"Rustic Looking" Router Carved Sign

Interesting.
So is the fifth photo your pattern, or jig? Or do you do these free hand?

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Nice Sign. I like the look of the letters when you burn the bottom of the V groove like that.

-- Dan - Valparaiso, Indiana, "A smart man changes his mind, a fool never does."

William,
The 5th photo is the sign, but looks like that because the flash was on the camera. I did this sign freehand, I just print out the words and then copy them on the wood and then freehand with the router.

Dan,
Me too, I do that to make them easier to see the letters and read them.

-Kyle

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Wow. I have tried doing letters freehand and always screw them up.

I’ve read about painting the letters and then sanding the paint away around the letters, leaving just the inset letters painted. Have you tried this method?

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I’ve seen that done before, but since I paint the sign I didn’t want the letters painted too because I think there would be too much paint. So I came up with woodburning the letters. If the sign was not painted then I would probably paint the letters.
Thanks,
Kyle

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Nice job, Kyle!
You certainly have great control over that router!

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Nice job, my freehand router skills are not quite up to par as yours, probably too much coffee LOL.

-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.

Coffee? Did someone say coffee?
Oh, I’m sorry. I have a severe case of coffee addiction.
That’s what I’ll blame my freehand skills, or lack thereof, on too.

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You’ve done a gr8 job on that lettering. Nice sign

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