Believe it or not, I have done these with my 1/4" Router FREE-Hand, without any form of lettering guide, something which takes heaps of skill, steady hands, and lots of patience, otherwise one slip, or wobble, and one has instant, "firewood."
( 1 ) For the Engraved designs on the Shop Sign board I used my power-carver attached to a Dremel Router base, and fitted with a 1/8" round-tip engraving cutter, set to 1/16" cutting depth. The Shop sign is made from what we call, In Australia;- Red Pine,- ( recycled ), which came from the USA back in the early 1900's up to about late 1930's. As to it's correct name, perhaps a member of this forum may know.
( 2 ) The Router-cut Sign, " Das Schulhaus, " is German for, " The Schoolhouse," which is cut from old recycled Oregon, ( Spruce in USA ), which used to be a popular construction timber here in Australia for many years, and the third photo is of a Coffee Table top for an Aussie Football, " Fanatic," He requested a suitable Logo type design of his favorite Aussie Rules Footy Club.
The Bulldog is engraved with my power-carver as described above, then highlighted with a fine Art Brush, and Artist's Acrylic Black with the writing simly done with an Artist's Brush, and Acrylic Black,,-Surface sealed first to prevent runs, allowed to hard dry for several days, Artwork applied, then allowed to hard dry, with several coats of Gloss Polyurathane applied to complete the top.
The table base is constructed the traditional way. Timber used is Radiata Pine,
which I think is called, " White Deal," in USA / Canada, ( correct me if I am wrong.). Have designed and made quite a few of these type of signs in recent months, as Hand-Crafted Wooden Signs here in Australia are fast becoming a popular product, especially for people with Holiday Houses. Recently have set up a separate website just for this range of unique of Wooden Signs, and have just completed a House name Board in script format,( handwriting style ), done on my scrollsaw, utilizing my new website address which will be quite spectacular when attached to the front of my house. Yes, Plan to take some photos of this new House Name Board, ( all 9ft.of it ! ), when it is finally attached to this house, then put the photo/s on this site.
( 1 ) For the Engraved designs on the Shop Sign board I used my power-carver attached to a Dremel Router base, and fitted with a 1/8" round-tip engraving cutter, set to 1/16" cutting depth. The Shop sign is made from what we call, In Australia;- Red Pine,- ( recycled ), which came from the USA back in the early 1900's up to about late 1930's. As to it's correct name, perhaps a member of this forum may know.
( 2 ) The Router-cut Sign, " Das Schulhaus, " is German for, " The Schoolhouse," which is cut from old recycled Oregon, ( Spruce in USA ), which used to be a popular construction timber here in Australia for many years, and the third photo is of a Coffee Table top for an Aussie Football, " Fanatic," He requested a suitable Logo type design of his favorite Aussie Rules Footy Club.
The Bulldog is engraved with my power-carver as described above, then highlighted with a fine Art Brush, and Artist's Acrylic Black with the writing simly done with an Artist's Brush, and Acrylic Black,,-Surface sealed first to prevent runs, allowed to hard dry for several days, Artwork applied, then allowed to hard dry, with several coats of Gloss Polyurathane applied to complete the top.
The table base is constructed the traditional way. Timber used is Radiata Pine,
which I think is called, " White Deal," in USA / Canada, ( correct me if I am wrong.). Have designed and made quite a few of these type of signs in recent months, as Hand-Crafted Wooden Signs here in Australia are fast becoming a popular product, especially for people with Holiday Houses. Recently have set up a separate website just for this range of unique of Wooden Signs, and have just completed a House name Board in script format,( handwriting style ), done on my scrollsaw, utilizing my new website address which will be quite spectacular when attached to the front of my house. Yes, Plan to take some photos of this new House Name Board, ( all 9ft.of it ! ), when it is finally attached to this house, then put the photo/s on this site.
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