On 10/27/2014 2:21 AM, Danny D. wrote:
The kids in the San Jose school district ruined the Bathroom Pass!
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They scraped off the paint to turn it into "DAT ASS".
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I won't even snap a picture of what they wrote on the backside.

As you may recall, I was helping a San Jose high school teacher who
needed a large bathroom pass so that she could insure (a) that only
one student left the room at a time, and (b) it was clear to everyone
what they were doing at all times, and (c) it was clear from a glance
from anywhere in the classroom that a student was out with the pass,
and (d) the pass didn't get easily lost or misplaced by the students.

I had never routed anything, so, I chose to use spray-paint stencils.
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The stencil kit I bought was too large, so, I then printed the fonts:
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I had then cut the letters out and reinforced them with clear tape:
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Then I spray painted the letters onto a spare yard-long pine board:
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It wasn't pretty, but, it seemed (at first) to do the job for her:
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But, one by one, the kids scraped off the letters to spell DAT ASS:
And, they carved and wrote gang graffiti on the back of the board.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5604/1...10c427bb_b.jpg

So, I sanded off the carvings, and then spray painted the whole thing
black (to discourage graffiti), and put the original printed template
back on the board:
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I then routed (is that a verb?), by hand, the letters, 3/8" deep:
https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3941/1...f9454d6f_c.jpg

I was actually very surprised I could route along the stencil fonts:
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The result isn't all that pretty, but here is what it looked like:
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After sanding and cleaning it up a bit, it looked like this:
https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3951/1...191d3c19_b.jpg

The letters, with only one pass of the router, were pretty rough:
https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3936/1...787a3ffa_b.jpg

Let's see what the little San Jose vandals do with this new attempt!


(ideas always welcome)




Have the teacher example dat ass every time it comes
back, and if there are any letters missing, apply
the board of education to the seat of wisdom.

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Christopher A. Young
Learn about Jesus
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