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S&G: 5 Sided Star Decoration *Pic*
By:Jack Sanderson
Date: 2/9/2009, 9:05 pm

So my wife asked me to build one of those star decoration for the side of our house and I thought it might be a fun stich and glue project. I got some 1/8 inch birch plywood and googled a couple of trig formulas to figure out all the lengths and angles to make a 5 sided 3d star. As it turns out I had to recall the laws of sin and law of cosin. Next I found an old tin star, covered it in plastic tape, mold release. I used this a as a clamping jig to hold plywood pieces in place over wetted out glass.

It was a difficult to hold all of the pieces in exact alignment and I probably should have used wire tie like a boat rather than using tape. I now may cover it in a nice veneer and glass the outside.

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S&G: 5 Sided Star Decoration *Pic*
Jack Sanderson -- 2/9/2009, 9:05 pm
Re: S&G: 5 Sided Star Decoration
Etienne Muller -- 2/13/2009, 6:44 pm
Re: S&G: 5 Sided Star Decoration *Pic*
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 2/11/2009, 1:02 pm
Re: S&G: 5 Sided Star Decoration *LINK* *Pic*
Jack Sanderson -- 2/13/2009, 11:59 am
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 2/13/2009, 12:43 pm
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tony olsen -- 2/13/2009, 4:16 pm
Re: S&G: 5 Sided Star Decoration *Pic*
Jack Sanderson -- 2/9/2009, 9:08 pm
Re: S&G: 5 Sided Star Decoration *Pic*
Jack Sanderson -- 2/9/2009, 9:11 pm
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Scott Baxter -- 2/10/2009, 12:31 am
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Paul Montgomery -- 2/12/2009, 8:52 pm
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Scott Baxter -- 2/12/2009, 9:27 pm
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Andy Waddington -- 2/10/2009, 11:38 am