joewino
11-28-2006, 07:28 PM
Today we installed another ShopBot project. The first photo is a sandblasted redwood sign (approximately 4' x 8')that we did a number of years ago.
Recently it was in an accident with a driver that had consumed a large quanity of adult beverages (more commonly known as a drunk)and we refurbished the sign and changed one panel from "General Dentistry" to "Family Dentistry". The original sign had hand carved incised lettering with gold leaf, but at the time we restored the sign there wasn't time to go into that much detail because he needed the identification. So, I told him that I would just do an MDO and vinyl overlay and then add a nicer panel later. Insurance paid for the repairs.
Well, three years later we replaced the panel with a dimensional panel we did on the ShopBot.
The panel and the letters are 1" SignFoam3 - 15#. The panel background was routed out .5" deep and then another pass was made around the letters with a 1/8" mill end bit just slightly deeper. A chamfer was put on the edge and the panel was cut to shape - all on the ShopBot.
The prismatic letter were also done on the ShopBot using a 120 degree V-bit and then cut to shape with a mill end. The dust was blown off and then spray painted with a rattle can. The surface was painted with One Shot Imitation Gold and then Quick Size and 23k gold leaf.
The panel was sprayed with primer using a HVLP gun and then the background color (Rhino Acrylic) was also sprayed. The border and tops of the letters (on the background) were brushed with acrylics.
Edited to add: the original sign was done 12 years ago...so it has held up rather well, considering it has done battle with a GMC pickup.
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Recently it was in an accident with a driver that had consumed a large quanity of adult beverages (more commonly known as a drunk)and we refurbished the sign and changed one panel from "General Dentistry" to "Family Dentistry". The original sign had hand carved incised lettering with gold leaf, but at the time we restored the sign there wasn't time to go into that much detail because he needed the identification. So, I told him that I would just do an MDO and vinyl overlay and then add a nicer panel later. Insurance paid for the repairs.
Well, three years later we replaced the panel with a dimensional panel we did on the ShopBot.
The panel and the letters are 1" SignFoam3 - 15#. The panel background was routed out .5" deep and then another pass was made around the letters with a 1/8" mill end bit just slightly deeper. A chamfer was put on the edge and the panel was cut to shape - all on the ShopBot.
The prismatic letter were also done on the ShopBot using a 120 degree V-bit and then cut to shape with a mill end. The dust was blown off and then spray painted with a rattle can. The surface was painted with One Shot Imitation Gold and then Quick Size and 23k gold leaf.
The panel was sprayed with primer using a HVLP gun and then the background color (Rhino Acrylic) was also sprayed. The border and tops of the letters (on the background) were brushed with acrylics.
Edited to add: the original sign was done 12 years ago...so it has held up rather well, considering it has done battle with a GMC pickup.
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