How To Carve Letters In Wood With A Router
You can create art or functional wooden signs.
How to carve letters in wood with a router. The bushing will guide the cutter as it cuts the letter out. Fit the necessary cutter in the collet of the router. Pull the trigger to turn on the router.
When the router base is flat against the template begin sliding the router along the inside perimeter of the template. In this video McDermott demonstrates carving letters in wood starting with the letter R This complex letter covers almost all of the techniques required to carve any other letter in the alphabet. Cleaning of The Routed Letter.
With the paper stencil glued to the wood trace the outside of one letter with the tip of your chip carving knife. Fit the necessary cutter in the collet of the router. In our example a script cutter is used to rout pictures or script into wood.
Begin working on the straight edge of the letter at a slow and steady pace making sure to keep the router moving at all times to prevent burning the wood when its exposed to a rotating bit for too long. Adjust the cutters height to match the depth you wish to cut. So once you are done with one letter remove the clamp place the next letter under the router and tighten the clamp.
Youll learn how to use a clearance tool to remove most of the waste and what type of cutter makes the v-carve pop. Position it directly above the template. You will also know about the wood carving as well.
Using some spray glue stick the lettering to your piece of wood so that you can follow the pattern with your chisel. How to Make Letters With a Router - YouTube. Place the wood on a flat surface and clamp if necessary.