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Steve Aust from Signs of The Times, is doing an article for the Jan issue on carving and hand crafting signs made from wood. I gave him a couple of names.
Soooooo, who is still using wood and how are you using it? What species do you use?
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I just glued up and carved a Redwood blank. I also carve Mahogany. I'll keep it a secret where I get my Redwood as there isn't much left and no more to come. Plus a friend turned me onto it and I have been sworn to secrecy.
-------------------- Rob Larkham Sign Techniques Inc. Chicopee, Ma Posts: 607 | From: Chester, Ma. | Registered: Apr 2002
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-------------------- Tony Vickio The World Famous Vickio Signs 3364 Rt.329 Watkins Glen, NY 14891 t30v@vickiosigns.com 607-535-6241 http://www.vickiosigns.com Posts: 1063 | From: Watkins Glen, New York | Registered: Sep 2001
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We have done several sandblasted wood signs lately with some decorative routing. I could not find any kiln dried, clear all heart, vertical grain Redwood, so I had to try Western Red Cedar of the same specifications. In my opinion, it doesn't sandblast quite as nicely as the Redwood, however, considering what these signs were replacing, it was awesome. More importantly, the customer loved the final result and most importantly, we got paid.
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5114 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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This is Steve Aust from Signs of the Times, the guy Joe mentioned in his post. If you're a wood devotee, and would like to take part in the article, feel free to contact me directly at 513-421-2050, ext. 308, or steve.aust@stmediagroup.com
Thanks very much,
Steve
-------------------- Steve Aust Signs of the Times Magazine Posts: 14 | From: Cincinnati, OH | Registered: Oct 2001
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Love to use wood when the customer can afford it. Use Mahog, Red Cedar, White Oak, Redwood(when Available)and even Pine.. Black Walnut and Birch for Interior signs. Got into the habit of buying trees and then milling them down. Unfortunatly I lost most my portfolio when my Hard drive crapped out...
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Hond. Mahog C.V.H.G. Redwood Teak Cedar Sugar Pine West system glue w/fiber... never splined, doweled or funky joints. Run it through the table saw 2 sides clamp it take it to the panel sander. Never had a bad one yet!
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I gave up on wood nearly six years ago. The difficulty in securing good redwood and the decline in quality MDO and PT lumber thats twisted into pretzels was just too much.
Im am exclusively synthetic materials now and very much liking what can be done with them on a creative level.
-------------------- Bob Stephens Skywatch Signs Zephyrhills, FL
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Hi Joe, Yes, we still use wood, though its mostly relegated to smaller house signs and quarterboards - at least for outdoor use. The market for 'real' wood signs is mostly what you make it. For a whole lot of things there's no advantage to wood's quirks, but for the traditionalist, or those times you just gotta show the grain, we use sugar pine, mahogany and redwood. We gave cedar a good run, but it is truly dismal to carve compared to the other candidates.
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