Jack's Bag End

[Richard48]

Just gets better Jack.Love it.
Richard

[Jack L]

Thanks Richard, very kind.

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Looking great Jack. I half expected Gandolf to be walking up the path to share a bowl of finest pipe tobacco with Bilbo.

[Jack L]

Cheers Steve. I was going to leave a pipe on the bench but think it would be too small.

[Tim Marlow]

I have a sign cut for "no admittance, except on part business', but at 7mm by 4mm, I have no idea how to get it written up.

An essential detail I think, and one this amount of work deserves. How about printing it on matt photographic paper as a picture, not as a document? Should get the resolution you want that way. Failing that, the finest of tubular pens (rotring etc) come in at about 0.1 mm, so might work on a suitable non porous backing?

[Jack L]

That would definitely be plan A, unfortunately I don't have a printer.

[Steven000]

"One diorama to rule them all..."
lovely work and gardening Jack ? Well done

[stillp]

the finest of tubular pens (rotring etc) come in at about 0.1 mm, so might work

I couldn't get anywhere near the size needed with a 0,1mm Edding pen. Maybe a mapping pen would work, if you can still buy them.
Pete

[Tim Marlow]

I couldn't get anywhere near the size needed with a 0,1mm Edding pen. Maybe a mapping pen would work, if you can still buy them.
Pete

What paper were you using Pete? I think most papers are too absorbent and blur the lines a bit. Obviously on a non absorbent substrate the ink will take an age to dry and be fragile to handling……I’ve used them on a matt painted surface before and got them to write very fine lines. I’ve got a photo printer but the thing is on its last legs and puts out too many blobs to be useful or I would offer to help…….

[stillp]

Photo paper Tim. The problem wasn't absorbtion, just the width of 0,1mm was too great. That's a lot of letters to get into 7mm!
Maybe writing it on the PC in Word (or whatever) and reducing it would work, but even if you could print it you'd need a lens to read it.
Pete

[Airborne01]

Lovely idea Boromir!
Steve

[Jim R]

Maybe write it as small as possible. Take a photograph and reduce the size of the photograph in a program like Paint Net. You then might be able to print it. Best resolution on photo paper. The size you need is very small.
As Pete says it might not be readable anyway.

[Jack L]

That would be plan A, Issue is I don't have access to a decent printer, If I did I could find a proper image online and the resize.

[stillp]

I think I would deviate from the book and split the warning onto more than one notice; "NO ADMITTANCE" on one notice, the exception on another.
Pete

[Jack L]

Still an issue of how small it need to be to fit on the gate.

[Jack L]

Not spent a huge amount of time on this with work and a busy weekend, but been tinkering here and there. I don't think I'm happy with the window frames. But I'm also not entirely sure how I'd do them otherwise. Being circular, I can't make (I don't think) an outer frame, and I also don't think I have anything suitable for 'glass. Happy for criticism and suggestions.

[Jack L]

I've also been practicing squiggles that look vaguely like writing. A long way to go there

[Andy T]

That's bloomin amazing!

For the glass, any clear plastic should do. Food packaging, a blister pack from a modelling tool. I usually rummage through the recycling bin and come up with something.

There are better men on here than me but for the frames I'd try wrapping some thin card or paper strips around something of the right diameter. Built up in a few layers ought to give it enough strength and produce layers a bit like woodgrain maybe ?

[Jack L]

There are better men on here than me but for the frames I'd try wrapping some thin card or paper strips around something of the right diameter. Built up in a few layers ought to give it enough strength and produce layers a bit like woodgrain maybe ?

Andy you might just be a genius. I had tried bending plastic strip but couldn't get it to stick end to end, but by rolling much thinner plastic strip in a couple of layers...there is surface for it to adhere to itself, without getting too thick!!! Good shout for the glass too! Thank you mate!

[minitnkr]

Beautiful.