{"id":2125,"date":"2018-01-12T19:46:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T19:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.designandmake.com\/?p=2125"},"modified":"2018-01-12T19:55:13","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T19:55:13","slug":"paradise-box-hack-from-james-patton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.designandmake.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/12\/paradise-box-hack-from-james-patton\/","title":{"rendered":"Paradise Box Hack from James Patton!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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James is a pro at taking put projects and creating unique\u00a0hacks and layouts.\u00a0 Awhile back he took one of Vecric's \"Free Projects Of The Month\" and hacked a few of our models on to it... and it inspired us to create a video to show you how\u00a0you too could make that project your\u00a0own!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

First, let's\u00a0have a look at what\u00a0James's box looks like!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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\"When I first starting planning this project I wanted to include all the military symbols, but thought, which do you put on top without looking biased? Well, I couldn\u2019t and putting them all on top would be too crowded. So being the Army vet that I am it was a no-brainer when coming up with the second idea...<\/em><\/p>\n

Using Michaels Paradise Box, we modified it a little<\/em>...\u00a0( That box layout, by the way, has endless possibilities.)\"<\/em><\/p>\n

The Paradise\u00a0Box<\/a> is one of Vectrics most popular free projects<\/a> and like James mentions it can be hacked for almost any occasion!<\/p>\n

\"This project was carved using various species of maple. I wanted to use the red <\/em>grandis for the sides from a previous project, but they wouldn\u2019t work, that\u2019s why the maple.<\/em><\/p>\n

I used the Army symbol from the military service seals, and two stand-alone models, 50748_A <\/a>and 99996093_A<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

All the pieces were carved using a 1\/16th ball nose and took about 6 hours each. With the exception of the back which I created vectors around the star banner and ran a 1\/32 bit to clean cut the stars.<\/em><\/p>\n

For the lid, I had to add the text and the stars. Times Roman Numeral was the text I used.<\/em><\/p>\n

Used Deft satin brush on lacquer for the finishing<\/em>..Lightly sanding in-between coats using 0000 steel wool.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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