I want to make some special signs for the farm but the printers want a fortune.
Any ideas?
Grab a router, some paint and a couple boards and make your own. ;D What kind of signs you looking for?
Quote from: peternap on January 23, 2012, 08:49:52 PM
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.
Quote from: Ernest T. Bass on January 23, 2012, 09:00:38 PM
Grab a router, some paint and a couple boards and make your own. ;D What kind of signs you looking for?
Informative signs for Trespassers, Dog Hunters and Child Molesters. :-\
Thanks Guys. I hadn't thought about routing my own. I have Routers. I just need the lettering jig I guess.
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
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.
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.
Quote from: peternap on January 24, 2012, 06:00:05 PM
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......
Quote from: rick91351 on January 24, 2012, 08:41:21 PM
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 ;D
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.
Quote from: Woodsrule on January 25, 2012, 11:40:08 AM
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! :-\
Quote from: Squirl on January 25, 2012, 12:00:39 PM
Wow, rough neighborhood.
I try to lump the same classes together. Saves time ;D
Quote from: peternap on January 25, 2012, 12:02:30 PM
I try to lump the same classes together. Saves time ;D
Agreed! c* Lumping also helps when flock shooting! ;)
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.
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
(https://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l588/Garyo424/homemade.jpg)
(https://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l588/Garyo424/hoemmade2.jpg)
(https://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l588/Garyo424/git.jpg)