router templates

[roys]

Here is my attempt at a door sign, can defientently tell it is not CNC'd.

Put a walnut stain into the letters after that.

Used the black marker on the wood first before using the router, so that it was roughly right.

Edited January 29, 2017 by roys

[harvey b davison]

Hi agg21, i dont trust myself making my own jigs. I normally just draw round some templates and then router them out freehand. I think i will just have to knuckle down and get practising. I have seen the trend jigs / stencils and some similar, i just wondered what they are like.

 

Wainy and Roy, nice stuff there.

[Ian Leach]

Draw lettering on then free hand like these.

[harvey b davison]

You must have a steady hand Ian. Do you just use a normal 1/4 inch router for your stuff.

[Ian Leach]

Yes a 1/4" plunger router and a palm router.

[TuscanPhil]

Hi Ian, they look fantastic. Are you able to work on a vertical surface on a wooden gate in situ? I'd like to have our house name 'engraved' into the gate. I suppose it could be taken off its hinges and laid flat. Can you pm me a price? I'm GL18 so hopefully not too far.

 

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[Lazurus]

I use a simple template, its a fixed font but by using differing cutters you can get decent results, I use it mainly for house names and signs. However I recently had some laser engraving done by a fellow turner Mike DEMPSEY, superb results and very reasonable [email protected]

Rutlands do a nice set of templates

 

Buy Sign Crafter online at Rutlands.co.uk

 

S.

[harvey b davison]

Cheers lazurus, thats one of the ones i've been looking at.

 

Ian how do you find the palm router, i keep looking at the makita one with different attatchments, but having never used one i'm a bit unsure. How easy are they to control compared to a normal 1/4 inch router.

 

cheers

[Ian Leach]

Cheers lazurus, thats one of the ones i've been looking at.

 

Ian how do you find the palm router, i keep looking at the makita one with different attatchments, but having never used one i'm a bit unsure. How easy are they to control compared to a normal 1/4 inch router.

 

cheers

I've got the makita one, it does take some getting use too when using the 1mm bits. Most of these where made using the palm router.

[Ian Leach]

Hi Ian, they look fantastic. Are you able to work on a vertical surface on a wooden gate in situ? I'd like to have our house name 'engraved' into the gate. I suppose it could be taken off its hinges and laid flat. Can you pm me a price? I'm GL18 so hopefully not too far.

 

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