darbytee
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I posted here a couple of weeks ago about casting a dollar bill in resin and turning a pen from it. I decided that I didn't have the time for the learning curve on casting so I did this instead. There is a tradition in the Air Force that when you fly your first flight in a jet, your "dollar ride", you creatively design a dollar bill and give it to your instructor pilot as memorabilia. Most people put stickers on them or put them in a frame. I wanted to try to do something different. My instructor pilot is in the Navy (we're a joint training base) so I decided to use teak for the design. I cut, chamfered, and sanded the base before applying two coats of BLO. After it dried I decoupaged (is that a word??[?]) the dollar to the base and then put a mount for a pen that I turned out of the same block of teak. All in all it was a good learning experience and I think I was able to do something a little out of the ordinary. Thanks as always for looking.
