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3-dimensional alphabet by Esther Ermers, the body of the letter m
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...and a big hole through the body.

In stead of composing the relatively thin (49 mm) foot of the letter m out of blocks I decided to compose it from plates. MDF and plywood. Discs I cut in a trough size and glued them together. The square mortise I saved in the middle.
By the way, it is not a nice job turning MDF. Small splinters fly around your ears and your tools get blunt very soon.

As an adapter for centring the pieces I use square plates of plywood, screwed onto the faceplate.
Also on these pieces I could easily measure cause of the flat top and bottoms.

After turning and sanding ...
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3-dimensional alphabet by Esther Ermers, turning the body of the letter m


3-dimensional alphabet by Esther Ermers

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The letter m