1919 Ontario Licence Plate and an Old Barn -COMPLETED

[Frank Pellow]

I obtained this old licence plate from my Grandfather's barn on Centre Street in Beeton Ontario in the early 1950s:

and I have been on the lookout for some way to display it in 2019.  Recently Kenny Hopkins uploaded this pattern:

and it is perfect for my purposes.  The barn and the car in it look something like the barn behind my grandparent's house and the old car that he drove.

I'm going to cut the pattern and frame it along with the licence plate.

Edited October 18, 2018 by Frank Pellow

[Bill WIlson]

That's an excellent idea.  Can't wait to see the finished product.

[Rockytime]

Sounds terrific! I remember as a kid my grandfather's garage had a wall of plates.

[amazingkevin]

I favor old barns. This one makes the grade! Very clean cutting!

[Frank Pellow]

This is going well.  It's now about 2/3 cut and I expect to finish cutting it tomorrow. 

I find the best way to judge something like this is to look at a photo of the back.  Here is that photo:

[Fab4]

Hi Frank:
looks like your plan is working and slowly coming together
Are you always this patient?
Fab4 

[Frank Pellow]

3 hours ago, Fab4 said:

Hi Frank:
looks like your plan is working and slowly coming together
Are you always this patient?
Fab4 

I am patient but, for me, this project is moving a breakneck speed.   

The pattern was first posted last Saturday and I expect to have it all cut out by the end of the day today.  And, with luck, I will have it framed tomorrow.  Seven days from concept to completion is very much faster than I usually do.

[Frank Pellow]

I have now completed the cutting:

and have pretty good idea of how I am going to mount and frame this along with the licence plate.  I've simulated the framing in the photo below:

[Scrappile]

Very nice cutting.  That is going to look great when completed.

[innar20]

Very nice job done! 

[Frank Pellow]

I had planned to get this framed today but other tasks got into the way.  I did come up with a somewhat different design that is easier to make and that I also like better.

Here is a mock-up of the revised design:

[RabidAlien]

I like it better with a smaller gap between the two.  Too big a gap, and it looks like two different things framed.  Smaller gap ties the two together.

[Frank Pellow]

3 hours ago, RabidAlien said:

I like it better with a smaller gap between the two.  Too big a gap, and it looks like two different things framed.  Smaller gap ties the two together.

Thanks.  That's the wat that I feel too; thus the change.

[bradnjackie]

On 10/13/2018 at 7:04 PM, Frank Pellow said:

I had planned to get this framed today but other tasks got into the way.  I did come up with a somewhat different design that is easier to make and that I also like better.

Here is a mock-up of the revised design:

Personally I like this one best.  Too much hidden in the other one.  Just my opinion.

[John B]

On 10/12/2018 at 9:44 AM, Frank Pellow said:

This is going well.  It's now about 2/3 cut and I expect to finish cutting it tomorrow. 

I find the best way to judge something like this is to look at a photo of the back.  Here is that photo:

Frank, I do the same thing. Every now and again when I'm changing holes I'll hold the piece up and have a look at the back.

[Scrappile]

Ya, I think I like the second one a little better also.  Very nice picture. 

[Frank Pellow]

Almost Completed:

It's taking me longer than expected to make a frame that I like for this project.  I think that the one shown in this photo will do the job, but I need to think about it overnight

[Kenny Hopkins]

Absolutely Beautiful Cut! Thank you so much for taking the time to show this off!

 

[Frank Pellow]

Completed:

First, some words about the pattern and the cutting of same:

• This pattern such that all the red parts are to be cut out.  This is the first such pattern that I have tried and it does make things much easier for me than all black.  My first preference is red lines, but red areas is good.
• The foreground was cut out of 3 millimetre thick quarter sawn white oak plywood .
• I used Flying Dutchman New Spiral 2/0 blades.
• The backer is 6mm thick quarter sawn white oak plywood stained black using Saman stain.
• Gorilla Heavy Duty spray adhesive was used to attach the foreground to the background.
• After mounting, both the barn and the plate were sprayed with three coats of Rust-oleum Painters Touch Ultra Cover semi-gloss clear rattle-can stuff.

Now, a photo of the completed piece:

The licence plate has a rim around the edge, so before mounting it on the backer, I inserted a thin piece of plywood of the correct dimensions behind the plate.  I attached the plate to the backer using brass screws and cup washers:

The frame is a variation of my "standard" Rosseter-Pellow frame.  In an attempt to simulate the wood on the old barn, I used rough-sawn pine and attached the pieces using two 7 centimetre long hex screws at each joint:

I stained the boards using my own combinations of Saman stains in multiple applications.

Here is a photo of the back of the frame, showing how the backer was mounted:

 

 

Edited October 18, 2018 by Frank Pellow

[Scrappile]

Frank, that really turned out nice.  Job very well done.  

My favorite pattern colors are red lines with the cutout pieces in a light gray.  Easy to keep track of what is to be cutout and saves ink.

[Frank Pellow]

7 minutes ago, Scrappile said:

Frank, that really turned out nice.  Job very well done.  

My favorite pattern colors are red lines with the cutout pieces in a light gray.  Easy to keep track of what is to be cutout and saves ink.

Thanks.

Yes, I should have thought about red lines with grey areas.  I have cut one such pattern and that combination is, indeed, the best.

[Frank Pellow]

17 hours ago, Kenny Hopkins said:

Absolutely Beautiful Cut! Thank you so much for taking the time to show this off!

 

Thanks Kenny!  One can not do better than to receive a compliment from the designer of the pattern.  Please note that I did give you credit on the back of the mounted piece. 

Your design inspired me to do this.

[innar20]

Good overwiev of the job and very nice finishing touch! 

[Bill WIlson]

Nicely done!  

I have that pattern in my "to do" pile and I have some old, weathered boards I can use to make a frame.  I may have to move that project a little closer to the top.

[RabidAlien]

Excellent cut and framing!  Thanks for posting your finishing routine, I usually just BLO stuff and hang it up.  Items that will get used (end table, bathtub tray for my wife) get a coat of poly brushed on.  I'll keep an eye out for your rattlecan cover.

 

I've cut both red/white and black/white patterns, but I have a laserjet printer (company was getting rid of it and said they "wished it would just disappear, it'll cost more to have it scrapped than its worth".  So....I'm slowly in the process of scrapping it.    So regardless of the color of the pattern, mine come out in shades of grey.  I do appreciate those pattern makers that put "remove red" or "remove white" on their pattern somewhere so I don't have to stare at it trying to decide which to cut out.