Story Board:
This takes the concept of charting a child’s height to a whole new level. I wanted to come up with a concept that would remove the measurements from the door frame/wall and make it portable. Allowing it to be moved if the house was sold or when the child grew up and wanted to take it with them.
The board is 1/2” x 7 1/2” x 4’ poplar mounted 2’ off the floor. This allows the child to grow to 6’ with enough space to write on the board. I then used the router to mark the inches and feet on the board. Becky then marked the feet numbers with permanent marker at 3, 4 and 5 foot measurements.
We then used 1/2” white oak to lay out the letters and I cut them on the band saw. Then I glued/screwed them to the board after staining with English Chestnut stain.
We painted the board with White chalk paint and sanded smooth to allow writing on the board.
Wow Rog!! They all look great!! You gave Jim the wood working bug again. He’s been doing some research and making some kind of vacuum system you talked about. He’s looking forward to some warmer weather so he can move out to the garage to do work. Personally, so am I. hehehe He told me he wants to make a murphy bed for the family room. I told him to start with something small 🙂 Keep up the good work.
Thanks. I am glad that this is the only bug I gave Jim :-). Tell him to enjoy it.