A3 printing capability - yay

With the purchase of a Canon A3 printer I can now offer larger silhouette lights and hoping they attract some attention on Marketplace.

Too kick off I’m starting with this Serengeti Giraffe because African animals are quite a  popular home decor item.



This is a snip from the mock-up done in MS Word 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



I use MS Word for all my silhouette picture designs.

 

 

 






 

 

I have a library of background pictures with folders of particular themes.

Prepping to cut out the beast on the scroll saw.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

From now on will have to real careful with that tail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Light sand down with 120 grit sand paper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

Another progress check looks OK so next up - spray painting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

Sunny day – yay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

As posted the retail stores have lots of empty shelves because bloody China and Jumping Jing Ping have cracked-the-shits that Australia via Morrison want a investigation into the source of the Coronavirus – bloody obvious I say.

Anyway…while at Waverley Gardens checked BIG W for photo frames and again bugger all on the shelves but no matter as prices far to high.

Got this nice A3 frame from a Two Dollar shop near Big W for $12 bucks.

 







 

The usual procedure dismantle and make the internal frame that will site inside the actual picture frame.

This provides a space for the silhouette object that sits on stand-offs.

 

 

 

 

 

Came up with this idea to use ALDI Garden Planting Stakes to make (some of) the internal frames.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m using the main frame as a jig to glue the internal frame. I’ve found that picture frames are often not square or the sides are bowed so I have a collection of business and money cards to use as shims; like here where the main picture frame is a bit skewed.

 

 

 

 

 


Tomorrow morning I'll have a play to decide on which set of lights to use - Fairy or String.