Not really a true woodworking project, but it's better than nothing lol.
This "Fischer's" sign hung outside my parents home for decades With that house leaving the family this summer due to my mom's death and selling off the estate, I took the sign down and brought it home. It was pretty worn. I didn't take a true "before" shot as I had already sanded down a lot of the rough wood before the first photo here.
The bigger issue was what to do with the "811" on the sign, which was the house number. Our house number is "16700" and there is no way that would fit. Plus it was carved into the wood, not easily changed... what to do?
Ultimately I decided to route out the entire '811' area, and place some sort of "shape" there that was meaningful to the family. But what shape? After toying with musical things, and camping things, and monograms... we ultimately decided on a Golden Retriever.
So, I used my Shaper Origin to cut out a Golden Retriever shape that I found online. Then I used it to route out the old 811 area. Then the whole thing was sprayed black. Once that dried, I sanded off the high surfaces returning them back to a "wood colored" appearance. Finally, the dog shape was glued into the new recess.
I routed a new profile around the edge, since the old one was in sketchy shape. Then I applied 3 coats of floor-grade poly (left over from our stair project earlier this year) for weather protection and gloss.
It now hangs on our house, in a similar way that it did for most of its life in my childhood hometown..
-Tim
P.S. Looks like the photo order got all scrambled - sorry, about that. I don't see a good way to sort them.
This "Fischer's" sign hung outside my parents home for decades With that house leaving the family this summer due to my mom's death and selling off the estate, I took the sign down and brought it home. It was pretty worn. I didn't take a true "before" shot as I had already sanded down a lot of the rough wood before the first photo here.
The bigger issue was what to do with the "811" on the sign, which was the house number. Our house number is "16700" and there is no way that would fit. Plus it was carved into the wood, not easily changed... what to do?
Ultimately I decided to route out the entire '811' area, and place some sort of "shape" there that was meaningful to the family. But what shape? After toying with musical things, and camping things, and monograms... we ultimately decided on a Golden Retriever.
So, I used my Shaper Origin to cut out a Golden Retriever shape that I found online. Then I used it to route out the old 811 area. Then the whole thing was sprayed black. Once that dried, I sanded off the high surfaces returning them back to a "wood colored" appearance. Finally, the dog shape was glued into the new recess.
I routed a new profile around the edge, since the old one was in sketchy shape. Then I applied 3 coats of floor-grade poly (left over from our stair project earlier this year) for weather protection and gloss.
It now hangs on our house, in a similar way that it did for most of its life in my childhood hometown..
-Tim
P.S. Looks like the photo order got all scrambled - sorry, about that. I don't see a good way to sort them.
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