House Numbers
We've got new numbers for the house:
One on the side wall:
And one at the bottom of the front steps:
These can be quite expensive to buy, rather than do that I thought I'd make some. So off the local Trago to purchase some numbers. . . .
I had this piece of oak left over from the dining table I made for our previous house - so no cost here 
Cut up a few pieces to make a backer/plaque for the numbers to go on:
Laying out the biscuits for joining:
Cutting the biscuit slots:
Getting ready to clamp up:
Once glued I chamfered the edges:
Chamfers done:
Sanding through various grits down to 240:
Marking and drilling holes for the numbers, needed as this oak has been sitting around for a few years:
First coat of primer applied:
I made these stands out of some hardboard and some pins so I could paint both sides at the same time:
1st coat of finish applied and sanded back:
More sanding . . . 
After 5 coats:
I hit a snag when attaching the numbers. These numbers were cheap (98p each) and the quality of the screws reflected this. When I tried to screw to the oak one of the heads sheared off =:) I've trierd to photo here but quality not good - it's the shiny dot in the center.
So off to the local shed to get some better quality screws (4x20mm).
Finally attached numbers to the walls - an improvement as we had no numbers previously!