As a super late Christmas gift, I made a Harry Potter themed bottle opener (butterbeer motif seemed like an appropriate stylistic approach) for my friend Diana. The process for making this one is very similar to the bottle opener I made before, but I got to use a laser engraver for the first time ever and I wanted to show you guys that (my second time using a laser engraver).
A butterbeer design I found on the internet. I simplified the image a little and also had it vectorized. |
A webcam was placed inside the laser engraver compartment to see where the laser was going. |
To the left, this is what the piece looks like after it was engraved. To the right, this is what the piece looks like after it was stained.
I used polyurethane to finish the block of wood. I applied maybe 5 coats? After each coat, I sanded the surface of the wood. |
A lathe machine was used to make magnet hole plugs. |
The back of the bottle opener. Notice the plugs? I haven't glued the four magnets down yet. |
After running the piece through the jointer, the magnet hole depths were off. A drill press was used to make the holes a little bit deeper.
The four magnets were then glued down.
A transfer punch was then used to mark the location where the screws would go so the bottle opener could be attached.
Finished!!! Hooray!!!
(My apologies for recording in portrait view...)
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om g love thiS!!! i remember seeing it in her apartment! she never said who made it tho she just said friend. ...
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! I'm getting better at making these bottle openers :)
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