Learn about everything needed to use a router template including the letters a frame cutters and template guide with help from an experienced woodworker in this free video on using wood.
Router letters into wood. Move the router in a clockwise direction around the edge of the character ensuring the guide bush spigot is always touching the inside edge of the template. In order to engrave letters into wood a woodworker will need a very small router with a 1 4 inch routing footing bit. Step 3 finish character. In our example a script cutter is used to rout pictures or script into wood.
Video of the day step 1. Place the wood on a flat surface and clamp if necessary. Drill a 3 8 inch hole through each letter with a cordless drill. They are available in hw or hs.
Things you ll need pre cut wooden letters pen scribe epoxy rotary tool inlay rotary tool bits router base for rotary tool double sided tape blue painter s tape filler sanding block. The other clicks neatly into place but fits only bosch routers. Gouges will help to shape the hand carved letters and smooth them out or add detailed points or other sharp edges. Draw out the letters on the sheet of hardboard.
In both styles you can buy several sizes of bushings to correspond with router bits of various diameters. Chip carving a sharp chisel with two angled lines cut to a point in the middle is used to carve divots into the wood. You have a lot of control over how deep the letters will go and no two designs will be the same. File and smooth the inside perimeter of the letters.
A plunge router does a great job in template work and becomes especially valuable when you want to save both the positive shape that you cut out and the negative shape. Change router bits to work on the edges. Fit the necessary cutter in the collet of the router. Cut the individual letters from the sheet of hardboard with.
Stencils letter and number for painting on wood stencils large alphabet signs calligraphy font upper and lowercase stencils for art and craft signage bistro drawing 40pcs. Switch on the router and plunge the router bit into the surface of the material then activate plunge lock. 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 it s exposed to a rotating bit for too long.