Woodworker's Journal 1994-18-5, страница 57

Fast Sanding and Cleanup

If you are careful, no edge-sanding should be necessary. Sand the faces tightly to remove any remaining fuzz from the sawn edges.

Painting and Decorating

The photo shows the colors we used on our mobile, but feel free to use your own paint scheme. We used acrylic paints, which you can buy at most crafts-supply stores. Paint all surfaces of the web and the hanging pieces.

We've added red bead eyes to the spider and used a Dremel tool to make eye cavities in the bats.

If you'd like to take the add-on look a bit further, cut and paste bits of cloth on Dracula and the witch, and add a little fuzz to make the spider come alive.

A Balancing Act

To assemble the mobile, first drill the eight holes in the web where marked on

the pattern. Drill very small holes for the monofilament. Every workshop should have a set of "needle'" drills, and if yours doesn't, you now have a good excuse to buy a set. Don't use anything larger than a Vu" bit.

To hang the mobile, first cut three 16" lengths of monofilament. Thread the lines through the web-suspending holes, then apply a little heat to create a small ball on the line ends on the underside. This will prevent the lines from pulling through the holes. Now, collect and merge the three lines above the web. then tie them together.

To prepare the hanging figures, drill a small-diameter hole in the edge of each hanging piece where indicated on its pattern. Drilling at these locations will enable you to balance the figures without a lot of trial and error. Next, glue a 20" length of monofilament into each hole. After the glue has dried, thread the lines through the appropriate

holes in the web, then temporarily tie off the ends.

Experiment with various line lengths to balance the hanging figures so the web hangs level. Once you are satisfied that everything balances, tie off the nylon lines and trim the ends. To give you some guidelines, we suspended the spider on a 14"-long line, Dracula on an 1114" line, the witch on a 7" line, the pumpkin on a 6line, and the moon'bats on a 454"-long line. Now, choose a location that yields maximum creepiness. m

KIT SOURCE

The kit includes two 16" square pieces of thick Baltic birch plywood (all the wood you'll need lor this project). Each kit costs $11.95 ppd. Order kit no. WJ5943 from:

Heritage Building Specialties

205 N. Cascade Fergus Falls. MKl 56537 Telephone: B00/524-4184

FULL-SIZED PATTERNS

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