Our Cub Master wanted some plaques for popcorn sales and wanted them to look like popcorn boxes.
I didn’t want to cover nice wood completely with paint so I used PVC. This is what I came up with.
It still needs a little cleanup and a clear coat to give it shine. I am not happy about the visible brush strokes. I masked the whole thing to make painting after carving a little less messy but still have some issues.
I used a #302 for the V carving bits and then an 1/8” O flute bit and a 1/16” upcut.
It took a lot of cleanup after the carve mostly from the V as someone mentioned in a previous thread even though I had RPM pretty low and feed up high. After painting I decided to do a test (should have done it first).
On the left I used the same set of bits but ran the V carve passes twice. It didn’t really help.
On the right I used only the 1/8” O flute and a 1/16” O flute that I forgot I had. So the letters are “square” instead of having the V appearance but the cleaning will be MUCH less.
I guess 2nd and 3rd will get nicer looking plaques than 1st unless I have an abundance of time.
