Recommend A Good Sign Template Set?

[triplefreak]

Can someone recommend a good router sign template set?
Something I'm looking for has different fonts, and is adjustable to most any size sign. I also need router bit recommendations.
Thanks for any help.

[triplefreak]

Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

[boodrow]

Trip I have an old crapsman set , tis junk dont waste ur money on it , wish I could help u more.
Boodrow

[fredbelknap]

I'm curious too. Just waiting.

[dejure]

I got tired of the limitations and cost of templates out there and they aren't giving away CNS systems yet, so I started making my own. I always have a little Masonite around and I have a good band saw, scroll saw and jig saw. So, why not?

Inset letters are the slowest, but worth the effort.

In a pinch, you could talk to a water jet cutting outfit about having a set cut for you. Shop time would be (ball park) about $250/hour, but you could get several sets of differing fonts and sizes from a single 4x8 sheet of material.

[triplefreak]

Mar 6, 2010 19:25:35 GMT -6 dejure said:

I got tired of the limitations and cost of templates out there and they aren't giving away CNS systems yet, so I started making my own. I always have a little Masonite around and I have a good band saw, scroll saw and jig saw. So, why not?

Inset letters are the slowest, but worth the effort.

In a pinch, you could talk to a water jet cutting outfit about having a set cut for you. Shop time would be (ball park) about $250/hour, but you could get several sets of differing fonts and sizes from a single 4x8 sheet of material.

Yeah, like that's gonna happen...

[TDHofstetter]

Heck, you could talk to Leo & have HIM make a set of templates for you. I doubt he'd charge $250/hour...

Any CNC shop could do it, though; they ordinarily charge something like $90.

[TDHofstetter]

Leo. ArcticFox. Up (to you) near the Cape. With his CNC router rig. He does NICE WORK - I've got a superb office nameplate he made for me... and some folks here have branding irons he made... and templates would be EASY for that machine to make.

[Ruffnek]

Here's one from our former forum hosts.

www.rockler.com/articles/display_article.cfm?story_id=58

[TDHofstetter]

They seem to've discontinued it there, though - it's not in the online catalog, anyway, just the article remains.

Betcha' one could pick one up on eBay... or Amazon:

www.amazon.com/Milescraft-1206-SignCrafter-Signmaking-template/dp/B0006U66DO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1267931484&sr=8-1

[Ruffnek]

Mar 6, 2010 21:12:04 GMT -6 TDHofstetter said:

They seem to've discontinued it there, though - it's not in the online catalog, anyway, just the article remains.

Yep, evidently they have.

Oh well, here's a similar one at Home Depot.

www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100375610