The outline was generated with a python script and exported to HPGL, then cut on the laser cutter at the LVL1 hackerspace. It was cut out of two 3' x 4' pieces of 1/4" birch plywood. The first piece was used to cut out the base (the blue background piece), which is a 2' 8" circle marked with the outline of all the letters and where to place the spacers. The spacers (small round circles that separate the foreground components from the base) were also cut out of this piece. The second piece was used to cut all the foreground elements, and was cut as a mirror image so spacer placement and registration marks could be engraved on the backs of the foreground pieces. The detail on the fleur de lis was added using the raster engrave feature and an image exported from the original logo file. In order to align the image correctly (since it was opposite the side where the outline and registration marks were made), the image was cropped to exactly the size of the fleur de lis, and the vector outline of the fleur de lis and the image to be engraved were scaled to the same size and placed on top of each other. The outline was then scored into a piece of cardboard, and the wooden piece was placed in the outline to ensure proper alignment of the engraved image. The pieces were stained with three colors of wood stain, mostly according to the colors used in the original image. Two coats of stain and one coat of finish were used on the front side of all parts. Final assembly was completed as a long night of gluing the spacers and components in groups with Titebond III wood glue. Though the gears look like they should move, all pieces are stationary in this version. Perhaps I will embark on a new project to make rotating gears next...