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Title: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: McBryde on 05/29/2016 03:23 PM
Well, I finally got one of these things done that I had been talking about for a while. It's a shadow box with a cigar box in it and cigar bands all around it. LOTS of hot glue! Finding time for this kind of thing has been slim lately, but the rain here lately has given me a little more time to get to some indoor stuff. Outside dimensions are 21"x 17", so this is not the little shadow box. Quite a few bands in there, tried to mix it up. Some are deliberate "mess ups' as a signature.

Let me know what you think.

E

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/duckslayer1021/8B084BAC-F68D-4F54-A6F5-CE83251F768A_zpsb0rhe0bi.jpg) (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/duckslayer1021/media/8B084BAC-F68D-4F54-A6F5-CE83251F768A_zpsb0rhe0bi.jpg.html)

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/duckslayer1021/EFF8A085-F6F5-4DB1-9178-8C3092120C70_zpsjzd5fwee.jpg) (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/duckslayer1021/media/EFF8A085-F6F5-4DB1-9178-8C3092120C70_zpsjzd5fwee.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: McBryde on 05/29/2016 03:23 PM
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/duckslayer1021/78BAFE6D-8DE8-4E19-9202-B282E3BBF599_zpszxny2dqw.jpg) (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/duckslayer1021/media/78BAFE6D-8DE8-4E19-9202-B282E3BBF599_zpszxny2dqw.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: tjm0831 on 05/29/2016 04:02 PM
That is amazing!  Good work man.

 :bigthumbs:
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Post by: headfirst on 05/29/2016 04:09 PM
Nice! :bigthumbs:
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Post by: appollo on 05/29/2016 04:14 PM
Very nice  :bigthumbs:
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Post by: toby2 on 05/29/2016 04:43 PM
:cool:love it!
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Post by: MacMac on 05/29/2016 04:47 PM
Very nice! Will you hang it in you smoking room?
Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: benchjockey on 05/29/2016 04:48 PM
Very artsy, very well done!
Title: RE: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: tvolball on 05/29/2016 05:05 PM
Really cool
Title: RE: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: McBryde on 05/29/2016 05:53 PM
QuoteMacMac - 5/29/2016  7:47 PM

Very nice! Will you hang it in you smoking room?

Joe, I don't even have a smoking room, or a man cave in the new house, not exactly sure what to do with it just yet.

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Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: ntanner on 05/29/2016 06:26 PM
Looks nice Emerson.
Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: Vroomp on 05/30/2016 03:12 AM
Just go ahead and send it to me and I'll hang it in my office~! :biggrin:
Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: Gustoff on 05/30/2016 06:14 AM
That looks awesome!
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Post by: Ted on 05/30/2016 07:07 AM
Looks pretty cool! How did you get the bands so uniform? Did you wrap them around wooden rods or similar?
 :cool:
Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: ninfiction on 05/30/2016 09:26 AM
Awesome job!
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Post by: Otter on 05/30/2016 12:21 PM
Cool!

 :bigthumbs:
Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: McBryde on 05/30/2016 01:19 PM
QuoteTed - 5/30/2016  10:07 AM

Looks pretty cool! How did you get the bands so uniform? Did you wrap them around wooden rods or similar?
 :cool:

Yes, they are actually wrapped and hot glued around dowel rods that I painted.

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Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: BewareDaPenguin on 05/30/2016 03:39 PM
Looks great man awesome job :thumbsup:
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Post by: Cfickter on 05/30/2016 04:13 PM
Emerson, that is really cool, F'n Nice
Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: Camshaft83 on 05/30/2016 04:36 PM
That is awesome!  :bigthumbs:
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Post by: johncw on 05/30/2016 05:08 PM
Awesome looking!
Title: RE: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: Brlesq on 05/30/2016 05:19 PM
QuoteMcBryde - 5/29/2016  8:53 PM

QuoteMacMac - 5/29/2016  7:47 PM

Very nice! Will you hang it in you smoking room?

Joe, I don't even have a smoking room, or a man cave in the new house, not exactly sure what to do with it just yet.

E


Nice job!  Will look great in the baby's nursery.  Start his interest early, I say. :biggrin:


Title: RE: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: McBryde on 05/30/2016 06:13 PM
QuoteBrlesq - 5/30/2016  8:19 PM

QuoteMcBryde - 5/29/2016  8:53 PM

QuoteMacMac - 5/29/2016  7:47 PM

Very nice! Will you hang it in you smoking room?

Joe, I don't even have a smoking room, or a man cave in the new house, not exactly sure what to do with it just yet.

E


Nice job!  Will look great in the baby's nursery.  Start his interest early, I say. :biggrin:



 :bigthumbs:  :bigthumbs:

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Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: Ted on 05/31/2016 06:43 AM

QuoteMcBryde - 5/30/2016  3:19 PM  
QuoteTed - 5/30/2016  10:07 AM  Looks pretty cool! How did you get the bands so uniform? Did you wrap them around wooden rods or similar?  :cool:
Yes, they are actually wrapped and hot glued around dowel rods that I painted.  E

It looks great. I'm a sucker for uniformity and symmetry. I really like the way it turned out because of that.

