timber

mumof3angels

Hi
I love making bits from sewing to needle work to knitting I recently bought a tool for writting on glass, tiles and wood. Now all I need to is find some wood !!! sounds easy .....but I am looking for thin sheets of timber that I can make little signs for family members as xmas pressies any ideas where I could get this and also if any knows of some good websites that would help teach me how to do this also thanks

looksee

It depends a bit on what kind of tool it is, engraving presumably? If it would work on MDF that might be an option, or a good quality ply, both of which you can buy in thin (from about 6mm) half sheets.

B&Q have an excellent cutting service (well the one in Waterford is) and they would cut the sheet into small manageable panels for you. They do the first 4 cuts free, but that actually works out better than it sounds. I got a half sheet of mdf cut into 10 small panels recently and they charged me about €8 for the sheet and the cutting was free.

You need to go and look at what they have and check on sheet sizes and thickness. Then plan out the cuts you want as economically as possible, remembering to consider the grain on ply - no grain on mdf. Don't ask them to do any fancy cuts, if you want to shape the piece you will have to do it yourself with a jig saw or fret saw.

Suggest you root around online for tutorials about engraving on wood, there are excellent tutorials for all kinds of crafts - Instructables.com is one site, but hunt around. Loads of videos here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW2dAaKk6Ko

mumof3angels

Thanks so much would never have thought of there or even if I had would never dreamed they would cut it for me. Going to check out youtube now....excited !! thanks again )