Hexy Jigsaw Puzzle.
Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)
Boys and Girls,
This project was inspired by one of Steve Good's scroll saw patterns.Some of the pictures contain small nude silhouettes so if you are easily offended toughen up Nancy!For once SketchUp was given the cold shoulder and I went straight into CorelDraw. Imported Steve's PDF and proceeded to colourise the pattern,
Colourisation in the above diagram controls the cutting order won't bore you with why, unless someone asks, and then I can ignore.For previous puzzles out of MDF, I used to colour the bottom side with a texta pen (Sharpie to all you Philistines) to differentiate between the pieces' sides,
however, I thought of engraving something on each piece to indicate the downside. Deliberately avoiding the alphabet, as not everyone speaks Australian, or numbers, as not everyone can count, I chose to use silhouettes, as there are a lot of perves. I made use of these silhouettes (that I intend to include in a future post),
Off to the laser and finished up with a 3 layer design,
(for you eagle eyes the above pictures were taken after the engraving on the middle piece was filled
).
The bottom layer was the pattern, middle the base and the top layer the puzzle.For design #1, alignment dowels were glued into place,
as the outer pieces were not to be glued to the dowel, this permitted the dowels to be buffed permitting smoother fit.The bottom layer was flocked,
There was a change of pace and the silhouettes were engraved and filled prior to cutting to facilitate sanding,
For the prudish, the pieces were then buffed and test assembled,
and as an afterthought for the more adventurous, assemble with the bottom side indicators facing up (which became the standard design),
For design #2, the bottom pattern layer was replaced by a laminated paper design of the pattern that can be used as a guide and then stowed under the puzzle for storage,
Design #1, uses flock on the bottom layer to prevent slippage,
however, when the pattern layer is removed it props on the 4 dowels,
Wasn't happy with that and that's the reason for design #2 which had rubber pads on the base,
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