Town signs

[Brian Harnett]

I am making a set of three signs for our town the ones we have are vinyl on aluminum reflective green.

The wood is hemlock kiln dried and glued up the haves will be glued up with a spline joint for alignment.

The shop bot did the 2d cutouts and text the texturing I am doing by hand.

The small one was a prototype, the fence line I extended and I will tone down the established panel to an off white it pulls to much attention away I think being pure white.

[myxpykalix]

I assume you did not do that with your chainsaw....EXCELLENT work!

[bobmoore]

Looks great Brian. We have a lot of hemlock around here but I have never used it because it is supposed to hard to work with. Did you find it wanted to rack or fuzz?

[scottp55]

I Really like the extended fence and the distortion on right!
The hand touches Make it.
NICE Brian!!
scott

[David Iannone]

That looks really good.

[Brian Harnett]

Bob, Hemlock is hard to work with but holds up really well, it can chip and is prone to ring shake I find that in the boards when ripping the boards for glue up and cut around the shake, I keep the boards around 3 inches and alternate the grain I have signs over ten years old holding up fine.

I do a lot of relief carvings with it, in my experience it holds up a lot better than pine kiln drys fast and does not get moldy.

[bobmoore]

Nice to see another large wood sign posting. I will have to try some hemlock one of these days. The compression of history often surprises me, only 50 years after your town was formed Wisconsin became a state.

[Brian Harnett]

Some progress doing a few other jobs so time is scarce.

[scottp55]

Kinda loved it without the paint,( but I Love wood)(except bridge need something) and of course you would have lost the fork in the road

"I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
Robert Frost
Excellent Craftsmanship!!!
Expect some people to pullover and take a pic
scott

[Brian Harnett]

I like them plain too, but these signs will be seen from a distance all the detail will be lost to all besides pedestrians.


They need some punch for attention.