[Woodcarver] Carving letters in oak boards

[mfrumer at yahoo.com]

I am volunteering with a park. We need to make signs by carving 7" and 4" letters in oak boards then painting the background and letters in contrasting colors. Our first inclination was to use a router with templates for the letters, but nobody makes templates for letters that large, so I am now looking at drawing the letters and carving them with a Dremel tool. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions about the type of carving tools and techniques to use.

 Michael R. Frumer
mfrumer at yahoo.com


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