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Large timber letters

  • 26-10-2013 7:30pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 1,655 ✭✭✭


    Want to get 3 letters done on wood for bedroom wall.... Checked online & price are ridiculous so thinking of getting sheet of ply & cutting out myself but how can I get letter transfer onto wood ( want letters about 20 inches of do) - any ideas???


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  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,317 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    You could copy the letters out on tracing paper then lay the paper on the plywood and tape it in place then go along your lines with a nail or something pointy and punch along them, then remove the tracing paper and join the dots on the plywood.
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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,655 ✭✭✭1966


    Thanks ... Think I can just about manage that alright .... Will get letter templates printed in print shop and go from there. Best prices I got online were €80 per letter ....

    Thank you!


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,317 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    If you could find a workshop with a large CNC router they could cut them out for you for a few quid, €80 a letter is taking the p..s :eek:





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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 987 ✭✭✭The Glass Key


    With most printers even A4 ones you can print out 3ft letters. One letter could be on 6 pieces of paper but you can tape them together and use fergal.b's method above.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,804 ✭✭✭recipio


    I'd be inclined to ask your local stationary shop to blow up a small letter on a commercial photocopier. It should manage 20 inches ?
    Also, unless you use something like 3/4" Baltic ply it will have a tendency to warp. MDF would be more stable.


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  • Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,655 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tokyo


    Unless you're planning on using some god-awful spirally font for these letters, ten minutes with a jig-saw and a rub of sandpaper afterwards will do the trick. To transfer the letters to the board, print each letter A4 sized, and blow them up on a photocopier to the size that you want.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,804 ✭✭✭recipio


    If you have to shape thickish material like 3/4" ply its better to make a template out of 6mm MDF which will sand and cut easily and then cut your main material with a bearing guided router bit.


  • Registered Users Posts: 378 ✭✭Fingalian


    I use carbon paper to transfer patterns to timber. Its old fashioned stuff but you can get it in a good Office Suppliers. Tape to the wood, put pattern on top and trace away, works good for complex stuff.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭jack of all


    Fingalian wrote: »
    I use carbon paper to transfer patterns to timber. Its old fashioned stuff but you can get it in a good Office Suppliers. Tape to the wood, put pattern on top and trace away, works good for complex stuff.

    I'll give you my poor man's version- works in a pinch if you don't have carbon paper on hand! Hold your pattern up against a window pane, back to front, and shade the outline of the pattern with a soft (2B or similar) pencil. Remove from the glass and you now have a carbon sheet that'll do for one use at least. I've used this method in the past to transfer lettering to signboards for subsequent hand painting.


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