Certainly there are lettering templates and there are pantographs you can use to control a router a little expensive as I recall but you mount the router on one arm and trace the pattern with a pin at the end of another arm. because of the arrangement of the levers you can even expand or reduce the size of the duplication. I know that Lee Valley sells a sign making kit with I believe two sizes of lettering and most likely Rockler will have some sets too.
I have never used these devices so can't comment on them. I have certainly considered getting a set. Another thing I have been considering getting is an electric branding iron. Again Lee Valley sells one. I thought of getting one made up to say something like Hand crafted by Dale Leavens or something similar for marking some inconspicuous part of my projects and maybe mounting a coin of the year of construction. You can also get branding irons you heat with a flame or on a stove top with what ever you want on them. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Matt To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 9:04 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Lettering Hello, Has anyone ever done any sort of lettering work in wood? A friend told me of a set up he had a long time ago. It was some sort of sign kit made by craftsman I think whereby, you used a router and followed metal cut outs or templates to carve letters into wood. He used this kit to make name plates for people's desks in their offices? I think it would be nice to be able to carve letters. Especially, since I never learned how to really write letters by hand. If anyone has had any good experiences with stamps, I'd like to hear about that too. All I have ever had was a set of metal letters you put against wood and smacked with a hammer to make an imprint and that wasn't great. Matt [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
