The Woodshop Shed

Custom wood sign

Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)


I sell at a crafters mall in Reno, Nevada. A few weeks before Christmas a guy called me up and asked if I could make him a sign for his sister. This is the sign I made.
The sign is 18 x 24 and was cut on a scroll saw. I bought piece of walnut and cut it five pieces. The customer wanted a raw edge on both sides of the sigh. I left the raw edge on when I cut the two side pieces. I ran all the pieces to be glued together on the jointer to get a flat edge for gluing. I used a biscuit cutter in three places on each edge. Put the biscuits in and clamped it together. I took a chisel and scraped the extra glue that had squeezed out of the joints. I sand it smooth with a belt sander and then cut out the letters on my 20 scroll saw. This was a real challenge, had to do some fancy manenevers to make some of the cuts. I was soar after cutting this one. I sprayed the sign front and back with 5 coats of exterior clear high gloss finish. Add D rings to the back. The customer loved it .

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