Jim A. Walters
12-29-2005, 12:35 PM
I have read much here on SMC, but I never hear of basswood mentioned. Is basswood lowly rated among woodworkers? It seems to laser great!
Now the story:
In early October of 2003 our scout troop took a backpacking trip loop on the North Country Trail / Manistee River Trail in NW Michigan. It started raining as we setup camp on Friday night, but stopped in the morning. Once we were on the trail, it started lightly raining again with temps around 45 deg. By lunch time it was raining HARD and the temps started dropping. By the time we were at the 12 mile mark, we knew we were in trouble! We found this house with a nice older couple that allowed us to come under their carport out of the rain. The couple had all of us come into the basement and made us hot cocoa. Her husband took our other Scoutmaster down to the trail head to retrieve our vehicle so we could depart for home. I am sure they literally saved our lives. When we were leaving Cadillac, MI, it was snowing so hard you couldn't see the road signs.
I found a basswood slab at a local craft store to make a memorable thank you for this couple. I found the art online, and received permission to use the eagle head on the plaque.
This was one of my first laser jobs I ever did. The eagle was changed to greyscale and the plaque was done in "3D".
Now the story:
In early October of 2003 our scout troop took a backpacking trip loop on the North Country Trail / Manistee River Trail in NW Michigan. It started raining as we setup camp on Friday night, but stopped in the morning. Once we were on the trail, it started lightly raining again with temps around 45 deg. By lunch time it was raining HARD and the temps started dropping. By the time we were at the 12 mile mark, we knew we were in trouble! We found this house with a nice older couple that allowed us to come under their carport out of the rain. The couple had all of us come into the basement and made us hot cocoa. Her husband took our other Scoutmaster down to the trail head to retrieve our vehicle so we could depart for home. I am sure they literally saved our lives. When we were leaving Cadillac, MI, it was snowing so hard you couldn't see the road signs.
I found a basswood slab at a local craft store to make a memorable thank you for this couple. I found the art online, and received permission to use the eagle head on the plaque.
This was one of my first laser jobs I ever did. The eagle was changed to greyscale and the plaque was done in "3D".