Sign Carving With Your Router DVD

Carve custom signs with just an ordinary plunge router! In this DVD, signmaker Jim Bartz gives in-depth instruction on how to design and carve custom wooden signs using a versatile freehand method that requires no lettering templates or guides. From initial design to the final details, Bartz gives helpful tips at every step of the process. Covers both relief and engraved carving methods. 44 minutes long.

Sign carving can be a rewarding hobby or a profitable business, and it doesn't require a lot of expensive tools or space. Topics include: Examples of signs and decorative carvings Tools you'll need Design tips Preparing the workpiece Safety considerations Carving techniques Removing the background Detail work Finishing

Customer Reviews and Photos for: Sign Carving With Your Router DVD Average Rating: 4.5 (4 customer reviews) $28.39 Add your review...

1) Submitted by Randall Deane, from Indianapolis, IN on 4/30/2008 Customer Rating: Jim Bartz does a good job of clearly showing and explaining his free hand technique for sign carving. I found it very helpful. It would have been nice to see many other project examples in more detail, but his main example is excellently presented. He does demo other examples, but not in as much detail as his main sign project. I give his DVD an excellent rating. Thanks Jim.

2) Submitted by Don Lockhart, from Cumberland, ME on 12/18/2007 Customer Rating: I enjoyed this video. The presentation is no-frills, straight forward. Any questions I had after watching were answered by the faq on their website. Bought some 3/8" acrylic plates for router bases, but haven't gotten software to make the templates and attempt actually making one yet.

3) Submitted by Pietro Mandracchia, from Madison, NC on 11/12/2007 Customer Rating: I was just getting into sign carving about a year ago and had no clue what-so-ever what I was doing. The basic techniques displayed in this video got me going and actually inspired me to attempt free-hand sign carving, which is so much more easier than you would think. The narrator of this instructional video, Jim Bartz, does a fine job demonstrating the process. I would highly recommend this DVD, especially if you have any hesitation to try sign carving. You will me impressed at just how simple it is. Have fun.

4) Submitted by Robert Mangold, from Centreville, MD on 10/1/2007 Customer Rating: This DVD was very well done. The tips and demonstrations were great, and although I have never done a sign with a router, I feel pretty confident I can do it now. I especially liked the short videos of the snow-covered countryside between lessons. I wished the narrator would have mentioned the computer program he uses, and I think a little humor in his dialog would have been great. Overall, though, this was a great investment for me and I would recommend it.