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I read some previous post about guilding by J.C. (no, not that one-Joe Crumley) and he mentioned when guilding you need to leave the mask on when the sign is painted with enamel.
Does that mean...

My client doesn't want a relief or a 3d carving, he actually wants the spine suspended in a circle.

I thought about contacting a medical supply company and buying one of those skeletons and...

I have a back Dr. that want a new sign. On the sign he want a spine suspended in a circle .
Does anyone have any experience or suggestions. I'd be willing to out-source to someone who can make...

Try New England sign suply.

I would go for the 60". Baltic Birch is one of my most requested material. Standard size is 5'x5' and I'm constantly ripping the sheets and drawing 2 seperate cutting files.

We considered buying the Accent Sinage system but I have a hard time shelling out the 2k for the Braille pen applicator.
I've never had the opportunity to see or try it in person so I can't...

Antone recognize this font?

5532

How would the letters in corian be colored?

I've been asked to produce some signs for a local golf course. They're sponsor signs that are to be affixed to the hole markers.
The markers are granite and I'm not sure if there's an option...

Joe,
You don't use an auto primer on your extira letters like you do on the signs?
I want to use some extira for a sign so I'm curious what auto primer your using?
PPG DP40...

I prefer Oracal 813 stencil film. It works excellent and is much cheaper than the Gerber.

I agree, buy a bit from Centurion Tools. The seemingly simple design of the v-carve bits eliminates almost all tear-out.
Unlike conventional v-bits, the Centurion bits seem to compress the fibers...

Is it possible when you flipped the sheet the new placement wasn't correct?
If you drilled a 1/4" hole to hold a deck screw there may be enough wiggle room to cause poor placement.
Securely...

Anyone using this for signs? The cost is pretty attractive so I'm wondering how it carves and paints compared to HDU?
The description from N.Glantz catalog describes it as having a wood fiber...

After looking at another impressive sign from JC I thought I should get a grain fraim. After pricing it I thought (like many of you) that I would make my own.

Anyone care to share how they...

Joe,
I asked this question in my last post and nobody really gave me a clear answer. What method do you use to cut your mask in preparation for blasting?

Is it applied to the raised area...

What I mean by offset letters are like those seen in this sign posted by J.Crumley.
http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/messages/315/11631.html

I've been searching the archives and reading about sandblasting signs. I'm not really sure I understand how the mask is cut away to leave an offset around the letters and other raised areas.
I'd...

I've been doing a little 3d lately using the 3d machinist from VectorArt3d in the Va3d format.
I'm going to demo a program that will import stl files and I was wondering if anyone had a simple stl...

Joe,
I looked on the web and couldn't find the product? Did you find it at one of the local big box stores?

Does anyone know of a supplier of smalts on the east coast? I know it can be purchased through Letterhead on-line store but the shipping and time-in-transit can be a hassle some times.
I also...

Found it!
About half way down there's a post by Dale Laking that was very helpful. It's old (2000) but it was a great help to me.
http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/messages/29/195.html

I recently had to cut some lexan for big company. I ran a .25 2-flute up-cut spiral bit at 50 ipm and 19,000rpm.
I read a post from this forum and the author said the feed rate was more...

Ok, more raised letter questions.
I've been playing with routing out a pocket,cutting out and gilding letters and then fasting them in the pockets.
Is Gorilla glue the preferred method of...

I love the look of the gilded raised letter signs posted on the forum.
I've been playing with some samples but I seem to be having some problems.
I've been using roundover (or v-groove)bit to...