Screw & Timber Sign

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This project is superdoops easy and a christmas present for my step dad. This is a sign made with timber screws used in the lettering - I used this instructable here as a base:

BOM:

  • Woodshop timber (used trimming tool on router to put fillets on the edges)
  • 647 External Timber screws 8-10 x 60mm (~$40)

I began by marking out the pattern as a 8 x 8 mm grid and marking out the font manually. I was going to use excel, but column formatting does not seem to be my forte. I used the font [Yoster Island][1] as a guide to mark out the pixels on the grid. (get it? Mark it out… ha ha)

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I drilled the pilot holes by hand. Next time I will definitely be keen to use the CNC!

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Putting all the screws in is a great watching tv activity. I tried to make sure all the screws were oriented the same way.

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I found a tiny screw in the bottom of the box. I’ve decided to take care of it until it grows up.

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Doneskieees wo0o00o

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If anyone would like to do a similar project, I have a spare 47 screws to throw your way.
[1]: http://www.fontspace.com/codeman38/yoster-island

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Can’t believe the lack of screw puns on this post.

Seriously though, cool project, how long does something like this take?

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Yeah, I really could have driven those jokes into ground… Took about three nights in front of the telly. Probably would be a lot faster using a drill. I was just being meticulous with position and height.

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No sign of any screw-ups!

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Just a few turns.

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wow what a screwy project, that would send me round the twist!

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I have some spray acrylic if you want to gloss it up on tueday night?

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That would be great! I’ll bring it in!

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I think we wood need more screw-related puns in this thread to really bring it to a head.

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we don’t want the humor to taper off now, keep it on-point though!

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Idk, i’d say we are nailing it.

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I am not sorry for driving this thread down into a hole, you wood have done the same. In fact like most screwed up things it turns out the opposite way to how it should go down.

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If you still have left over screws i would love to have them.

And by the way that looks great :smile:

Thank you