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Project Log # 00060

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The image used for this Guest Signature puzzle was a scanned photo emailed to me.  A puzzle 14"x20" and 54 pieces is planned.  The image was pretty clear but the scan had some dust on it which showed up in a few areas.  A little touch up here and there and the enlargement was ordered.  The resolution was boosted before sending out for printing so areas of changing color would get a smoother transition. 

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The back of the 1/4" Baltic Birch 5 ply plywood is prepped with a sealer for a long lasting keepsake.  This also helps the Blessings and Signatures from bleeding into the wood grain and smearing.

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One more look at the plywood and photo before mounting it in place. A couple guide lines are drawn on the plywood to line things up.

The phographic paper is durable, has long lasting inks and works well with the .008" wide saw blade.
   

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The photo is mounted and the border is trimmed.  It is sprayed with a few coats of protective finish on top to keep little hands from smudging the puzzle pieces at the reception.   After drying it's ready to start cutting. 
The puzzle will have piece sizes of about 2 1/4" x 2 1/4", very nice for a nice sized note to the Bride and Groom. 


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A change in plans on an out of town trip so I can work on the Puzzle this evening.  One Signature Puzzle style uses a grid structure to help plan the number of pieces exactly.  The couple ordered a 54 piece puzzle so a 6x9 grid was used to guide the cutting.  This shape of these pieces will be familiar to the puzzle assemblers and will assist in solving it. A free style cut is also a good choice but its hard to predict exactly how many pieces will be cut when finished.

2/8 A closer look at the next level of cutting.  The first puzzle pieces can be seen to be almost square in shape.  When cutting the left to right cuts as seen here, I dodge the intersection of the top to bottom cuts so that fewer corners meet at a single point.  The cardboard puzzles that we are all familiar with are die cut and the corner of each piece meets 3 other corners.
2/8 Another look at this stopping point.  Coming along nicely.
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The finished Puzzle.  A little sanding on the back to remove some fuzzies and it's ready to disassemble and box.

2/8 Into the decorative box that fits the puzzle with a little tissue paper to protect the pieces during transport, add a signed and dated PrecisionPuzzles.com label to the lid and you have a nice safe storage container for the Wedding Keepsake.
  
  
   

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