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Plaques

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Spent a few hours plaque making for my sons partner, she decorates them & sells them on Etsy. The 6mm thick rectangular ones are simply cut with the tracksaw & chopsaw then the edges eased with a round over router bit

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The fancy shaped plaques & hearts are routed in 4mm MDF with a guide bearing cutter on a cnc’ed template like this
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I simply move the clamp along as I progress, a little bit of hand work with a chisel forms a nice sharp v in the top of the heart

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In the absence of my own CNC it certainly make things a lot easier Mark, also it saves her money as I tend to make them from left overs so she gets them for free where as she used to pay quite a bit for them
 
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