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Do you have a blank to practice on? If so you could try using a water-based paint (gold or white might look good) and a fine sponge and cloth to wipe up the excess. The clear coat should act as a...

I can't understand what he is saying. Those Japanese have a different word for EVERYTHING!

Brad,
I used a 1/8" straight bit to cut the letters and the pockets. For the letters I first did a profile cut using a vbit to give a beveled edge (in this case .12" deep) then I did a profile w/...

Neville,
I promise on my "real" signs I will use gold leaf.
Bruce

p.s. Did you get the pm I sent you re. the vest that ended up in my box? I would swear it's yours.

John,
It didn't fuz up at all. I used Lowes MDF - I don't know if MDF varies with different manufacturers.
Bruce

Thanks Larry. No, I put the Sikkens directly over unsanded, unprimed MDF. I am hoping I get similar results over exterior MDF which I am going to get next week.

The letters are MDF, primed and brushed. The Sikkens finish doesn't come in green - just several brown shades. The Modern Masters paint comes in shades of green and brushes on nicely but I am not...

Thanks! The letters are painted with Modern Masters Metallic Paint (Pharaoh's Gold). I got to try that paint at Joe Crumley's sign workshop.

I just did this sample sign out of mdf and was pleased with the finish. I used Sikkens Cetol Log and Siding finish (Cedar color) - brushed on 2 coats. Letters were cut separately and glued into...

Fake urinals mounted on a bar! That's asking for trouble. Has this been thought all the way through? A drunkards dream if I ever did see one.

Rob, that made me laugh. Nice work Pat!

Bruce

Thanks guys. Check's in the mail Pat. ;~)

If I have a circle or elipse how do I specify to align text to the top or the bottom. Partworks sometimes chooses the top and sometimes the bottom but I can't figure out how to control it. "Help"...

Wow! He's taken it to another level. I wonder how comfortable those chairs are. They look like they would have lots of spring to them.

Thanks Brady for the timely reminder to think positive and dream big! Great advice!!!
Bruce

Here is a slideshow of the pictures I took. I didn't come close to getting pictures of everything we covered. http://www.flickr.com/photos/shakeyb/sets/72157607450411476/show/

Bruce

A couple of pics:
L to R: Leon, Pat, Bruce, Ken, Dave, Neville, Doug

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Joe

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Gary shows his finished sign. Time to hit the pub.

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It was a great workshop - the best workshop of any type I have attended. I am very inspired! Spent most of the flight home designing signs in my head. Thanks again Joe. Also, big thanks to Gary,...

It was a great workshop - the best workshop of any type I have attended. I am very inspired! Spent most of the flight home designing signs in my head. Thanks again Joe. Also, big thanks to Gary,...

I received a pm suggesting I cut the numbers/letters out separately and cut pockets in the textrured background. I think that's what I need to do to get a clean look. That will take longer but has...

Have any of you come up with a good way of cutting raised letters using the VCarve textrure background? On this one I used an outside profile around the numbers with a .25" ballnose bit cutting to...

Why don't you want to make them as you need them? Paying to have them shipped to you and trying to fit text to an already cut blank seems counter-productive when you have the perfect machine to do...

What better way to learn than to work with a master? I don't think there will be any complaints from the attendees.
Bruce

I made a nice 1/4" wide 1/10" deep 60" long arc in my bleeder/spoilboard. At first I thought the shopbot had screwed up - then I realized I had make a bonehead blunder - doh!!! I patched it up...

I was hsving problems with one of my controllers overheating causing one of the x-axis motors to stop working. I hsve left the cover off my control box for the past 2 months and haven't had a...