Dimensional Signs

Routers Do It Better

Routers can help you do the job–easily

Published

18 years ago

March 16, 2006

Jenny Schnetzer Signs of the Times March 2006 Issue

As router capabilities continue to grow, so do your possibilities as a designer and sign-maker. For instance, router manufacturers are progressively increasing the size of their machines’ cutting areas (some exceed 12 by 12 feet), which means bigger projects–and profits–for sign-makers. Also, many of the systems on the market are dual-function systems, meaning they can perform routing and engraving tasks.

Even if a machine has unattended-operation capabilities, a savvy sign professional remains the key component. Our featured sign-makers were happy to display their projects and share their tricks of the trade.

Using a hand-held (non-computerized) router from Hitachi Ltd. (Tokyo), Edwards Sign Studio (Gaylord, MI) created this scrumptious, two-sided, 3-by-5-foot carved sign. The background is sandblasted 2-inch Sign Arts Products Corp.’s Sign

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