Routed, Burned, Beaten and Sealed

Post by **Kimon** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:24 pm

New feed store in my area wanted a rustic ranch type sign. I took the piece of cypress and threw it on the cnc. Turned out well but a little too perfect so I ended up finishing it with a mallet and hand chisel. Then I beat it with a chain and burned it with a torch. Finished with a clear poly sealer. Then we wrapped it with rope. I will take more pics of it hanging and the other signs in the package when I go back to install a few more signs. Its now hanging in the feed store's indoor coral right next to a horseican. They loved it, I didn't care for the way the knots showed up in the U and under the N but it was supposed to be rustic.

BTW the background was done using v-carve pro's new texture feature and a 1" core bit.

Post by **Tony Mac** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:54 pm

Excellent job Kimon!

Nice use of the 3D Texture machining in VCPro.
How long was the job on the router?

Tony

Post by **dighsx** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:12 pm

That must have felt funny beating a perfectly nice piece of wood. What effect does wrapping it in rope have?

Looks good by the way.

Post by **Kimon** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:47 pm

It took about 2 hours total machine time and wrapping it in rope was cosmetic, it was to make it more western looking and apear to be lashed to the fence posts, I will take some more pics when I go back to add some more signage to the store tomorrow.

Post by **Les_linton** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:37 pm

Kimon,

I seem to always be looking for the crisp corner, the perfect joint or the slick “perfect” finish….

It would appear that I need to step back and open my eyes to the “less than perfect” look…. Which by the way… looks perfect.

Great job,

Les

Post by **Kimon** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:23 am

Heheheh, exactly!

Next job I will be looking for perfection but this one actually picked me up two more while I was doing the instal.

Post by **RoutnAbout** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:28 am

Kimon,
Fantastic job and looks.

After viewing it several times, I wonder what it would look like to attempt to give the area where the letters texture before cutting the cutting the letters, And then the same texture around the letters after they've been cut. The same texture but maybe just at a slightly different angle and then giving it the tourch job.

But I don't really see how one could improve on such a great creative job.

Keep the images coming.

Post by **dighsx** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:21 am

If you don't mind me asking Kimon, what did you charge for doing the sign? I never know what anything is worth or how to value things.

Post by **Jason Marsha** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:54 am

Well after being Routed, Burned, Beaten and Sealed your sign looks excellent. Keep up the good work.

Jason

Post by **Kimon** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:57 pm

Here she is all tied up with rope! In my first post it was a little unclear what the rope was for. It is only to hide the fasteners and apear a little more "western"

Customer supplied materials

Design time 1/2 hour @ 56.50 and Hour
Table Time 1 hour @ 78.50
Finishing time 1 hour @ 78.50

Subtotal 185.25

Markup for value of wooden carved beaten (hehehe) 50% $92.63

Total $277.88

Post by **RoutnAbout** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:25 pm

Great Job Kimon, really looks good.

Post by **dighsx** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:48 pm

Ahhh now I see how the rope fit in. Looks really nice and thank's for the pricing info. I always have an hard time judging the value of things I make.

Post by **Jason Marsha** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:00 pm

Excellent looking sign, reasonable price, your customer should be very happy.

Jason