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Making a Plate Display Rack

Bob helps contractor Bob Ryley construct a plate display rack for the split level ranch project in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

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" You would -- in this place right prototype built and you've given it very special finish the not sure what you call -- double the -- yeah. How do you achieve this. You get a base coat color -- in this case and -- color of the letter flower part of the flower there you go over what that glaze. Well have you used in oil product her. -- listen in this instance we're using latex because of the faster properties and anybody can do it and it's very very. These things he -- gone this way than you -- over with a dry brush. To get the thought -- this effect that is all there is tourists whose tools and on the ticket Iraq. -- about ten or fifteen minutes no way to hang up now. Well while we. We put -- let's take a look at the actual construction of this plate -- probably did last week. A Canadian tire plate rack has built out of five quarter pine up clear trying to attack by Courtney it's about an inch and -- dressed out when environment that stressed the outside there is no knots or anybody. And we've built a basic square -- we've let the copies of overhang so we can dress it out here with some problem exactly so right now what we're putting in is this the top rail. -- And we're going to shoot in place. Yeah. Smith all right well dressed up with regular crown moldings we're via Columbia aren't. Let me just hear. It live right that's going to. It. What do you Mara needs for the return here on the islands in the right into itself. Through and go in this direction within. It and you can cut that. And remember to put the crown molding in the miter box upside down right through my goggles on. OK you've got to put up against the fence like that. He wanted out. Are you ready to go out. Kitty go okay. In foolish I think that's correct. It was a thing on the other side but let's talk about the shock for a minute okay that's basically oh yeah here's the tape. -- five quarter pine and thoughts on it. One with the blade at an angle to battle an element just with the -- on straight that now we've created something whole place you know being displayed. But -- but. Since it's not nearly as. That's. You know. So we've attached -- bracket onto the wall making sure that we're in studs. That's the dugway have been and now let's -- up there through it looks like. Yeah. So go look real good list here well. Just great guys little our little craft. And the few -- And now just have to wait see what's pretty Jardine does forward with some decorative plates I guess that -- and."

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