and cut some 45s in a 1 3/8" x 1/2" piece of trim molding and add in $9.97 worth of cork shelf paper (self adhesive....the backing makes it sticky and tear resistant):
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p191/mcseforsale/Basement_Reborn/IMAG0673_zpsf0399835.jpg) (http://s128.photobucket.com/user/mcseforsale/media/Basement_Reborn/IMAG0673_zpsf0399835.jpg.html)
Cut the cork using the molding as a guide and a sharp razor. Then, dry fit the molding:
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p191/mcseforsale/Basement_Reborn/IMAG0676_zps817e3ad9.jpg) (http://s128.photobucket.com/user/mcseforsale/media/Basement_Reborn/IMAG0676_zps817e3ad9.jpg.html)
Another unfinished project on the bench. I'll be staining the molding with some sort of red stain, then making a spay paint template of something on the cork.
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p191/mcseforsale/Basement_Reborn/IMAG0677_zpsc58a87d2.jpg) (http://s128.photobucket.com/user/mcseforsale/media/Basement_Reborn/IMAG0677_zpsc58a87d2.jpg.html)
Hope to have this finished by next weekend.
AJ
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Project is almost finished. I'm just looking to create a spray bomb stencil for the cork. I didn't like the red stains that I saw, so I just painted it with my arcade paint (Rustoleum Panter's Touch). I'll be doing some stressing on the molding to enhance the spray bomb stencil.
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p191/mcseforsale/Basement_Reborn/IMAG0683_zpsfcc7cc6d.jpg) (http://s128.photobucket.com/user/mcseforsale/media/Basement_Reborn/IMAG0683_zpsfcc7cc6d.jpg.html)
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p191/mcseforsale/Basement_Reborn/IMAG0685_zps59025f2e.jpg) (http://s128.photobucket.com/user/mcseforsale/media/Basement_Reborn/IMAG0685_zps59025f2e.jpg.html)
Now, I just need to figure out how to hang the damn thing. I weighed it and it's 21 lbs.
AJ
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lag bolts :p
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Skyhook
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Heh. The dartboard itself is almost half the weight. It's pretty old timey and has a 3/4" particle board back. Late '80s Accudart Bull. Not sure if they're made that way anymore.
I'm thinking an OOK HeavyHold
http://picturehangers.ooks.com/viewitems/heavyhold-sup-sup-drywall-hangers/200-lb-hangers?&bc=100 (http://picturehangers.ooks.com/viewitems/heavyhold-sup-sup-drywall-hangers/200-lb-hangers?&bc=100)|1010
AJ
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So, I did a single screw d-ring and a 50 lb ook. Seems to work out great. The cork shelf paper works very well. I whipped a couple of darts into it and it repaired very nicely by just pushing down on the dart mark with my finger. Here it is in it's new home. I think I'm going to do a spraypaint stencil surrounding the dartboard eventually. For now, I need to build a small chalkboard with a shelf for holding darts and chalk.
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p191/mcseforsale/Basement_Reborn/IMAG0687_zps83e56629.jpg) (http://s128.photobucket.com/user/mcseforsale/media/Basement_Reborn/IMAG0687_zps83e56629.jpg.html)
AJ
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how many points is Nemo or Mickey worth? :)
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Hmm.. that'd make a pretty good drinking game! :applaud: This was a disney themed playroom. The colors are Buzz Lightyear green, Tigger orange, Winnie the Pooh red, and I think the purple had something to do with a princess of some kind. Those are the stuffed animals I wasn't allowed to get rid of. :angry:
AJ
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something to consider - the odd dart wont stick, and could do damage to your bookshelf
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OK, moved the bookshelf, hung the bike on the wall and created an outchart using the same 1/2" mdf/molding construction. First, did a decoupage with an outchart that I got from here:
http://www.printyourbrackets.com/dartchart.html (http://www.printyourbrackets.com/dartchart.html)
Trimmed the labels from top and bottom, then weathered the edges with a lighter to make it look more 3d. I'll probably do a darker poly over the top of it to make it look older.
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p191/mcseforsale/Basement_Reborn/IMAG0725_zps5551e5b7.jpg) (http://s128.photobucket.com/user/mcseforsale/media/Basement_Reborn/IMAG0725_zps5551e5b7.jpg.html)
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p191/mcseforsale/Basement_Reborn/IMAG0721_zpsc5ef07d5.jpg) (http://s128.photobucket.com/user/mcseforsale/media/Basement_Reborn/IMAG0721_zpsc5ef07d5.jpg.html)
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p191/mcseforsale/Basement_Reborn/IMAG0722_zpsccc69740.jpg) (http://s128.photobucket.com/user/mcseforsale/media/Basement_Reborn/IMAG0722_zpsccc69740.jpg.html)
New Piranha darts showed up on Friday, so it's been a fun weekend. I'm still wanting that damn Kokoi dart scoreboard. I don't have the tools/skill to make one.
(http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p191/mcseforsale/Basement_Reborn/droppedImage_zpsbd54f2b7.jpg) (http://s128.photobucket.com/user/mcseforsale/media/Basement_Reborn/droppedImage_zpsbd54f2b7.jpg.html)
AJ