Dear Matt:
I have one of the letter sets from Sears which I have not used in years.
It consists of plastic letters which are placed in a metal frame which also has
a clamp at the top to hold the assembly in place while the operator uses a
router with a plunge bit and a collar which follows the outline of the letter
or number but does not cut the plastic guide. You can choose different depths
for your letters. One nice way to use this system is to pick a nice wood that
is dark, naturally, then paint a board with exterior white before cutting the
letters and or numbers.
I have not checked to see whether or not Sears still caries this router
accessory. As I recall, the letters are about three inches high, or slightly
smaller.
Yours Truly,
Clifford Wilson
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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
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