Presidential Dollar Intarsia Plan

A Rockler exclusive plan from intarsia legend Judy Gale Roberts! Makes the perfect home for your presidential coins. Beautiful three-dimensional seal features hanging placards to display your coins in style. Simply add more placards as your collection grows. Plan includes 5 full-scale patterns and a detailed 8-page instruction booklet from Roberts. Check out her book for an excellent introduction to a fun and rewarding art form, then test your skills with the plan.

Judy Gale Roberts is widely acclaimed for her groundbreaking intarsia. Her work has earned her top honors, including being among the first ten woodworkers to be inducted into the “Woodworker’s Hall of Fame.” Finished presidential seal measures approximately 18" x 18" Each placard measures approximately 3" x 18" Each placard holds 10 coins Placards attach with rare-earth magnets This plan includes: 5 Full-scale patterns Step-by-step instructions Materials list

Customer Reviews and Photos for: Presidential Dollar Intarsia Plan Average Rating: (4.2) (6 customer reviews) Add your review...

1) Submitted by Jim Fouch, from Boise, ID on 6/1/2008 Customer Rating: This was my first Intarsia project. I found the plan and the photos very helpful as it was quite challenging to me. After reading one of the reviews regarding the size of the coin holders, I decided to use a very thin double sided sticky pad that is used in the making of lenses for glasses and fit them into the coin holes. I adjusted the depth to take this into account and gave the inserted coins a 1/32nd relief above the board. Also, I made a total of five boards for the coins to eventually accomodate 50 presidents. Hopefully my heirs will finish the project. Great fun and satisfaction.

2) Submitted by Dustin Macy, from Cheyenne, WY on 1/8/2008 Customer Rating: Overall the Presidential Dollar Display plan by Judy Gayle Roberts is beautiful. My only real complaint is that the plan is incorrect when it states 25 for the quantity of magnets, per Judy Roberts instructions you actually need 26. And you need 4 of the brass table pins, not 5 like the plan calls for. I used walnut, red oak, aspen, yellow heart, cherry and birch dowels for the olives. I painted the shield, eagle head, tail feathers, and the toenails with acrylic paint (nice bright colors) and then sprayed 3 coats of satin lacquer to finish it off. (click to see full-size picture in new window)

3) Submitted by Pat Rafter, from Pocono Lake, PA on 12/17/2007 Judy Gale Roberts truly a artist in wood. This plan is a good buy because you get five copies. I recently did an eagle by Judy and loved it. This is worth the work and the instructions are simple enough.

4) Submitted by Fred Wilson on 12/3/2007 Customer Rating: I recently purchased the Presidential Dollar Display plan by Judy Gayle Roberts. The plans, including the full color booklet were very easy to follow and well thought out. Lot's of great photos. My choice of woods and hanger for the coin box are slightly different that Ms. Roberts' plans - mainly because of availablility and accuracy of my tools. That being said, I received many rave reviews from customers at our last juried craft show in Franklin, NC. I did find that the special forstner bit is a little too large for mint condition coins. Even with 4 coats of lacquer on the project, I still have to use double-backed tape to hold the coins in the holders. (I do not have this problem with the quarter sized bit). My thanks to Al Wolford (who worked with me to obtain the pattern) and Ms. Roberts (a most talented designer) for this project. It was definitely worth the wait.

5) Submitted by Mark Forsyth, from Sebring, FL on 10/30/2007 Customer Rating: I got the plan in the mail it came with 5 copies more than enough to complete the job. It looked intimidating for my first intarsia but wasn't really that bad. I had it all cut out with just a couple of fun sessions in the shop. I went to the bank to get my coins and I guess now I will collect them all. GET THIS PLAN good feeling of 'I did it'.

6) Submitted by Bruce, from West Palm Beach, FL on 10/31/2007 Customer Rating: The instructing was not as good as the other intarsis plans she has made.