Anyone know of an inexpensive sign making company

[peternap]

I want to make some special signs for the farm but the printers want a fortune.
Any ideas?

[Ernest T. Bass]

Grab a router, some paint and a couple boards and make your own. What kind of signs you looking for?

[Redoverfarm]

I want to make some special signs for the farm but the printers want a fortune.
Any ideas?

Wood, plastic or other?  There is a great place here Peter that sandblast stone signs. 

http://naturalstonesign.com/

You could do your own with a router and right wood.

[peternap]

Grab a router, some paint and a couple boards and make your own. What kind of signs you looking for?

Informative signs for Trespassers, Dog Hunters and Child Molesters. 

[peternap]

Thanks Guys. I hadn't thought about routing my own. I have Routers. I just need the lettering jig I guess.

[peternap]

Anyone have any experience with these?

http://www.amazon.com/Milescraft-1298-3D-Pantograph-Stencil-Tracing/dp/B001JEOMPU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1327370983&sr=8-5

[Redoverfarm]

Peter I have a Pantograph tracer.  Never used it though.  I normally just copy the letters from a book that I have (different styles, sizes) and blow them up to the size I want and trace them onto the stock that I am going to route.

[peternap]

I went to Woodworkers Supply to look at a few things today.
Boy...their prices have come way down and their inventory is way up.

They had the pantograph for a dollar less than Amazon, so I bought it.
I shouldn't have gone there. Jane bought a bunch of pen parts and I HATE making those things.

They had some great prices on T Tracks too, so I bought two. One just to have and one to make a camera slider.

[rick91351]

I shouldn't have gone there. Jane bought a bunch of pen parts and I HATE making those things.

Do you have a pen lathe?  I never have done one.  Where I trade a lot, they have bins and bins of parts and pieces and pieces parts for pen turners.  Weird woods, plastics and laminates.  I never had the guts to ask......     

[peternap]

Do you have a pen lathe?  I never have done one.  Where I trade a lot, they have bins and bins of parts and pieces and pieces parts for pen turners.  Weird woods, plastics and laminates.  I never had the guts to ask......   

No, I do it on a full size lathe with a pen arbor.
I have pens in everything imaginable and Jane winds up with them all except my Deer Antler pen.
FWIW I still use my space pen to write with

[Woodsrule]

Peternap,

I have the Signcrafter that I bought at Woodcraft and have used it many times. It is foolproof and you don't need a plunge router, although it is  easier to use one than a fixed base.  You can pick up the jig for cheap money and it is foolproof.  Good luck.

[Squirl]

Child Molesters. 

Wow, rough neighborhood.

[peternap]

Peternap,

I have the Signcrafter that I bought at Woodcraft and have used it many times. It is foolproof and you don't need a plunge router, although it is  easier to use one than a fixed base.  You can pick up the jig for cheap money and it is foolproof.  Good luck.

Thanks Woodsrule!
I need foolproof. I handle a Rouer well but my artistic talents are legendary for being BAD!

[peternap]

Wow, rough neighborhood.

I try to lump the same classes together. Saves time

[rick91351]

I try to lump the same classes together. Saves time

Agreed!      Lumping also helps when flock shooting!

[firefox]

You might want to put the following at the bottom of the sign:

Please have name and address of next of kin on person before entering this property.

[Gary O]

Sometimes a homemade sign has a somewhat chilling effect.
I mean, anyone can go buy a sign, but the one that gives one pause is one that the owner put forth effort to get a point across.

Yes, a routed sign should do the job, and seein' how you feel about tresspassers, I'm sure the verbiage will be a doozy, but the hand scrawled ones give out a bit of down home flavor