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When someone in the United States of America who once served in the armed forces dies, a military honor guard presents a folded American flag to the ...
I chose to make a case for the flag that draped the coffin for my wife's father when he died a few years ago. He served in the US Army during World ...
Over the years friends have given me pieces of black walnut lumber that I have kept. Finally, it is time to use some of them. The edges are not alw...
I know the lengths of the three pieces I need. The width will be 3 1/4 inches for the thickness of the flag plus 1/8 inch for the thickness of the gl...
I discovered my walnut pieces also have some bowing in them. I could ignore it and hope for the best, or I could establish a flat surface on both sid...
Here you can see the marks and swirls left by the rotary planer. It would be possible to remove these with the careful use of a hand plane. A very s...
I wanted to check how well I did at getting a flat surface without any twists in the work pieces. An old trick is to hang two squares on the piece of...
I jointed the edges by passing the work pieces between my sanding drum and a fence. See this Instructable for more detail. If you have a planer, you...
The back of the flag case will be of 1/4 inch plywood. Carefully choose which face of each piece should be the finished side and mark them. Rabbet s...
I chose to shape the three remaining corners with a rounding bit.
Miter one end of each shorter piece. I clamped each piece to the table and placed a stop at the end of each before cutting because the work piece is ...
I have some Plexiglass from another project and want to use it rather than real glass for the front of this flag case. The thickness of one of my 7 1...
Sometimes miter cuts are not as true as intended and I need to make very slight adjustments. By clamping a straightedge fence to the work piece, I ca...
The photo shows a T-bevel square set to 22.5 degrees with a common protractor. It is resting on a common 45 & 90 degree aluminum speed square. One o...
When the parts have a pretty good preliminary fit, it is time to cut the Plexiglass front and the plywood back. I used a circular saw and a straighte...
I have seen a Public Broadcasting System woodworking program in which the host built a flag case. I have also seen plans on-line for a flag case. Th...
During assembly very small discrepancies can suddenly appear, despite good technique and careful planning. The miters may need a little trimming and ...
When you are satisfied with the fit of the miters, prepare to glue the second piece in place to form the 90 degree corner at the top of the flag case....
Some careful thinking needs to be done about how the base member will attach to the other two frame members and to the back. You may want to remove t...
I used a flag of masking tape on my drill bit as a drill stop to keep me from dilling too deeply and risking a hole in the finished surface. I used tw...
This is the flag case after it has been sanded and finished with Danish oil. We may yet add an engraved brass nameplate at the front center of the ba...
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