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Reference
Carbide Steel Grades Comparison Charts Gear Theory Make Your Own Gears Sign Sizes Sign Making Information Specification Sheet Make Photoshop Templates
Sign Example Websites
Cedar Sign Gallery

Perfect shapes, quality and sizes

Lumber Jocks Videos Teds Woodworking Project Plans Wood Workers Workshop Free Woodworking Plans

Perfect shapes, quality and sizes

Create Your Wood Sign

Painted / printed signs - store merchandise

Rooted And Grounded

Painted and printed - Christian merchandise for stores

3 D Woodworker

Quality Outdoor large carved signs - probably CNC

Watson Wooden Words

Bright Painted 3D, Bonney Lake, WA

Rocky Knob Wood Crafts

Material choices and sign options

Yankee Wood Carvers

Categories and examples

Carved Custom Wood Signs

Beautiful work and patterns

Custom Wood Signs

Carved and painted outdoor signs

Carved Wood Signs - Winnacott Designs

Great selection and variety

Some Guy's Signs

Choice Selection and prices

Designs And Signs

More Examples

Board And Brush

DIY Workshops, locations and times

Make A Wood Sign

Patterns, Fonts, Templates and tools. Also a YouTube channel

Papers
In Memory Of Gail Amundsen.doc In Memory Of Teresa Davila.doc Ward's Gone Fishing Archive.doc Examples.doc Finishing.doc Fonts.doc Lettering.doc Patterns.doc Shapes.doc Wood.doc
Supplies
ACE Hardware.com Alphabet Signs Amana Bits

Carving Liner

American Sign Letters ( 4" - 36"> American Science Surplus Artresin

Hardener 1:1, has sample pigment colors

Bow River Woods & Specialty Tools Casey's Wood Products CWP 2014 Catalog Casey Wood Products 2014 Catalog Corel Draw Crafted Elements

Patterns and Templates

Customer Service Hardware (CSH)

Patterns & Templates

Do It Best DollarRama (Canada) Dollar Tree Empire Abrasives

Kingspor sanding discs

Etsy 979Laser:

Has 1", 2" and 3" 1/8 Clarendon; also 1" - 24" available as single letters. Free shipping in the U.S.

Eye Candy resin

Colored pigment powder colors

Fox Chapel Flexcut Carving Tools Free fonts Freeman Furnishings Harbor Freight Harbor Freight Order Form Hobby Lobby Home Depot HValley

MLCS, Eagle America

Inkscape Innovo Stencils

8717 102nd St Apt d5, Richmond Hill, NY 11418-2027

Kutzall

Burrs: Sphere, bull nose, ball nose, rasps

Extreme shaping discs: med, coarse, extra coarse

Lehman's Hardware Lizzy's shop

The House Of Timber

Lowes Joanne's Katz - Moses

Woodworking, Tools & Tips

Krylon sprays:

Crystal Clear, Flat Black Primer replaces ink, blue nozzle = fine spray

Make A Wood Sign and Their Amazon Store

Fonts: Bookman, Clarendon, Fatty, Tiki, Universal, Western

Bits: Profile, 1/8 and 1/4 upcuts, 60 & 90 deg, Carving Liner

Marsh Inks

Zoro tools for cases

Store cans upside down. Spray inks blend well with main colors red, yellow, green, blue black, white

Make Market McFeely's Fasteners Michael's Art Supply Microsoft Paint Mountain Gear Posteriza Quick Screws Sawbird Sign Foam Plastics Sourcing docx Stadtlander Carvings Sublime Art Supply

Tsawwassen B. C. Canada

Surplus Center TEK Supply Tjernlund Products Tombow Art and Sign Supply

Paint Pens (Use sealer - can fade after a month or so)

