Sign Carving With Your Router
by Jim Bartz
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DVD details
Actor: Jim BartzDirector: Jim Bartz
Brand: RM Nordstrom Films
DVD: Region Code 1
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 44 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-04-01
Studio: RM Nordstrom Films
DVD Reviews of Sign Carving With Your Router
DVD Review: Great Instructional Video on Sign Carving with a Router!
Summary: 5 Stars
Frustrated with trying to find someone who could make a house sign for us, I finally decided to look into doing it myself. I bought a letter template kit and a "Pantograph Jig" for doing shapes, and finally this DVD. The DVD was ALL I needed! It steps you though the process of using your router free-hand, and it is surprisingly easy! I just finished my first sign (of the "engraved" vs "relief" type) and I actually did 2 because I want them to show the same on both sides.
With a little care and preparation, smooth hand, and some sort of computer to help with the template design (I used Microsoft Publisher), I turned out my sign(s) in a matter of a several hours each, which allows for designing, laying out, transferring, carving, sanding, sealing, painting, with mulitple coats and dry time on the sealers and paint. I am thrilled with my first results.
The soft spoken Jim Bartz provides perfectly clear instruction and leaves no detail out of his straight forward and easy to follow process. He also provides the music for the DVD which is punctuated with snowy scenes around his workshop. Just a nice video all around. I don't see the need for the lettering kit and pantograph that I purchased, but I will keep them just in case. This DVD and a good plunge router is all you need. By the way, for my signs, I used white oak from 12" wide board stock at the Home Depot and it worked just great for my 2-sided sign.
Just a great instructional video!
Description of Sign Carving With Your Router
Signmaker Jim Bartz provides all the advice you need to design and carve custom wooden signs using a versatile freehand method that requires no lettering templates or guides. He takes you through the process, step-by-step, from initial design to the final details. Both relief and engraved carving methods are covered.Topics include:
1. Examples of signs and decorative carvings
2. Tools you?ll need
3. Design tips
4. Preparing the workpiece
5. Safety consideration
6. Carving techniques
7. Removing the background
8. Detail work
Carving custom signs using an ordinary plunge router can be a rewarding and creative hobby, a profitable business, or both. And it doesn?t require a lot of expensive tools or a large workspace. This fact-filled 44 minute video is ideal for beginning or experienced woodworkers.
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