The Men's Hat

[Frank Corker]

Thought I would share this with you. I play golf each week with a group of friends which number 10 to 15 depending on who can make it. Usually the sum total of the winnings for the day amount to about £5, so I thought it might be nice to have something that the winner takes home and returns each week for someone else to win. The competition is called 'The Men's Hat' so I used an appropriate graphic. I used American Cherry, some of the remaining stock that George Perzel kindly sent me some time ago, to make the figure and 5mm black acrylic for the oval base. I have to be honest and say I wasn't over enamoured with the acrylic when it came to gluing the wood. It shows up every little dust spec and over spread of glue. That said, I still think it turned out quite nice. I added a small clasp which I glued on the back and it's holding tight so far, we will have to see how a bit of rough handling helps it.

[Joe Pelonio]

Very nice work, Frank, and a hat too. Hope you never have to eat it!

For hanging acrylic I like to cut a 1/4" hole in a 1.25" square, then cement it over 1.25" square border, all of 1/8" material for hanging on a nail. Using Weldon I never had one fall off.

[Hannu Rinne]

Hi Frank,

That is a really classy work !

Regards,
Hannu

[Chuck Stone]

Is that your profile?

That's a neat idea.. and nice execution. and that cherry is going
to get deeper and more rich as time goes on.

Nice and simple.. but simple doesn't always mean easy..

[Dee Gallo]

Leave it to you to come up with a way to elevate the competition AND use your laser to boot! Great idea, and I like the contrast of the black against the cherry. Very Beidermier. I'll bet your friends love taking it home if only for a week at a time. Hopefully you'll hang it in your shack a lot of the time?

Good job, Frank!

cheers, dee

[Andrea Weissenseel]

You're absolutely right Frank, it turned out real nice

@Joe, I like your idea for that little hanger - don't it stand off the wall for those ~ 6mm though

Andrea

[Mike Null]

Nice work Frank. Very tasty design!

[Joe Pelonio]

You're absolutely right Frank, it turned out real nice

@Joe, I like your idea for that little hanger - don't it stand off the wall for those ~ 6mm though

Andrea

Yes, and I forgot to mention 2 cork circles at the bottom so it stays parallel to the wall.

[Michael Hunter]

Only Australians put corks on their hats