I’ve had my machine for a while now(PRO 4 XXL) and have made a lot of jewelry, kitchen items, plates, and bowls. These are my first signs, though. For one reason or another, I had avoided making signs—but now I wish I had started sooner. They’re a lot of fun to create, and people are willing to pay a decent price for them.
I’d love to hear your thoughts or any constructive feedback. Either way, I’m just happy to be part of this awesome community of makers.
Looks clean and balanced. Nice work !
I like how you did the 48. That’s a great idea. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, much appreciated.
thanks for taking the time to send a note. I appreciate your feedback.
Those look good, Chuck. Is that stained oak? Is the black a paint afterwards?
Thanks! The Johnson Road sign is made of mahogany. I used Oramask for the initial carve, sprayed it black, then removed the mask and finished it with tung oil.
That’s what I was wondering but I’ve only bought one mahogany board in my life.
Sapele is the usual substitute for mahogany these days — seems to work/finish the same.
Very nice indeed! I like both pieces.
What kind of jewelry did you make?
Thanks
I made a bunch of necklaces and earrings. I dont have any pictures of the earrings on my laptop right now…
These look great! Nice job.
thank you I really appreciate it. 
I’ve been doing signs for the town conservation properties on my old 3XL for years using tiling. These are made with King ColorCore material which makes a nice sign without a lot of fuss. Unfortunately it is extremely expensive here in NE because it has to be trucked up from Florida.
I have wanted to try materials like King ColorCore. Unfortunately I don’t see the signs here?
I also like the 48 cut. I’ll have to try that on my next design. Nice idea
I have done a few ColorCore projects. The most recent one was 24x36. I did a lot of experimenting before hand and settled on using #102 bit. I could not get a smooth surfaces with the O flute plastic bits no matter what I tried. I tend to end up with fuzzies to clean but get a flat surface. What have you used and been happy with?
Beautiful work very clean looking.
I’ve used 102 on a million color core things and been happy. Quick hit with a deburring tool on an edge and your done.
Yep, I had nicer results than with the O Flute at least in terms of a flat bottom.
Cleanup with a brush and then an Xacto is pretty easy although on a recent project I had a couple of spots where there was a slight height difference for some unexplained reason. It left a line that ai couldn’t clean up nicely and it was a huge project on an $80 piece of material so I don’t want to remake.
I was thinking of hitting it with a heat gun to see if I could improve it but probably would make it worse.
