DocWheeler
08-16-2012, 11:50 AM
I was not sure about the title, but I wanted to share something I learned.
I have carved several name-plates just to figure out good and bad things to do.
They have all been about 12" long and about 2" high; and mainly maple on either walnut or purpleheart.
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The first one I did had a small base - just a piece in the back to have it sit correctly.
The next two had card-holders, and the last one had two card-holders and text on a curved surface.
I'm still learning, but I wanted to share the way I carved text on the curved surface.
I tried several veneers before using the two-layer veneer from Rockler - it was thick enough.
(Don't try to glue two pieces of very thin veneer together with wood-glue one-handed - yuk!)
I used double-sided tape to carve the veneer - not easy to get back apart though.
Since the letters needed to be small, I used a sixty-degree bit that I got from Ron Justice,
this 1/8" bit uses one flute and goes to a sharp point - Ron probably still sells them.
Getting the veneer to the correct size was a challenge until I tried my twelve-inch sander.
Using contact glue is always a challenge, but with my wife's help We did it.
The two-card name-plate was for Michael Tyler since he wears more than one hat normally.
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Without Ron's bit, my large disk-sander, and my radial-arm saw, these would have been a
lot harder to have done.
I have carved several name-plates just to figure out good and bad things to do.
They have all been about 12" long and about 2" high; and mainly maple on either walnut or purpleheart.
55425
The first one I did had a small base - just a piece in the back to have it sit correctly.
The next two had card-holders, and the last one had two card-holders and text on a curved surface.
I'm still learning, but I wanted to share the way I carved text on the curved surface.
I tried several veneers before using the two-layer veneer from Rockler - it was thick enough.
(Don't try to glue two pieces of very thin veneer together with wood-glue one-handed - yuk!)
I used double-sided tape to carve the veneer - not easy to get back apart though.
Since the letters needed to be small, I used a sixty-degree bit that I got from Ron Justice,
this 1/8" bit uses one flute and goes to a sharp point - Ron probably still sells them.
Getting the veneer to the correct size was a challenge until I tried my twelve-inch sander.
Using contact glue is always a challenge, but with my wife's help We did it.
The two-card name-plate was for Michael Tyler since he wears more than one hat normally.
554265542755428
Without Ron's bit, my large disk-sander, and my radial-arm saw, these would have been a
lot harder to have done.