Ouija Board

3/25- So I first began by using illustrator to create an planchette, however it ended up being too large with too thick of wood, as well as the circle should be at the other end of the planchette. However these mistakes are okay because this is my prototype.

2/28- Then I found some roller balls that would go under the planchette to help it slide easier over the board. And I plan to drill holes in my real planchette to use these. I also chose plastic because it weighs lighter than metal.

3/24- Then I made the letters and outline digitally and lazor cutted them onto a sheet of ply wood.

3/25- After I lazor cutted the plywood, I sanded down the protype of the ouija board but messed up and sanded too much of the right side. Then I stained the wood in amber coating, and topped it with glaze.

3/26- After I sanded my board once again I used the vacuum to take away all the sandy bits that were stuck inside the ingrained letters.

3/26- Then I covered my board in another coat of clear varnish, this is probably my third coat. I keep doing this in order to make sure the board is very smooth.

3/26- Then I went back to illustrator and re designed my planchette for the ‘real version’ I added some words to make a cool design.

3/27- These are all of the new items that I ordered online. And the new lense that Dave gave to me to fit into my planchette.

3/27- The new lense Dave gave me thats a magnifying glass.

3/27- I drilled some holes into the wood so that I can connect both pieces together with these smaller pieces.

3/28- This is the two pieces of wood stuck together.

3/28- I used this saw to cute the wood into the size of my Ouija board.

3/28- I took one of the scrap pieces of wood and coated it in a layer of Amber stain in order to test out what the actual board would look like.

4/1- Today I sanded down my board to help blend the pieces of wood together more smoothly, it will eventually be smoothed on the edges.

4/2- My board was covered with filler in order to blend the two pieces together. Then I sanded it down after.

4/2- After my board was sanded it was time to lazor cut out my letters.

4/2- Final board lazor cutted.

4/2- Dave was helping me carve out my planchette, and everything was going fine. We carved the design first so it was most stable then the inner circle, and finally the full piece would be carved out. However the wooden piece was not fully secure so the strength of the machine lifted up the piece and ruined the full design, shown in the 2nd picture.

4/4- This is my second prototype of my planchette with the magnifying glass inside to show what the real version will possibly look like.

4/4- Then I covered my prototype board in a black paste and sanded it off in order to fill in the letter holes yet still have a smooth design.

4/4- Then I started a 3rd Planchette hoping it could be the final version but it messsed up again because the vectors were set to cutting inside and should have been to cut outside.

4/5- I covered my actual board in the black paste, to fill in the letter holes. I will later sand this off to create a smooth design.

4/5- Then Dave brought me this new piece of wood that I cut that will hopefully be used as my 4th and final planchette piece.

4/7- This image is the outline of what the final version of the planchette should look like, with all the right vectors. As you can see the circle portion to hold the magnifying glass is properly outlined unlike before.

4/7- I finished sanding down my board, but not completely because I wanted some of the black paste to get stuck in between the wood cracks to add a cool effect.

4/7- Then I coated my board in the amber stain.

4/7- Then I coated my board in clear finish.

4/7- This is my 4th planchette which still ended in a failure due to the letters not being engraved deep enough.

4/8- I kept coating my board and using metallic wire to smooth it out.

4/7-9- I finally cut out my final planchette. I popped it out of the wood using a knife to slowly cut around the edges. I sanded it down using sand paper and coated it in clear finish before coating it in black paste. After the black paste dried, I sanded it off with the machine sander and coated it in an amber stain. I though the black paste gave it a very old school creepy look which I liked.

4/9- I used this machine to curve the edges of my board and then used sand paper to smooth them out. Then I coated the edges in amber stain twice, and a clear coat once it dried to make it match the rest of my board.

4/10- I painted the inner circle black to give the planchette a darker effect.

4/10- I drilled holes in the back and with friction, these little wheels will stay in place.

4/10- My final planchette piece.

4/10- Final board.

4/10- Full Ouija board Finished.