Fire breathing Dodge Ram Key Rack

[mowerman1193 42]

Not sure if you guys remember that post last fall about my 14 year old son getting his first truck but, anyway..Tomorrow is his 15th birthday so I had to come up with something to make him for his B-day. I had just started playing around with a resin inlay material for something new to mess with and I came up with this idea for a key rack.

He has no where to hang his keys and so he keeps them in our junk drawer ( everyone has one of those right?) . I cut the main rack out from 1/2" Oak then cut out another 1/8" Oak to glue to the main rack. then I filled the cutout with the red resin ( somewhat like fiberglass resin..stinks like it too, lol ) Then sand the piece flat and put a finish on it. This is not done as I still have to ad the gold plated key hooks but I couldn't wait to show off, LOL

Now my head is spinning with ideas for....you guessed it Wheel Horse stuff with this inlay stuff..Might have to buy a can of black and make some of these with the red Horse logo and a black wheel..This stuff is very pricey though at $40 for a half pint ouch..

Thanks,

Kevin

[Kelly 1,033]

I bet he is going to like that.

[Duff 206]

Now my head is spinning with ideas for....you guessed it Wheel Horse stuff with this inlay stuff..Might have to buy a can of black and make some of these with the red Horse logo and a black wheel.....

Oooh! We'll be watching for this!

Duff :thumbs:

[chesbaycruiser 83]

Kevin,

Looks good. What are you doing the cutout's with?

[mowerman1193 42]

Well, He opened up his presents this morning. He said " WOW THAT IS COOL DAD "..

Yes I think the Wheel Horse one would be very cool, might be a while though as this stuff is pricey and I only have red at this time. The Horse logo would take quit a lot of the resin. Might try cutting just the outline of the logo and see how it looks but I am not sure if I can make it cost effective to be able to sell them. I probably will be making Wheel Horse key chains soon with this inlay material.

chesbaycruiser, I cut these free hand using a Dewalt DW788 scroll saw..

I actually made two of these but the other one I am not going to put the red inlay in it. I am going to glue it to a dark colored wood like walnut. Maybe when I get it finished I will post pictures of that one too.

Thanks for the nice comments,

Kevin

[Coadster32 793]

Nice job, just like the rest of your work! :banghead:

[VinsRJ 723]

Wow, that really looks good.

Is there a way to tint/color regular epoxy resin? Might be an option in order to reduce costs :banghead:

[mowerman1193 42]

Yes there is a way to do it. That is what they do for fiberglass boats etc..I am looking into that hopefully one of these days..