Rustic Arrow

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Hi All!  It’s Amy from Hertoolbelt back with another DIY project.  I’ve been working on my son’s room.  He has been begging me to paint his walls and do a Star Wars room.   However I had already made him a barn wood bed, which doesn’t really go with space age decor.  So I’ve been trying to add elements that are kind of rustic and industrial to hopefully tie the two together.  Arrows have been quite the decorating rage for a couple of years.  It’s an easy item to make rustic and industrial.  This arrow can be made with the center open like a shadow box, or fill it with tin, wood slats, wire mesh, material, or anything you want.

Make an easy DIY rustic arrow with free plans.  Add tin in the center for an industrial feel.

How to Build a Rustic Arrow

Materials

  • 1 – 1″ x 3″ x 70″ (actual 3/4″ x 2 1/2″)
  • 1 1/4″ brad nails
  • wood glue
  • tin – optional

Cut List

  • 2 – 18 3/4″ long
  • 1 – 5 1/2″ long
  • 2 – 3″ long with a 40 deg miter on one the end
  • 2 – 9 1/8″ with a 40 deg miter on one end and 50 deg miter on the other.

Make an easy DIY rustic arrow with free plans.  Add tin in the center for an industrial feel.

Step 1

Add wood glue to the flat end of the 3″ piece, nail to the 18 3/4″ piece, flush with the end.  Repeat for other 3″ piece.

Make an easy DIY rustic arrow with free plans.  Add tin in the center for an industrial feel.

Step 2

Add wood glue to the ends of the 5 1/2″ pieces and glue between the other end of the 18 3/4″ pieces.  Secure with nails.

Make an easy DIY rustic arrow with free plans.  Add tin in the center for an industrial feel.

Step 3

Glue and nail the 9 1/8″ pieces together, and onto the 3″ pieces.

Make an easy DIY rustic arrow with free plans.  Add tin in the center for an industrial feel.

Make an easy DIY rustic arrow with free plans.  Add tin in the center for an industrial feel.

Let the glue dry.  Here’s the look of the open arrow.

Make an easy DIY rustic arrow with free plans.  Add tin in the center for an industrial feel.
 I decided to see what it would look like with old corrugated tin in the middle.  I traced the inside of the arrow onto the tin.

Make an easy DIY rustic arrow with free plans.  Add tin in the center for an industrial feel.
Then I attempted to cut the tin with tin snips.  My snips are shaped a little funny, so I gave up and used an angle grinder with a cut off wheel…much faster.  I had to trim the tin here and there, but got it to fit.
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For more rustic projects, check out:

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One Comment

  1. Love your rustic arrow, this would be great to share on my Wordless Wednesday this week!!!
    My son makes things with pallets, he has made several kinds clocks, including one that he painted the slats as the American Flag..
    Happy St Patricks Day
    Karren

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