Total Boat Maker Poxy 1:1

by Total Boat

Resin and hardener and colors

Resin Calculator Trodat Ideal

Water Based Inking Stamps

U line Shipping, packing, plastic bags

US Art Supply Online Only Whiteside Bits

SC50 Carving Liner

0 flute = plastics, 2 flute = patterns. Machine sharpen only

Spiral Upcut Carbide ru2076A 1/4 shank .25 Dia .75 L, 2.5 Tall

Woodworkers Source Zoro Tools

Industrial supplies and tools

Veritas Tools
Project Kits
Cherry Tree Toys

Select 'shop' from the menu

Clock Parts Clock Works Emperor Clock Home Depot Klockit Lakeshore Learning (Young Woodworker's) Modeler's Central Tactile Modeling Rockler Woodcraft Wooden Gear Clocks Woodworking Kits
Pattern Sheets
Pattern Sheet 1 PicSheet.doc PicSheet1.doc PicSheet2.doc PicSheet-3 x 4 - 6.doc PicSheet-6 x 3.doc pictures of ferns.odt Bee3-5.doc Bee3.5.doc Bees_4_U-1.pdf Bee Logo Ward-6x Bird-TwoBirdsLg.doc Bird-TwoBirdsMed.doc Butterfly3.5.doc CenturyNumbers-2.doc CenturyNumbers-4.doc CenturyNumbers-6.doc fern pictures.odt Finches.doc HaveaHoot.txt Holly Scripts HoneyBeeFamily.avif My Favorite Hangout-Edwardian Script My Favourite Hangout-Edwardian Script My Favorite Hangout-Kunstler Script My Favourite Hangout-Kunstler Script My Favorite Hangout-Palace Script My Favourite Hangout-Palace Script OldenburgNumbers-2.doc OldenburgNumbers-3.doc OldenburgNumbers-4.doc OldenburgNumbers-6.doc Paradise-Edwardian Script Paradise-Kunstler Script Bold Paradise-Kunstler Script Bold Paradise-PalaceScript Paradise-Palace Script Paradise-Palace Script Roses.doc Snowflakes.doc Welcome-Edwardian Script Welcome-Kunstler Script Welcome-Kunstler Script Bold Welcome-Kunstler Script Welcome-Palace Script WoodPlanes.doc
Publications
I Fix It

Free Repair Guides

Bird House Chart

Online

ManualsLib.com

PDF Manuals Free Library

Large Project Index . WoodArchivist Skill Set Index . WoodArchivist 1932 Woodworkers Manual

Complex furniture & Power Tools

1937 Amateur Power Working Tools

Archie Frederick Collins

Art of Woodworking - 40 Projects
Wood
Bow River Woods & Specialty Tools Casey's Wood Products Casey's Wood Products 2014 Catalog
Spec Sheets
Size and Scale Comparison

Size and Scale Comparison

OTWCus-5

Horizontal, Landscape Proportions

Lamination height buildups 5" wide stock: 7"=1+.25, 9"=2, 11"=2, 14"=3, 16"=3 etc. (Start with wide enough stock)

Stock Finished Cut Sizes

7 x 18, 9 x 22, 11 x 28, 14 x 36, 16 x 40

See 'Shape Dimensions' for details on specific signs

Rectangles: 4 x 18, 4 x 24, 6 x 18, 6 x 24, 6 x 30

Live To Ride: 9.75 x 4, 6 x 15, 8 x 20

Gone Fishing: 7.25 x 14.25

Another Day In Paradise: 5.5 x 24

My Favo(u)rite Hangout 5.5 x 24 (Edwardian Script)

Dog Bones: 1.5 x 4, 2 x 6.5, 2.5 x 9, 3 x 10

Ribbons: 3 x 12, 4 x 16, 5 x 24

Welcome: 5.5 x 15

Scrolls: 2 x 9.75 (and 9 inset outset pairs)

Arches: 4 x 14, 4 x 18, 6 x 24, 12 x 24

Animal Line Art 9LRC.doc Boxes.txt Have A Hoot text Live To Ride Lg Live To Ride Medium LiveToRideMed.txt PrintPointSpecs.doc Rose1Sizes.doc Sign Shapes 1 - 12 Sign Shapes 13 - 23 Sign Shapes 24 - 29 Sign Sizes.doc 13 OvSq series 14 OvSq series 15 Rd Ov series 16 ovTop 21 Lg Ov 22 Wide Ov 24 Wide Ov 25 x 12 Add On 2 26 Wo Wide Cross Dog Bones Bear Claw Ribbons Live To Ride Whimsical Wood Cartoon Style