How to Make Wood Signs: Techniques for Creating Personalized Projects Using the Scroll Saw Plus Tips on Painting and Finishing (Fox Chapel Publishing) Custom Sign-making Tutorials for Woodcarvers

Learn how to create your own beautifully handmade wooden signs! Complete beginner's guide to wooden sign making for DIYers, crafters, scrollers, CNC users, and woodworkers Detailed overviews on tools, materials, safety, scroll saw basics, troubleshooting, and other fundamental skills Step-by-step tutorials for sign-making techniques organized by difficulty, including cutting lettering, painting, making backers and frames, adding epoxy resin, laser engraving, plastering, and more Practice patterns and four step-by-step projects to try while practicing the sign-making techniques as you learn them Create customized gifts for special occasions like weddings, birthdays, birth announcements, and holidays, or for everyday use in your home, like welcome signs, kids' room signs, and decorative wall art Stunning gallery of full-color photos of finished products to inspire your creativity Author Kendra Chura is a self-taught woodworking artist and sign maker who knows exactly how to introduce, guide, and teach complete beginners to the craft so you can create with confidence A must-have woodworking book for both aspiring and advanced crafters and DIYers, How to Make Wood Signs will show you everything you need to know to create beautifully handmade scroll saw art and wooden signs! Featuring comprehensive opening sections on tools and materials selection, scroll saw basics, safety, sign-making basics, leveling up and finishing, epoxy resin inlays, troubleshooting, and more, equip yourself with the essential skills needed before you dive into the sign making technique sections. From the basics, like cutting lettering using a scroll saw or laser machine, and hand painting, to the more challenging skills of using epoxy resin, engraving, and other next-level techniques, you'll learn everything you need to know to make amazing signs in wood. This complete beginner's guide to making small wooden signs and personalized keepsakes also includes step-by-step projects to try, as well as practice patterns. Perfect for housewarming and wedding gifts, nurseries, and other personalized keepsakes both for you and your family and friends, this exciting and fun guide to sign making will inspire your DIY projects and original designs for years to come! Author and self-taught woodworking artist and signmaker Kendra Chura knows exactly how to introduce, guide, and teach complete beginners to the craft so they can create with confidence. Kendra Chura is a contributor to Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts and is the owner of KendrasGotWood (webiste) where she sells original patterns, wooden signs, and epoxy art. Beginner to advanced scroll sawyers, woodworkers, and epoxy crafters will all have a blast expanding your woodworking skills and seeing all the possibilities of what you can make, with How to Make Wood Signs! "Complete with beautiful patterns, Kendra shares tips on how to make signs on the scroll saw for hobbyists as well as those pursuing a side hustle or full-time endeavor. The book provides a wealth of information on making frames, which tools to use, and so much more! A truly high-value resource!" Stephen Dinesen, president, Bear Woods Supply Company