Project Surface Area: Day 4, Scallops

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What you missed Days 1-3?  Really? Well, do go and catch up!

Day 1
Day2
Day3

Here we go on Day 4…It’s all about the Scallops.

Yummy, yummy…in my tum, tum, tummy…

Let’s hope these scallops prove to be just the thang this whipped together piece of, ummm…. work needs.

Now, first, I must disclaim.

You should have the proper safety attire and tools to complete this {or any other kind of woodworking..} project.  I, unfortunately, am not so fortunate.

Anyway, Chester, the Home Depot guy,  talked me out of plywood for the scallops.  I was trying to go cheap, cheap, but he made a good point about using the same materials in order to maintain a consistent finish.

But then again, I’ma paint this sucker.  So does it really matter? Does it?

Anyway, he cut these boards to size and off I went.

1.  Make a scalloped Template.  Download one for baskets and crop and resize it to be perfect…or good enough anyway.

2.  Start tracing in the middle of your board so you end up with an even number of scallops. It helps to remember this before you start cutting…

3.  Figure out how to make smooth cuts and try three different ways before you get in the groove…yeah, baby…

4. Cut up the center to each point first.

5.  Then slide your jigsaw around and ease it in the curve to finish it out.

6. Voila.  Pretty scallop.  No Blood.  Very good.

7. Repeat thirty-eleven times until you have the entire length of board cut out.

8. Then sand….

and Sand…

and Sand some mo’

9. Go take a shower and hack up all of that saw dust you inhaled cuz yur dust mask kept falling off your face…that or you kept pulling it down cuz yur goggles kept getting fogged up and you couldn’t see to cut and you really wanted to keep all of your fingers so you could finish this project…

10.  Then finally get to watch 30 Rock and laugh your butt off cuz Tina Fey is hilarious and you love her…

But not in the creepy, sneak into her house and steal her toothbrush kinda way…

Fur reals.

I don’t even know where she lives…

On to Day 5

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