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there has been an increase in the number of things delivered rather than heading to the shops.",[212,216,217],{},"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.",[212,219,220],{},"So - time for a name plate for the door.",[212,222,223,224,234],{},"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 (",[225,226,233],"a",{"href":227,"rel":228,"target":232},"https:\u002F\u002Ffonts.google.com\u002Fspecimen\u002FPoiret+One",[229,230,231],"nofollow","noopener","noreferer","_blank","Poirot One",") and bars\u002Fcorner boxes.",[236,237,239],"h2",{"id":238},"woodworking","Woodworking",[212,241,242],{},"So - first up - make the backing board. This is a piece of 6mm ply - cut to size and sanded smooth on one side.",[212,244,245],{},"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.",[212,247,248],{},[249,250],"img",{"alt":251,"src":252},"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",[236,254,256],{"id":255},"designlettering","Design\u002FLettering",[212,258,259],{},"So - how to do the lettering?",[212,261,262],{},"Step 1 - three coats of a spray white lightly sanded after the first and second coat.",[212,264,265],{},"Step 2 - design the layout in a combination of Illustrator and Fusion 360 - getting the result as SVG.",[212,267,268],{},"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.",[212,270,271],{},"Step 4 - three coats of a spray black",[212,273,274],{},[249,275],{"alt":276,"src":277},"Black paint on stencil","\u002Fimages\u002Fposts\u002F2020\u002F11\u002Fstencilling.jpeg",[212,279,280],{},"Step 5 - very very carefully - remove the stencil - hoping all the while that nothing has got under the edges. That was a bit nervewracking.",[236,282,284],{"id":283},"results","Results",[212,286,287],{},"These shots show the results after peeling the stencil.",[212,289,290],{},[249,291],{"alt":292,"src":293},"Corner showing a closeup of the bars\u002Fcorner boxes","\u002Fimages\u002Fposts\u002F2020\u002F11\u002Fcorner.jpeg",[212,295,296],{},[249,297],{"alt":298,"src":299},"Closeup of some of the lettering","\u002Fimages\u002Fposts\u002F2020\u002F11\u002Fletters.jpeg",[212,301,302],{},[249,303],{"alt":304,"src":305},"The nameplate","\u002Fimages\u002Fposts\u002F2020\u002F11\u002Ffull.jpeg",[236,307,309],{"id":308},"next-steps","Next steps",[212,311,312],{},"Three more things to do:",[314,315,316,320,323],"ul",{},[317,318,319],"li",{},"A coat or two of a clear top layer to protect the thin black paint from damage",[317,321,322],{},"Paint and cut the frame and cut the excess off the board away (equal amount of white space on all four sides)",[317,324,325],{},"Mount it",{"title":327,"searchDepth":328,"depth":328,"links":329},"",2,[330,331,332,333],{"id":238,"depth":328,"text":239},{"id":255,"depth":328,"text":256},{"id":283,"depth":328,"text":284},{"id":308,"depth":328,"text":309},"2020-11-11 17:12 +0100",null,"md","Covid causes more deliveries - but they keep going to the wrong door. 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