How to make a custom distressed wooden American flag - US Army veteran tribute flag DIY

[@SeanBenoit-w7q]

One word.....STUNNING!!....great craftsmanship!

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Thanks, Sean, I really appreciate it!

[@jeannetteellis2034]

Absolutely love this!!! Amazing job!!

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Thanks a lot, Jeannette!. I think it's my best one to date too!

[@DDMINNOVATIONS]

We are our worst critics. I am the same way when I work on my flags. I can hear/see your excitement. God bless and look forward to seeing more from you.

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

You're absolutely right. Thank you.

[@toms-journey]

That flag is awesome.

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Thank you!

[@bretpemberton2968]

and by the way, you did a beautiful job

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Thanks!

[@HickorySticksWoodworksNW]

Problems are just opportunities to be creative, flag turned out awesome definitely one to be proud of.

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Yup! And thank you. As much as I try to be perfect, no one is.

[@thepokerpilotapp]

You NAILED it my friend. Bravo Zulu. 🙏

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Thank you!

[@robertheld4947]

Great job, really like the way it turned out, also thanks for the links above!!

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Thank you!

[@johnterdik4707]

Excellent!!!! Thanks for sharing

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

You're welcome, John. Thanks for watching!

[@daviddube2181]

Great job! If you need to run a finished piece through your planer again, just put it on a sled and run it through. That way, the finished side won't be sliding over the surface

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Great idea! Yeah, that would've been the best bet, but I was in a bit of a pinch for time with this one. When i have a chance, I definitely need to make one for future use.

[@latifhukarevicjr.9106]

Nice work ! I am a vet that also does wooden flags and also a quality supervisor with OCD, 😂

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Thanks, brother!

[@Nonyabusiness911]

You need a joiner, planer for beautiful straight and flat lumber.

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

I agree if you're working with anything rough cut, but not entirely necessary when working with S2S and above.

[@stacy5281]

Freakin awesome work! Loved it!

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Thanks Stacy!

[@JasonPeltier]

Amazing work!

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Thanks Jason!

[@dad7256]

Beautiful !

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Thank you!

[@allenhuckabee3764]

Super job!

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Thanks, Allen!

[@JoseHernandez-mj6ne]

It look gorgeous

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Thanks, Jose!

[@ShoHashi]

That came out excellent! I may have to give that a try on mine one of these days. Thanks for sharing!

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

You're welcome. I enjoy figuring out ways to do things differently, so it's fun (as long as everything comes out ok, lol)

[@ShoHashi]

@@maverickdesignswoodworking I forgot to ask...what green stain did you use for the background of the Army logo?

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

@@ShoHashi MInwax Hunter Green

[@ShoHashi]

@@maverickdesignswoodworking Thanks!

[@ronhakenjos1437]

Hey man it's OK it turned out great give yourself a break. Great job Go Army a veteran myself!!

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Thanks Ron!

[@christianfpv]

Wow that thing is amazing 👏

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Thanks!

[@ralphalameda1381]

great work amazing it shows that you placed your heart and soul into your work I myself do some woodworking and you mentioned about hanging it on the wall. I made a flag that went into a bar due to the owner passing away. I placed 4x4x.75 blocks on the back to have it stand away from the wall also the block had the keyhole slots cut into them. just a future idea.

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Thanks, Ralph. Actually, my normal flags have 4 supports on the back that are 1.5x18x.75, which also holds them away from the wall by that .75, and the 2 outermost supports have keyholes to hang it. In this case there were no supports and because the flag already had multiple layers I didn't want to make it even thicker by adding any, which is why I just added the keyholes directly to the back layer.

[@vincemoser4636]

Great looking flag. What I would have done with the plywood, I would have used the grinder or sander to make gouges to the plywood fand make it look like the rest of the flag than added the Army Emblem

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Good idea, I hadn't thought of trying that. I think seeing the plys in the gouges might have triggered my OCD though, Lol.

[@vincemoser4636]

@@maverickdesignswoodworking you eould know better than me, but with the piece that you have left maybe try it for tge next one. No harm no foul it's a scrap already so if it works you know for next time, if not than its just trash and you didn't lose anything

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Yeah, I'll play around with it when I have time. I didn't have any other plans for it.

[@brianyanez549]

For your keyholes would it work if you use the keyhole bit in a plunge router? Your flag looks amazing

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

You can do that with a template. I think Rockler makes one, but I wouldn't trust my ability (or lack thereof) to freehand it.

[@DaveGatton]

Beautiful flag. Have you tried putting in the keyhole slots using your CNC? That's how I do it.

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Thanks! Back when I did this, I hadn't figured out how to do that on the CNC yet.

[@brette166]

Why don't you use your CNC to cut your keyholes?

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

A couple of reasons. The flag was too big, and I was so new to CNC at that time I didn't know how to do that with the software.

[@bretpemberton2968]

You mentioned that it was going to cost an extra 50 dollars with the error you made. How much do you normally sell the distressed flaf for

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

I sold that one for 300 including shipping, but shipping was a good 70. A flag like that would be 300 plus shipping now.

[@fancreations713]

Awesome looking flag. I’m sure your friend is going to love it. She just might order a second one for herself. Question: I don’t have access to a cnc will you be selling just a completed Union for people like me?

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

I hasn't hadn't thought about it, but yes, I can. Email me at [e-mail] if you want to set it up.

[@CharlesStruve-cb5lr]

What font did you use ?

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Hey Charles, to be honest, I don't remember. I made that file in fusion 360, but I don't use Fusion 360 anymore. I'll see if I can figure it out, and if I can I'll respond again.

[@garystovall4225]

I do my keyholes on my CNC

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

I haven't figured out how to do that yet.

[@garystovall4225]

@@maverickdesignswoodworking watch Paw Paws workshop, he has a good video on it

[@dad7256]

@@maverickdesignswoodworking check out Mark Lindsay kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZPPd3l4ppeVrtE , IDC has one also

[@michael476b]

We are the only ones that go over our woodworking with a microscope. There's always the scrap bin. I always hear, no, no, no, don't toss it. Nah, I can't live with it.

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

Yup, I know what you mean!

[@Shane-ce9fm]

Your mistake may have been a blessing in disguise. You shouldn't glue solid wood to a plywood substrate because of the expansion and contraction of the solid wood. That's a recipe for disaster. Although, it may not have failed immediately, it would eventually fail. The only exception would be if your solid wood panel was about 1/4" thick or thinner.

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

I agree, but in this case the wood stripes are only 1.5 inches wide, kept indoors in a dry climate, and fully sealed. Even if they did move, it wouldn't be much. I was just following what many other flag makers do for these types of flags. This was my first multi layered flag though, and all others I've done since have been like this, so they should be good. I haven't had anyone complain yet. I definitely have more confidence in them like this, without the ply.

[@fancreations713]

Awesome looking flag. I’m sure your friend is going to love it. She just might order a second one for herself. Question: I don’t have access to a cnc will you be selling just a completed Union for people like me?

[@maverickdesignswoodworking]

I believe we spoke about it over email, right?

[@fancreations713]

@@maverickdesignswoodworking yes we did about two weeks ago. Thank you for the follow up again.