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My niece found a USMC Force Recon wall plaque and wanted to buy it for her dad, a former force recon marine, to put in his car shop. The plaque is $90 and is 13 inched across. I told her that 13 inches is too small for his shop and the plague does not have all the correct items/words that his unit used.

So I decided to make one myself. My plans have the disk at 36 inches in diameter, the wings are 44 inched across. The finished piece weights 30 pounds.

- The disk is MDF with cherry veneer and kitchen counter laminate on the back. The black rings are cherry veneer with ebony stain.

- The parachute is from 8/4 poplar and is finished in amber shellac. I used the shellac for the color that I wanted for the part.

- Wings, made from 4/4 cypress cut from one piece (segmentation), carved and shaped, finished with wipe-on ploy and glued back together.

- The scuba diver is cut from one piece of 4/4 cypress, shaped, painted and glued back together.

- The pathfinder flame and wings (on top of the parachute) are made from beech, walnut, aspen, cherry, and mahogany. I used a combination of intarsia and segmentation for this part.

- The letters are made from aspen. Each one cut out on the scroll saw.

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Man that is one super cool project. Well done!! And that is one serious looking glue up - wow.
 

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WOW ! I like your style Thats really very good.. Great skill and vision well done..
 

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Now that is really a nice piece of work. Bet you have a couple hours into that. I'm pretty sure you blew someone's mind when they saw it. thanks for sharing
 

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Very impressive! Thank you to all the vets out there.
 

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That is awesome. Great job Semper Fi
 

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Great plaque-thanks for sharing!
 

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Very impressive! Thanks for sharing.
 

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Looks great!! That will most certainly be appreciated!
 

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Great looking plaque! I'm sure he'll really appreciate it!
 

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Photo of me and my brother when I gave him the plaque.
 

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