Bill and Isa got involved in hand carved signs more by accident than on purpose, but it has been going very well and the demand for their carved signs is growing. Few people knew they could obtain excellent quality and have it last a long time. Sometime ago they moved into hand carved signs because of public demand. They had a large Screen Printing factory which has now been reduced to just the two of them doing Specialty signs, as well as countless vinyl cut and back lighted signs. Now, lets just carve, and have fun !īill and Isa Hastings have been doing signs for nearly 30 years. Remember, the idea is to keep it simple and have the sign carved in one day.Įach day will start a new class and will be the same routine. They have power sanders for finishing and saws if a shape change is desirable. (Kind of common sense.) They bring the Water Base Acrylics and brushes for you, but if you have a special brush or brushes of your own bring those too. Remember if your doing large letters you may want larger tools, and smaller sign letters smaller tools. They suggest a ½” or 3/8” and other size vee and round gouge, sharp knives, leather strop, sand paper and other finishing necessities. The price will include a computer generated lettering pattern. The size ranges from 6” x 10” up to 12” x 18” in different shapes. They will range from $7.00 to $15.00 per blank. They have a little book made up for this class that is also available for $10.00 and will be most helpful for this occasion and for future sign carving projects.īill & Isa will bring blanks for the jobs that should take only one day. Questions are invited but most will be answered throughout the days carving. with hand tools, power sanders, and other tools for finishing.Įach day will start with the academics of sign carving and should only be about half an hour. And the sharp part isn't aimed at any fleshy parts, anyway.TIPS, TRICKS & TECHNIQUES. If the tool starts to slip, I simply reduce the force. They don't get away from me that way, like a large tool would. I carve sort-of-small projects, and palm tools work for me, because I only use (for the most part) finger force to push the tool. But I don't recall seeing them in palm size. I'll have to go back and look at the Henry Taylor fishtails. When I die, and if my wife is still alive, the (potential) new husband will wonder why I "collected" carving tools. They sit there all shiny in their tool chests that were made just for them. I have about 200 tools (20+ years of buying), between the Dockyard chisels/gouges, Flex-Cut knives and scorps (left and right hand, no less), Pfeil/Henry Taylor/Ashley Iles palm chisels/gouges, and Pfeil big chisels/gouges. I keep them honed to where they can shave hair. It's starting to look like I'm a tool collector, though. I take the wife out once a week, and $35 for a couple of sandwiches in a sit-down place isn't all that unusual.īoT, I'd rather just buy the tool, if I can find it. Man! I can appreciate that sometimes one just doesn't want to make it themselves. It is amazing to me, that people who routinely spend 60 - 100 dollars to fill their gas tank, or 15.00 to get a hamburger and fries, get all weird about spending 30 - 45.00 on a carving tool that will last longer than they will.Price of food.
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