cedar plaque

ElWoodTroll · #1 08-05-2007, 12:03 PM

I had a gentleman who supplies me with red cedar for my wood carving ask if I would make a sign out of wood taken from his ranch.
The brand and the outlines for the letters were burned with a home made pyrography pen and letters were filled with gold water color.

Pyrographer · #2 08-05-2007, 06:46 PM

Very nice. I sure hope you use some safety protection when burning and sanding Red Cedar.

Nedra

Hi_Ho_Sliver · #3 08-05-2007, 07:25 PM

Thats a great looking sign, how big is it?

ElWoodTroll · #4 08-05-2007, 08:01 PM

It is a small one (20"). I shaped it with and angle grider and sand by hand with the foam backed stuff. It was already starting to split as I was doing the finish sand, so I gave it a coat of DEFT before I did the burning and painting. Not really ideal condition for wood burning.It's harder to control the tip and difficult to cleanup strays afterward

Lindy · #5 08-06-2007, 02:02 AM

Ellwood, very nice job!

WOODIE13 · #6 08-06-2007, 02:24 AM

Very nice. Red cedar makes a nice turkey call as well

ElWoodTroll · #7 08-06-2007, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by WOODIE13

Very nice. Red cedar makes a nice turkey call as well

OK, Now you gone and done it. I looked up the plans for a box and pulled some cedar (the plain stuff) out of my shed. I think the red cedar is still to green

Thor · #8 08-06-2007, 03:11 PM

That must have taken quite awhile. That type style is pretty complicated and so perfectly spaced! Good job.
Thor

ElWoodTroll · #9 08-06-2007, 05:19 PM

Thankyou all,
Thor, I used one of the fonts in paint, selecting a size that would fit on the plaque then stretching it to suit me. I used a compas point to "ponce" the outlines and filled with talc to make it stand out for burning. About 45 minutes for design and layout in all

Eddy Smiles · #10 08-06-2007, 10:28 PM

Nice job! What did you put on it for the final finish?