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hand carved signage: Fashions 4 All
Did this a couple of weeks ago but only got around to taking a pic yesterday, cut out letters gold leaf, painted board, flourishes vinyl and the hanging sign is galavnised 😡 and was existing so I had to repaint it, all vinyl.
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once again…nicely done young Broughton! 😉
Gorgeously rich traditional colours and letters that make you wanna stroke ’em (steady, steady!) 😕
more please – whenever you like!
mikethesign
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Fank you Fank you, young ???? 😮 , Gray they letters were cut out using an electric fret saw, cheated and cut them in vinyl first then slap em on the board then cut around, easy, used a book of gold as only the faces are gilded the sides are painted gold only, in total probably 2 days work in total not counting time taken for the paint to dry between coats.
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Very nice looking job! 🙂
Thanks for the insight into how you put it together.
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Nice work Steve,..what are the letters cut from and what did you paint the sides with?
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18 mm exterior mdf, then primed with good quality exterior primer/undercoat (not B&Q crap) and top coated with 1 Shot metallic gold signwriters paint.
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quote :letters were cut out using an electric fret saw,
Electric Fretsaw? Like a Bandsaw?????????
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Similar to one of these mate
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lovely work steve! any questions i had had, have all ready been answerd
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excellent stuff steve as always mate.. like gray said.. “suits the corner shop well” always something that should be considered is does the sign suit the shop, surroundings etc..
one thing.. the fret saw. we have band saws.. untill we got the cnc router we always used them.. they were a pain. the band always jumping off etc.. do you get this much with the fret saw?
having said that the band saws were not really industrial made.. more B&Q type but still a few hundred quids worth.. 🙄 -
The fret saw has extreme movability. It can turn acute corners without the judder you expect from a hand held jig saw. It also cuts clean reducing the sanding or smoothing down after the cut.
Because you can cut on the bed the cut is true 90
I used to cut all my letters out of exterior MDF then prime with aluminium primer. Getting lazy now and just ordering them.
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It must be a lot cheaper to cut your own though John???
Couple more questions…….How easy are these Saws to master, bearing mind I sat in the corner with a Dunce’s Hat on during woodwork at school?
and…….Why Gold leaf on the front and not all Painted, seems like an extravagance to me??
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Bleeding nice looking sign Mr B. I really like the scroll work.
Lee
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Don’t waste money on cheap saws!
I wanted a really “deep throat” so bought a Hegner saw (german) but super quality.
and as for blades jumping off bandsaws….I haven’t experienced that, but can understand it happening, I bought an old Jonsereds Bandsaw its paid for itself hundreds of times.
If you want some old quality go round to the sales or auctions of old woodworking equipment.
This is ours:
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Nice work (!) We call it a scroll saw (how simple). Using MDF for a job like that scares the heck out of me. From one rainy place to another (not this summer though), how well does the MDF stand up to the elements, especially as well prepared as your sample is (?)
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ah Mike, the MDF I use is not the same stuff as is used to make furniture, its produced in Ireland by a company called Weyerhauser and their product name is Medite, they produce it in 6 different types, I use Medite Exterior which is specificaly design for exterior use, mostly in building shop fronts and exterior cladding for buildings but also great for signs as you can shape it real easy and it takes paint well.
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