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Make a wooden American flag

Choose a wooden wall flag, deer-mount backer, or coin display. Start with another maker’s Easel project, then adapt the carved parts and finish for your CNC.

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Carved American flag with a blue star field and red-and-natural stripes forming an eagle silhouette American Eagle Flagby DENNIS BERRY Finished red, white, and blue wooden American flag with carved stars and scorched natural wood stripes American Flag with Video Tutorialby SethCNC Stacked dark wood star fields beside striped maple flag panels US Flag with Proportional layoutsby Jeremy Thrane
97 projects in the Flags collection
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Start from a blank workpiece

Design your own American flag

Draw the union, stripes and stars from scratch in Easel, set depths, add the profile and check it in 3D.

In the Easel editor, a 15 by 8 inch pine board gets a pocketed union, seven carved red stripes and 50 carved stars in nine staggered rows, then the 3D preview turns to show the carved flag.
Recorded in the Easel editor, shown at 8× speed.

Real projects from the Easel gallery

Make wall art, a deer mount, or a challenge-coin display

Choose a carved wall flag, a deer-mount backer, or a challenge-coin display. Open a project to inspect its workpieces and save a copy before adapting it for your CNC. Some files cover only the carved parts; the project cards explain the remaining assembly.

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From the makers’ comments and project notes

What these makers learned about staining, cut order and hanging

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Hang the assembled coin rack with a rear cleat

Mike Merzke says his finished coin rack weighs about thirty pounds and hangs on a French cleat, so build in a cleat and solid wall anchors.

Comment by Mike Merzke: read the source.

From American Flag Coin Rack by Mike Merzke.

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Stain the union and stripes before you carve

Stain the union blue and the stripes red, let it dry about fifteen minutes, then carve the stars, stripes and perimeter.

Project notes by SethCNC: read the source.

From American Flag with Video Tutorial by SethCNC.

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Cut the eagle outline last

Carve the flag workpieces first, then run the last one to cut out the eagle shape.

Comment by john metcalf: read the source.

From American Eagle Flag by DENNIS BERRY.

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CNC project ideas

Make an American flag of your own

Create a free Easel account, no credit card required. Start from a community flag project and adapt it for your CNC.