Thanksgiving Day Turkey Plaque

Decorate your home during this Thanksgiving holiday with this festive Thanksgiving turkey plaque. It can be hung on a wall, from the ceiling or propped up on a table as a decoration or center piece.

To give your turkey a personal touch, you can alternate the different colors of woods or use completely different types.

Materials:

1/8" thick sheet of 24 " x 12 " Black Acrylic
1/8" thick sheet of 14.5" x 4.5" Walnut
1/8" thick sheet of 14.5" x 4.5" Alder
1/8" thick sheet of 14.5" x 4.5" Mahogany
1/8" thick sheet of 14.5" x 4.5" Maple
(Wood sheets can be purchased at a wood supplier, such as Colorado Heirloom.)
Roll of 3M double-stick tape

Files: Right click on the files below and choose "Save target as." Open the file in CorelDraw 8 or later. Please note all files are Vector only.
tgturkey_back.cdr	tgturkey_colorguide.cdr	turkey_1maple.cdr	turkey_2walnut.cdr
turkey_3mohagany.cdr	turkey_4alder.cdr

1)	This Thanksgiving Day Turkey was created using a Helix 45 watt system. All speed and power settings below are what we used to create this project on a 45 watt Epilog Helix. Start by placing the 24" x 12" black acrylic sheet into the laser system, and open the file tgturkey_back.cdr (pictured to the right). First select the black lines of the Thanksgiving Turkey and print to the laser in vector mode using settings that will only mark on the acrylic but not cut it. Note: We used settings of speed 100%, power 15% for the Helix 45 watt system. Then select the red lines of the file and print them to the laser in vector mode. 45 watt settings: speed 15%, power 100%.	Figure A

2)	Next, prepare the wood before cutting by first placing double-stick tape on the back of each piece.

3)	The four different files that you downloaded for the Thanksgiving Turkey have the type of wood they are to be cut from in the name of the file. turkey_1maple.cdr: Place the 1/8" maple sheet into the laser and send the project to the laser in vector mode. 45 watt settings: speed 35%, power 100%. turkey_2walnut.cdr: Place the 1/8" walnut sheet into thelaser and send the project to the laser in vector mode. 45 watt settings: speed 35%, power 100%. turkey_3mahogany.cdr: Place the 1/8" mahogany sheet into the laser and send the project to the laser in vector mode. 45 watt settings: speed 35%, power 100%. turkey_4alder.cdr: Place the 1/8" alder sheet into the laser and send the project to the laser in vector mode. 45 watt settings: speed 35%, power 100%. Note: Each of the files are color coded to correspond with the tgturkey_colorguide.cdr file (pictured below). Use these pictures along with the outlines on the acrylic as a reference when placing the various pieces of the Thanksgiving Day Turkey onto the acrylic base.	turkey_1maple.cdr turkey_2walcut.cdr turkey_3mahogany.cdr turkey_4alder.cdr


4)	All that's left to do now is piece together your Thanksgiving Day Turkey Plaque. Use the pictures below and right with the outlines on the acrylic as an additional guide for placing the various wood pieces onto the acrylic base. The pictures show the wood being placed in the same order that they were cutout. A. Maple B. Walnut	C. Mahogany D. Alder