Writing in / on wood

Fri, Jan 16, 2004, 5:18pm (EST+5) [email protected]
(Doug=A0Kanter) says:
I need to put a 7 letter word on a wood project <snip>

Besides what everyone else told you, if you use a durable finish,
you could use stick on letters. Or, I glue paper on some projects, with
very good results. Of course, you'd have to prnt out whatever you
wanted on the paper, first. Or, you could paint on whatever.

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On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:18:39 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I need to put a 7 letter word on a wood project (a stepstool) made of birch
>ply. I'd try engraving it with a Dremel, but my handwriting is ridiculous.
>Is there any such thing as a set of lettering templates that would stand up
>to being bumped by a spinning Dremel bit? Other solutions? The lettering
>needs to be about 2" high, but not necessarily fancy. If the result is inset
>letters, I'd paint the indented areas to contrast with the surround.
>
Call around to a local trophy award, plaque or sign shop. You could
probably find one that would engrave it for 5 or 10 dollars.

"Doug Kanter" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I need to put a 7 letter word on a wood project (a stepstool) made of birch
> ply. <snip>

I have used iron on transfers with good success. Get the iron on paper
at an office supply store, make what ever design you like on the
computer, print it out and iron it on, and cover with some poly.
Obviously you will want to do a test on scrap first. Hope it helps.

John D.

How about a router mounted on a pantograph? Course, if the stepstool is
already assembled it could be tricky...
I've got one from Sears that included a few pictures as well as, I think, 2
sets of letters to get you started.

From Sears's web site: Sears item #00925187000. $55.00. Maybe eBay can get
it lower.

Doug


"Doug Kanter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I need to put a 7 letter word on a wood project (a stepstool) made of
birch
> ply. I'd try engraving it with a Dremel, but my handwriting is ridiculous.
> Is there any such thing as a set of lettering templates that would stand
up
> to being bumped by a spinning Dremel bit? Other solutions? The lettering
> needs to be about 2" high, but not necessarily fancy. If the result is
inset
> letters, I'd paint the indented areas to contrast with the surround.
>
>

Hey....that's a really good idea. Thanks. Mind if I steal it? :-)

"LP" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:18:39 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >I need to put a 7 letter word on a wood project (a stepstool) made of
birch
> >ply. I'd try engraving it with a Dremel, but my handwriting is
ridiculous.
> >Is there any such thing as a set of lettering templates that would stand
up
> >to being bumped by a spinning Dremel bit? Other solutions? The lettering
> >needs to be about 2" high, but not necessarily fancy. If the result is
inset
> >letters, I'd paint the indented areas to contrast with the surround.
> >
> Call around to a local trophy award, plaque or sign shop. You could
> probably find one that would engrave it for 5 or 10 dollars.
>
>
>

Thank you. I was going to include in my question the fact that this could be
a one-time thing, but who knows? I own at least 20 tools that were one-time
use items, but turned out to be otherwise. What the hell....why not another?
:-)

"Doug" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> How about a router mounted on a pantograph? Course, if the stepstool is
> already assembled it could be tricky...
> I've got one from Sears that included a few pictures as well as, I think,
2
> sets of letters to get you started.
>
> From Sears's web site: Sears item #00925187000. $55.00. Maybe eBay can get
> it lower.
>
> Doug
>
>
> "Doug Kanter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I need to put a 7 letter word on a wood project (a stepstool) made of
> birch
> > ply. I'd try engraving it with a Dremel, but my handwriting is
ridiculous.
> > Is there any such thing as a set of lettering templates that would stand
> up
> > to being bumped by a spinning Dremel bit? Other solutions? The lettering
> > needs to be about 2" high, but not necessarily fancy. If the result is
> inset
> > letters, I'd paint the indented areas to contrast with the surround.
> >
> >
>
>

T. wrote:

> Besides what everyone else told you, if you use a durable finish,
> you could use stick on letters. Or, I glue paper on some projects, with
> very good results. Of course, you'd have to prnt out whatever you
> wanted on the paper, first. Or, you could paint on whatever.

I hadn't thought of that, but now that you've reminded me, I've used dry
transfer letters and decals for stuff like that. Topped with poly in those
days. I'm not sure how they would fare with shellac or lacquer. Worth a
try.

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