rigid stencil material advice please?

[Kevin Flowers]

Hi James
i have used 1mm PVC before cut with router (think RH call it Penta PVC) or a Polyester material would do as well. You may find its cheaper to buy a set in Laser cut ones are on Flea bay

Kev

[James Martin]

HI Keven thanks for that.

Can get a hold of 1.5 mm extruded pvc. do you think that would cut it?

James

[Denise Goodfellow]

you can get hold of stencil kits for approx £10

made from metal

or

we have just had a stencil made from Grenville engineering laser cut out of steel (1 metre square) for £90

[Martin Pearson]

How you going to cut it James? Unless you have a router you are going to have to find someone to cut it for you. Might be cheaper just to buy in ready cut stencils as Denise has suggested.

[Robert Lambie]

as suggested above or…

use off cuts of vinyl.
stick to a sheet of 1/4 inch plywood or mdf.
draw round the letters with a dark biro pen.
drill a hole in each letter,
jigsaw out the letter with jigsaw with wood cutting bit.
file and sand paper off the rough…

job done. 😀

or stick off cuts of vinyl onto magnetic panel.
then free hand cut the letters out the panel using a stanley knife.

job done. 😀

Here is an old tutorial i did about 7 years ago on making stencils.
https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=17603

[James Martin]

Thanks everyone, just got accent to do them…

[Robert Lambie]

Just had a thought, UKSG member Gary Gray in Cumbernauld would have done them for you James. One to keep in mind for future. 😉