Arch House Sign

[baricl (Loren Baric)]

Made from 1/2 PVC Board. Carbide Create V743

House Sign Arch Sean LaFontine.c2d (320 KB)

[JayGee (Jesse Glessner)]

Nice work! Looks good.

[baricl (Loren Baric)]

Thanks. Here’s another file with a little larger design. This one is 11 x 17 instead of 9 x 11 still made with with 1/2 PVC

House Sign Arch 3 - 11.25 x 18.0 x 0.50.c2d (380 KB)

[gdon_2003 (Guy Donham)]

The most important feature of an address sign is your house is found in an emergency . Of course invited guests want to find you as well.

Your sign looks great. Just make sure is readily available in plain sight.

Some cities change addresses in the middle of a block or you are on the edge of another city or county.

Google used to be pretty lousy at finding your address but they have improved over time.

[Griffwood1 (Jay Griffin)]

Very nice. And thanks for sharing the file. Did you do any masking before painting? What paint works well on the PVC board?

[baricl (Loren Baric)]

I just use regular RustOleum indoor/outdoor spray paint for the cut parts. Then with a small 4 inch foam roller paint the top coat with Acrylic semigloss outdoor paint . Then i apply a clear coat to help protect the finish. No masking is done. When doing the top coat don’t put too much paint on the roller and don’t press down too hard so the paint doesn’t get into the cut part.

Sometimes I do put a piece of clear shelf liner paper on top of the project before i cut everything to make painting a little easier. If the design is very intricate i don’t this because its a pain to peal off little pieces of the film after spraying the cut parts. Although it would work well for this piece.

1. Apply clear shelf liner to project
2. Cut Project
3. Spray cut part with dark rustoleum spray paint. Flat
4. Dab off extra overspray paint with a soft cloth
5. Let Paint Dry for a bit. It dry’s pretty fast
6. Remove clear shelf liner
7. Roll on top coat
8. Dry with heat gun on lowest setting (Dry’s paint so i can immediately apply second coat if needed) Skip this step and go to step 10 if you don’t think a second coat is needed
9. Roll on second top coat. Air dry.
10. Air drying lets the paint settle on the final coat and gives a nicer finish than using the heat gun
11. Let dry a couple hours and apply Clear Coat Finish

Here’s two more designs of a simpler house sign. These are really easy and quick to make because they use a 1/4 end mill. Using clear shelf liner would work very well on these

House Sign Vertical - Pocket.c2d (156 KB)

House Sign Horizontal - Pocket.c2d (100 KB)

[baricl (Loren Baric)]

Here’s another one i did for a Dentists office;

Dental Squad.c2d (512 KB)

[baricl (Loren Baric)]

How about a nice little xmas sled. I started out doing this one on the CNC. Then last fall i got a laser engraver and found it was so much easier to cut this out on the laser. The little pieces in the Slats and Runners file are the runners for under the sled

[baricl (Loren Baric)]

Get lots of comments on this one on the back window of my truck