This is my first sign and I made it using my homemade Copycarver.
I made a pattern out of 1/4 luan and used luan scraps to raise the logo and lettering.
There are mistakes, and I learned a lot making this first sign.
I initially used a 1/8 bit to outline all the raised area and then used a 1/2 inch bit to do the rest of the relief work. One thing I will change for next time is, I will do my routing in layers rather than hogging it all out at one time.
Another change is that I will wax my pattern to make sure that the follower glides smoothly over the surface.
Using a hot glue gun to attach the letters was a good thing because I could set one letter with hot glue, and almost immediately press a spacer nest to that letter to set the next.
Here are a couple pictures.
I made a pattern out of 1/4 luan and used luan scraps to raise the logo and lettering.
There are mistakes, and I learned a lot making this first sign.
I initially used a 1/8 bit to outline all the raised area and then used a 1/2 inch bit to do the rest of the relief work. One thing I will change for next time is, I will do my routing in layers rather than hogging it all out at one time.
Another change is that I will wax my pattern to make sure that the follower glides smoothly over the surface.
Using a hot glue gun to attach the letters was a good thing because I could set one letter with hot glue, and almost immediately press a spacer nest to that letter to set the next.
Here are a couple pictures.
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