Kaitlyn's New Gymnastics Medal Holder - June/July 2021

For a while now Kaitlyn and I have been talking about a medal holder for most of her gymnastics medals.  I finally came across a good piece of wood from work so we got started in June and finished the project in July (8th).  She did most of the work and it turned out awesome!  Enjoy the pics.

I did most of the drawing and Kaitlyn helped out a bit. We had a smaller image and used a 7 to 1 scale to maximize the size of the gymnast on the wood (gotta work math into the project).

I borrowed a jigsaw from someone at the embassy and Kaitlyn did 95% of the cutting.

The worst part of the cutting process was the fact that the jigsaw was battery powered so we had to stop 4 times to let it charge for about an hour.  That got old quick. 

K sanding the "beam", which we bought from the local Home Depot equivalent. 

I believe we did 4 layers of lacquer and it looked great.

Gluing on additional supports to the back of the beam.

We determined how many medals K wanted to hang and figured out how many hooks we needed. We measured them out and K drilled pilot holes then screwed them in.

Beam complete.

Mounted on the concrete wall with 3 screws/anchors...easier than it sounds to get it straight.

Nailed it!!

After 2 coats of primer and about 4 light coats of spray paint, it was done.

Mounted and finished.....awesome!

Kaitlyn wants to tape pictures of her team and pics from her competition to the wall...we support.

Her State Championship medal is on one of the two center hooks, she made sure to put her most important medals in the middle :)