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culturejam wrote:Yeah, I definitely want to burn the letters and decoratives in the wood. But then I'm thinking that will make it tricky for the planchete to move around smoothly.

Just keep adding layers of gloss poly on top and wet sanding it smooth (once it is thick enough that you won't sand through) until it is smooth.

Alternatively, use that clear plastic they use to make solid, level table tops on top of weird textured surfaces like you'd see in a restaurant. Dunno if that is epoxy, but clear epoxy could also work.

devnulljp wrote:

snipelfritz wrote:

smile_man wrote:use a mirror.

But really, save yourself some time and just make all the spots read "ass."

Nah, you definitely need a "In your pants!" point as well as a "Satan says this is such a load of superstitious shite" spot.
What kind of harrowing experience can you really have with a piece of wood and a cup? (I can understand being harrowed by 2 girls and 1 cup though), but ouija?

I'm glad somebody is with me. Ouija really only works when you're thirteen and one person in the group actually believes it because the rest of you play it off well enough.

Why not just play spin the bottle? I've got another game that involves a bottle if you're interested

Not to be a dick or anything, but maybe check your spelling first? You definitely piss off the spirit world when there are typos on your "boad".

hclapp219 wrote:Not to be a dick or anything,

Too late!

But nice catch on the error.



And actually, I don't believe ouija boaRds do anything other than freak out the silly people using them. I just thought it would be a cool woodworking project and might end up being a neat decorative/conversation piece.

But they obviously have some kind of magical power...just mentioning the idea of a ouija board has summoned a horde of Statler/Waldorf types to this thread.

I think the Ouija was originally a Toy produced by Hasbro...

And it wasn't meant for contacting dead people either... although it's become a whole lot more fun now it has the stigma attached.

Regards its movement, maybe waxing the wood would help.

Scruffie wrote:I think the Ouija was originally a Toy produced by Hasbro...

And it wasn't meant for contacting dead people either... although it's become a whole lot more fun now it has the stigma attached.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija

Looks like some dudes in the late 1800s first started selling it, and then eventually it got sold to Parker Brothers in the 1960s. And yeah, it was not intended to commune with the dead, just as a simple novelty.

Scruffie wrote:Regards its movement, maybe waxing the wood would help.

It's not the wood surface itself that will inhibit the movement, it's the depressions created from the wood-burning of the letters/numbers/images.

Most likely, I'll just not worry about the planchete and focus more on the overall finishing for decorative purposes.

Ahh Parker Bros.

Yeah I got that it was the depressions but perhaps wax would help whatever you use to slide round glide over indents with a bit more ease.

Or I suppose you could just use wood filler... kinda defeats the purpose of burning it though...

snipelfritz wrote:

devnulljp wrote:

snipelfritz wrote:

smile_man wrote:use a mirror.

But really, save yourself some time and just make all the spots read "ass."

Nah, you definitely need a "In your pants!" point as well as a "Satan says this is such a load of superstitious shite" spot.
What kind of harrowing experience can you really have with a piece of wood and a cup? (I can understand being harrowed by 2 girls and 1 cup though), but ouija?

I'm glad somebody is with me. Ouija really only works when you're thirteen and one person in the group actually believes it because the rest of you play it off well enough.

Why not just play spin the bottle? I've got another game that involves a bottle if you're interested

you guys could take the fun out of anything

ouija kinda works in the same vein as tarot, palmistry, tasseomancy and such. it just gives you interesting and sometimes spooky shit to interpret. assigning meaning to that stuff will always be more interesting than saying 'I DON'T THINK GHOSTS EXISTTTT!' they don't have to, it's just for fun.

plus the aesthetic surrounding those sorts of things is fucking awesome.

The problem with Ouija is, I think, it puts too much emphasis on cooperation of the group. If you're all just doing it for fun, all the smart-asses end up fighting each other to spell whatever you think the most clever sarcastic answer is.

culturejam wrote:But they obviously have some kind of magical power...just mentioning the idea of a ouija board has summoned a horde of Statler/Waldorf types to this thread.

A greater complement has never been paid to me. I thank you sir.

Speaking of boards, I'm bored just talking about it OHOHOHOHOHOHOHO!

unownunown wrote:ouija kinda works in the same vein as tarot, palmistry, tasseomancy and such. it just gives you interesting and sometimes spooky shit to interpret.

I actually have a book called "Tarot and Psychology" which talks about this exactly. I don't believe one tiny bit that there is "magic" in tarot cards, but they can be useful for self-analysis.

I'm mostly interesting in the ouija project for the freaky/spooky aesthetic.

Besides, everybody knows that the only *real* method of divination is reading tea leaves.

tbh it doesn't matter what the ouija board is made out of.

i made one with a friend out of a piece of paper and a torn up notecard for the piece and we still got a very cohesive narration from a ghost.

we looked up his name and the story he gave was legit. it was p cool

Gearmond wrote:tbh it doesn't matter what the ouija board is made out of.

It does to me!

unownunown wrote:ouija kinda works in the same vein as tarot, palmistry, tasseomancy and such...

...in that it doesn't
Here's a cool idea though -- you ever see those air hockey games? It would be cool to have your ouija with an air cushion to aid movement and some super dooper neodymium magnets of different sizes/strengths embedded in the points. You'd need iron in the cup somewhere for the magnets to work, but I'm sure you could totally freak someone out with it.

devnulljp wrote:

unownunown wrote:ouija kinda works in the same vein as tarot, palmistry, tasseomancy and such...

...in that it doesn't
Here's a cool idea though -- you ever see those air hockey games? It would be cool to have your ouija with an air cushion to aid movement and some super dooper neodymium magnets of different sizes/strengths embedded in the points. You'd need iron in the cup somewhere for the magnets to work, but I'm sure you could totally freak someone out with it.

Would be awesome

I was just thinking....

Since I don't intend to actually use it, maybe instead I should just make something that sort of looks like a ouija board, but with creepy unrecognizable letters and bizarre symbols and such. That would be way cooler, I think.

Anyway, I'm making something with this damn red oak I have left over.