Lid Completion

I have some final touches and then apply the hinge and it's finished! This has taken way longer than expected mainly because my current job required a lot of my time.

The first step is to glue up a wide mahogany board, level flatten it and begin to CNC each layer like my sample board.

This picture shows the first white layer complete and moving on to the second black layer.

With all of the layers complete, I am leveling the lid.

This picture show the near completion of the leveling process.

Notice the circle cut in the lower right corner. As I was leveling, I decided to cancel the CNC project since I achieved the depth I was looking for earlier than expected so I hit the "STOP" button and the spindle abruptly dropped cutting this circle!

Here I am layering the top with clear epoxy.

I also decided to recut the forks to make the coloring lighter yellow.

And here is what I did to cover up the lower circle that the "stop" created. Not perfect but since this is my first one, I expected to have some mishaps. I can't perform unlimited test runs, at some point I have to get going with the production piece.

Here I flush trimmed the lid to the base cooler.

We are getting to the finish line!

What did this stage cost?

Approximately $150 of mahogany lumber for the lid and about $30 worth of epoxy.

Totaling - $180

What is the next stage?

Attach the lid with hinges and perform the final finish sprays to the top and bottom and then package for shipping.

Have any questions? Ask away!

Mark Petrilla, Gorilla Bark Studio's

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