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there has been an increase in the number of things delivered rather than heading to the shops.",[214,218,219],{},"Being a building with two flats - and two doors - but just one house number - there's been a fair bit of confusion and stuff delivered to the wrong flat.",[214,221,222],{},"So - time for a name plate for the door.",[214,224,225,226,236],{},"The house is from 1932 - so - we took a look at other signs from the same period and landed on one with a nice thin font (",[227,228,235],"a",{"href":229,"rel":230,"target":234},"https:\u002F\u002Ffonts.google.com\u002Fspecimen\u002FPoiret+One",[231,232,233],"nofollow","noopener","noreferer","_blank","Poirot One",") and bars\u002Fcorner boxes.",[238,239,241],"h2",{"id":240},"woodworking","Woodworking",[214,243,244],{},"So - first up - make the backing board. This is a piece of 6mm ply - cut to size and sanded smooth on one side.",[214,246,247],{},"Second - the frame to hold it to the door - these are made from old cut off pieces of pallet wood - jointed, planed and routed - to give a rebate along the inner edge to take the board and chamfered on top edges.",[214,249,250],{},[251,252],"img",{"alt":253,"src":254},"Checking the rebate - in this shot the edges are just butted but they will be mitred corners when done","\u002Fimages\u002Fposts\u002F2020\u002F11\u002Fboard-and-edges.jpeg",[238,256,258],{"id":257},"designlettering","Design\u002FLettering",[214,260,261],{},"So - how to do the lettering?",[214,263,264],{},"Step 1 - three coats of a spray white lightly sanded after the first and second coat.",[214,266,267],{},"Step 2 - design the layout in a combination of Illustrator and Fusion 360 - getting the result as SVG.",[214,269,270],{},"Step 3 - cut out the design on a silhouette cameo 4 cutter using stencil material - a sticky back thick vinyl\u002Fplastic and then attach this to the white painted side. Mask off anything outside with tape. Make sure all edges are tightly pressed down.",[214,272,273],{},"Step 4 - three coats of a spray black",[214,275,276],{},[251,277],{"alt":278,"src":279},"Black paint on stencil","\u002Fimages\u002Fposts\u002F2020\u002F11\u002Fstencilling.jpeg",[214,281,282],{},"Step 5 - very very carefully - remove the stencil - hoping all the while that nothing has got under the edges. That was a bit nervewracking.",[238,284,286],{"id":285},"results","Results",[214,288,289],{},"These shots show the results after peeling the stencil.",[214,291,292],{},[251,293],{"alt":294,"src":295},"Corner showing a closeup of the bars\u002Fcorner boxes","\u002Fimages\u002Fposts\u002F2020\u002F11\u002Fcorner.jpeg",[214,297,298],{},[251,299],{"alt":300,"src":301},"Closeup of some of the lettering","\u002Fimages\u002Fposts\u002F2020\u002F11\u002Fletters.jpeg",[214,303,304],{},[251,305],{"alt":306,"src":307},"The nameplate","\u002Fimages\u002Fposts\u002F2020\u002F11\u002Ffull.jpeg",[238,309,311],{"id":310},"next-steps","Next steps",[214,313,314],{},"Three more things to do:",[316,317,318,322,325],"ul",{},[319,320,321],"li",{},"A coat or two of a clear top layer to protect the thin black paint from damage",[319,323,324],{},"Paint and cut the frame and cut the excess off the board away (equal amount of white space on all four sides)",[319,326,327],{},"Mount it",{"title":329,"searchDepth":330,"depth":330,"links":331},"",2,[332,333,334,335],{"id":240,"depth":330,"text":241},{"id":257,"depth":330,"text":258},{"id":285,"depth":330,"text":286},{"id":310,"depth":330,"text":311},"2020-11-11 17:12 +0100",null,"md","Covid causes more deliveries - but they keep going to the wrong door. 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