Oh, and what "mess up"? Got me playing where's waldo and I don't know what waldo looks like!

 

Title: RE: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: Beegerply on 05/31/2016 08:58 AM
Nicely done :-0  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: McBryde on 05/31/2016 02:33 PM
QuoteTed - 5/31/2016  9:43 AM

QuoteMcBryde - 5/30/2016  3:19 PM  
QuoteTed - 5/30/2016  10:07 AM  Looks pretty cool! How did you get the bands so uniform? Did you wrap them around wooden rods or similar?  :cool:
Yes, they are actually wrapped and hot glued around dowel rods that I painted.  E

It looks great. I'm a sucker for uniformity and symmetry. I really like the way it turned out because of that.

Oh, and what "mess up"? Got me playing where's waldo and I don't know what waldo looks like!

 


Upper left there are 2 PSD 4 bands stacked on top of each other. The psd4 is the cigar I handed out for my son's birth, and he was 2 weeks old when I finished this. Just a signature I guess.

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Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: Ted on 05/31/2016 03:36 PM
QuoteMcBryde - 5/31/2016  4:33 PM  
QuoteTed - 5/31/2016  9:43 AM  

QuoteMcBryde - 5/30/2016  3:19 PM  
QuoteTed - 5/30/2016  10:07 AM  Looks pretty cool! How did you get the bands so uniform? Did you wrap them around wooden rods or similar?  :cool:
Yes, they are actually wrapped and hot glued around dowel rods that I painted.  E

It looks great. I'm a sucker for uniformity and symmetry. I really like the way it turned out because of that.

Oh, and what "mess up"? Got me playing where's waldo and I don't know what waldo looks like!

 

Upper left there are 2 PSD 4 bands stacked on top of each other. The psd4 is the cigar I handed out for my son's birth, and he was 2 weeks old when I finished this. Just a signature I guess.  E

That's very cool! I like the significance of a little family signature.

Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: calvarez on 06/09/2016 11:13 AM
Cool idea, I've never seen anything like it.
Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: McBryde on 06/09/2016 06:38 PM
Thanks Carlos.

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Title: RE: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: wescat on 06/10/2016 04:02 AM
I like the hell outta that Emerson. What did you mount the bands to, wooden dowels?
Title: RE: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: McBryde on 06/10/2016 08:35 AM
Quotewescat - 6/10/2016  7:02 AM

I like the hell outta that Emerson. What did you mount the bands to, wooden dowels?

Yes, I just painted the dowels black before I stuck the bands to them.

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Title: RE: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: MacMac on 06/10/2016 02:52 PM
QuoteMcBryde - 5/29/2016  9:53 PM

QuoteMacMac - 5/29/2016  7:47 PM

Very nice! Will you hang it in you smoking room?

Joe, I don't even have a smoking room, or a man cave in the new house, not exactly sure what to do with it just yet.

E

I'm with you! I do all my a cigar smoking outside on the porch!
Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: billy82 on 06/10/2016 05:23 PM
That looks awesome!
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Post by: M82 on 06/06/2017 05:17 AM
Wow ! Love it. I just started saving bands myself. Have a ways to go but great idea !
Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: Cfickter on 06/06/2017 06:46 AM
E, that is super cool, really like the look
Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: shakinghorizons on 06/06/2017 08:13 AM
Awesome idea and implementation! Very cool.
Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: nirab on 06/06/2017 02:57 PM
Very cool E!! :bigthumbs:  :bigthumbs:
Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: PETE314 on 06/06/2017 03:07 PM
First off....awesome job...looks great........and unfortunately for my wife...it is giving me ideas...lol.....I have to admit tho....right away I started looking at each band and was going...yep....yep...yep...ooooh...yeah that one too...yep...yep...hey...never had that....lol
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Post by: Brlesq on 06/06/2017 06:09 PM
Nice!
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Post by: klamm143 on 06/06/2017 06:33 PM
.........NICE.........
Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: McBryde on 06/06/2017 10:02 PM
A year old thread back to life! LOL Yeah, it was a fun build, time consuming, but fun. Been thinking about maybe trying to do one that is all one brand. Maybe a DE one, or something like that, just hard to find enough bands of one brand to fill all those dowels. May have to make it smaller. I think it would be cool to use a cool LP box lid, and just use all LP bands on it. Who knows what I might come up with next.

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Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: McBryde on 06/06/2017 10:02 PM
A year old thread back to life! LOL Yeah, it was a fun build, time consuming, but fun. Been thinking about maybe trying to do one that is all one brand. Maybe a DE one, or something like that, just hard to find enough bands of one brand to fill all those dowels. May have to make it smaller. I think it would be cool to use a cool LP box lid, and just use all LP bands on it. Who knows what I might come up with next.

E
Title: Re: Project 1 Complete!
Post by: Olddog on 06/07/2017 06:10 AM
What a great job!  Fantastic workmanship and a great art piece even