| Project by Pat Cavanaugh | posted 1396 days ago | 6802 views | 4 times favorited | 22 comments |  |
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First, I need to give props to GuyB. This box was inspired by a similar box he made. The customer asked for a MSgt (rank) stripe shadow box. It is made from red oak. Because the box is 21” wide I had to glue up three boards to make the face wide enough. It is a little difficult to tell, but the stripes and star are acrylic mirror. They are slightly recessed into the wood. Overall dimensions are 21” x 28.5”
This being first one of these, all the recesses were routed by hand. And all the mirror pieces were cut and sanded to the final line by hand as well. But once I finished it, I knew other people were going to want one as well. So to save me time in the future I made router templates for all three of the senior enlisted ranks. It should save me a great deal of time on future ones. I plan to offer them with either mirror or contrasting wood stripes.
-- Pat - Biloxi, MS
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Don K.
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#1 posted 1396 days ago
Very impressive Pat !!!!!
-- Don S.E. OK
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#2 posted 1396 days ago
i like it.
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a1Jim
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#3 posted 1396 days ago
great job looks super
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kckevin
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#4 posted 1396 days ago
Outstanding!
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cobra5
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#5 posted 1396 days ago
this is great timming,
was telling my brother-in-law about your work yesterday, tracy will have to see this
tim
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Innovator
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#6 posted 1396 days ago
Nice work
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#7 posted 1396 days ago
Great work to honor a man in service. He will like it, of this I’m sure.
-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -
huff
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#8 posted 1396 days ago
Pat, Great looking shadow box! Good idea about the templates. I’m sure you will be getting plenty of request for more.
-- John @ http://www.thehuffordfurnituregroup.com
Ben Kahmann
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#9 posted 1396 days ago
might just have to have you make me one, great job
-- Ben Kahmann Dayton, OH
rickf16
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#10 posted 1395 days ago
That is killer work !!! Just awesome! I thought I’d seen all the designs for a shadow box, but then you come up with something like this. Great job and thanks for your service.
-- Rick
neal_v
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#11 posted 1395 days ago
Very awesome shadow box. Very impressed with your work. Thank you for your years of service in the Air Force.
Pat Cavanaugh
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#12 posted 1395 days ago
Thank you to everyone for their kind words and kudos. Ben, I’ve looked at your work, you don’t need me to make anything for you, but thank you. Rick, you should look at GuyB’s projects here on LJs. He has some incredible designs. Thank you all again.
-- Pat - Biloxi, MS
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#13 posted 1394 days ago
That’s a cool design! This is the only one I’ve ever seen that really nails the chevron look. Clever idea with the door AND mirror!
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#14 posted 1381 days ago
Excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#15 posted 1372 days ago
Great box! How can i get one?
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