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Old 03-05-2008, 08:39 PM   #5
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Hi moe

You can pickup a desktop projector at a good price at a Good Will store that can projector the image on the wood you want to use for the sign....mark the wood then free hand with the router ..

Then when your done with the wood project you can use it for a wall projector see video below...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y4Sm3b1NLo


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Originally Posted by moe
Hi, I am new here.. have made some (10-20) nice wooden home signs for friends as gifts, one for ourselves, and an actual paid project once
I KNOW there must be an easier way that free hand or tracing the letters you want, onto the wood. I dont really think a pantograph is what I am looking for.
Is there some way besides a computerized router, to easily place the letters you want onto the wood, so you can cut them out ( or around them?)
I go to a craft fair every year,, and a man sells wooden signs from a small truck. He must sell hundreds a day. They are not made instantly, you come back in less than an hour though and the sign is complete, stained,, whole 9 yards. HOW does he possibly set the lettering onto the wood to cut it so FAST!!?? does not look like he has anything special .
Is there some simple trick that I am missing??
I thank you all.......Moe
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