 We just made this four foot porch leaner using our desktop laser for a good profit and we'll show you how we did it right now. What is up? Welcome back. Do like to do it, be able to make it. So do we. And we have a new video each week. This week, summer is around the corner and craft shows are in full swing and our customers are begging for porch leaners. So this week, we're going to use our omtech desktop polar laser to make a vertical porch leaner. A couple of weeks ago, we designed this summer door round and we're going to make the perfect matching porch leaner to go with it. Step one, we're going to gather all of our supplies. We needed a four foot one by 12 but I thought I would save some money by getting an eight foot one by 12. That was still expensive. I did a little bit of shopping around and I did find an eight foot one by 12 that was labeled shelving. We're going to cut that in half, making that board only $8. Then I needed five quarter inch MDF boards that are sized for my desktop laser. This was about $10. We also needed some glue. We're going to use this Starbomb thick. This stuff is great. You can find this in our store at kngmakeit.com and we're using exterior house paint. These are not pressure treated boards. These are unfinished boards. So this exterior house paint will help seal this board. And it will also seal the MDF. Step two, we're going to make all of our cuts. I'm going to cut the one by 12 in half using a miter saw. Then I'm going to take the quarter inch MDF back here to our omtech polar laser and I'm going to cut out all of our little accent pieces and words. From Lightburn, we're just going to import the SVG. I have a version that's for desktop lasers. It's broken up into chunks that will fit inside the desktop laser bed. There are 12 by 20 chunks. Actually, they're like 11. We're just going to zoom out, grab the whole thing and move it up so we can cut our first part. And then everything in blue, all the blue score lines are score lines. So all the blue is score. And my speed for that is 200 millimeters per second and 15% power. All of my red lines are for cuts. And for that, I use five millimeters per second and 50% power. And I'm using a 50 watt laser. And it cuts through just fine. So let's go power up and get this first section cut. All right, the first section cut beautifully. So we're going to select everything again, control A, let's zoom out so we can grab the middle, move it down to the next section fits in the laser bed, just going to select the stuff that's in the laser bed. And we're going to cut this section out using the same speed and power for score and cut. And we're just going to do the same thing for the rest of the cuts. Once I'm done, I'm going to drag it down, cut the next section, drag it down, cut the next section. Time to shape it up. We're going to use this little Dremel tool here and kind of give everything some rounded edges, try to make his beak look rounded. So what we have here is a little standing gnome porch leaner, except our little gnome here is ready for the beach or ready for the pool. He can go either way. And he's got himself a little flamingo floaty around the waist. And it's really cute. It's round. So I thought we could round the edges to really make it look like, yeah. It's filled with air. Yeah, yeah, I get it. And I think that will look cool. We got the beach ball. We could do the same thing with the beach ball. Beach ball. I think the floaty beach ball and then maybe the sun. We carved the sun up a little bit. OK, look real. All right. We're going to use these little foam rollers to roll everything. Yeah, you can get these at any hardware store. Again, we're using that exterior house paint, which I have put in one of these FIFO bottles. You can get these in our store at kngmaker.com too. But these are a great way to store your paints and something usable that you can just squirt out. And then they sit in here. I actually have never cleaned the inside. So, you know, at least it's not ketchup. You just keep filling it out. It is. It's like a paint condiment bottle. So we're just going to apply it right to our board here. We use one that we've already used to keep them in these little baggies. You don't even have to touch them. Keep them fresh for a couple of days. A couple of weeks. A couple of weeks. Yeah. All right, I went a little light because I know you sometimes go heavy, so I'll put another coat on. I think we can get this done in one coat. Yeah, I know. Oh, one coat garret. Oh, one coat garret. That's what they called me in college. I'm just trying to get the hands. So for our little pieces, we're going to put some tape down on our table here. This is just painter's tape. Ours happens to be green. You'll often find it in blue. We're just going to lay down some strips of it with sticky side up. And then you can put all your pieces on it, paint them, and they won't roll away when you're trying to hit them with a roller. And then I'm going to put a little piece at the top and the bottom to tape them down so they don't move while you're working on your pieces. I'm going to start with my hat. So the cool thing about this hat is the one set of stripes is already held together with this frame here. And then we'll just paint the other set of stripes separately and put it back in its frame. If you don't have a desktop laser, you can still purchase this as an unfinished kit. Just like you see here, all of these pieces come in an unfinished kit. And you can find that in our store at kngmaket.com. And we have the matching door round to go with it. So if you want a little summer fun on your front porch, go get yourself a kit. All you need to do is buy the one board, the 48 inch board. And another thing, the home improvement store, we'll cut that 8 foot 1 by 12 in half for you. You know, you could get all of our files behind the scene content and even a Kim and Garrett After Dark podcast. As well as monthly Zoom calls, access to a secret Facebook group. And we'll even send you one of these fancy t-shirts, all for $20 a month. It's the best way to support this channel. So join us over at patreon.com. Step, we're going to bring it all together with some star bond thick. This is the thick stuff. That way it'll fill in the gap between the board and the MDF. All right, I think we should lay it all out first. I agree. I think we should lay it all out first. Make sure it fits. See where everything goes, known as glue finger. Look at that. I mean, I might have just invented a new thing, a glue holder. You just glue it to your finger to get going. And then you don't need to ever set your glue down. You just look at me go. I mean, I think I'm going to start using this technique. This is a good technique. I don't have to reach for it. It's just here. Woo. I feel like one of the Harlem glue trotters. It's pretty stuck. Time was about 90 minutes. And you could probably get it down less than 90 minutes on a bigger laser. That looks like those little knobby knees. I love this sanding technique. Look at how it really made this thing look rounded like a floaty. Look at this beach ball. It looks awesome. You could probably get 65 for this. So that's a $44 profit. That's a good chunk of change. Now, if you don't have a laser and you're still feeling these summer vibes, you can get this kit in our store at kngmaker.com. And you can make one for yourself. All right, this guy's got me feeling some pool vibes. So I'm going to go hit the pool. It is 84 degrees here today. I think it's 86. So I am about out of time. Still sticking with my glue. It just came off. So if you're not going to join us for the patron after show, we will see you next week. We'll do it. Build it and make it again. Don't forget on Tuesdays, we go live with a new test cut. You know, something like this or a door round. Yeah, we have a pool version. See that it has beach at the bottom. We have a pool version of this one coming up too. All right, so join us on Tuesdays. Oh no. This one's not bad. When we repair this one after- It's well balanced. It has a well balanced sign.