Wooden Google Logo

by Nikolaiwood87 in Workshop > Woodworking

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Wooden Google Logo

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Cut three 450 mm pieces off from a planed 125x25 mm board using a miter saw.

Cut it along into 50x25x450 mm work-pieces using a disk saw.

Work one side of each work-piece with a hand router equipped with a DIY tool.

Glue the Pieces Together

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Put the resulting work-pieces together into what will be a board. Please, match color and fiber direction. Mark the face.

Plane the pieces using a hand planer and put them together.

Glue the pieces together into a single board. Remove excess glue with a damp sponge. Wait until the glue dries.

Process the board on a thickness planer until it is 20 mm thick.

Cut Out the Logo

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Cut out a circular base for your future logo using a hand router equipped with a compass.

Plane the remaining part of the board until it is 12 mm thick.

Cut out the Google logo using a portable jig saw.

To prepare the parts for painting, sand them manually.

Paint

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Mark out the piece with a pencil. Paint the Google logo with a brush. Apply the original color pattern.

Google's favicon shows a capital letter "G", in the tailor-made font for the new logo, with segments colored red, yellow, green, and blue.