Creative Woodworks & crafts 1998-09, страница 9

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INSTRUCTIONS

Fun for fall

This year when the leaves start to change colors, take the kids on a treasure hunt and collect the materials for some unique, easy, and fun to make scroll saw projects.

Look for the most colorful, fresh leaves you can find. Avoid those that are curling and getting brittle. Press the leaves flat for a month or so, until they are dry. An old, thick telephone book works well for this. If you have a thin phone book, put a board and brick on top of it. The flatter you can press the leaves, the better your results will be.

Now get all your supplies together and have some fun!

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Cut out the leaves

Rough cut the 1/8" plywood for each leaf. Place plenty of newspaper down on your work table and spray a moderately heavy coat of permanent-bond spray adhesive on the plywood. Note: be sure to read and follow all manufacturer's warnings on the can. Holding a leaf by its stem, apply some adhesive to the back side (see Fig. 1). Don't worry about getting glue on the stem as it will be cut off later—we're only using it as a handle for now.

Let the adhesive dry for a minute or two, then position the leaf on the plywood. Place a piece of wax paper over top and press down firmly to insure a good bond, as shown in Fig. 2.

When you remove the wax paper, the adhesive on the plywood will still be sticky. To rectify this, apply two or three light coats of matte spray finish to the wood. The finish will seal the glue so that it is no longer sticky, and will finish the leaf at the same time. Next, use a sharp knife to cut off the stem.

Cut out the leaf. Don't worry about following the exact outline of the leaf—the finished project looks better if you make the cut slightly into the leaf so that the plywood doesn't show.

Next, carefully drill a hole with a No. 60 bit approximately 1/4"-deep straight into the edge of the plywood (see Fig. 3) for the wire stem.

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not cover the wire where it will be glued into the plywood. Although floral tape isn't sticky, when wrapped and twisted around itself and the wire it holds tight, making a good imitation stem (see Fig. 4).

Place a drop of cyanoacrylate glue on the wire and insert it in the hole. Glue a magnet on the back, then enjoy the colors of autumn all yearlong! |j

Paint the back and edges of the plywood with thinned Dark Brown. Since the surface of the leaf has already been finished, any paint that gets on the surface can be wiped off without marring the leaf. Set the leaf aside to dry.

Clip off about two inches of floral wire and wrap it with floral tape, starting from the tip of the stem and working up toward the leaf end. Do