A while back I spoke to the owner of my barber shop and we made a deal that I would make name plaques for him and the other barber to hang in the shop in return for putting my name visible on the face. The theory being that a small town barber shop is kind of a gathering place and I could use the advertising. Easy project right? :no: During the making of these plaques I had my shop built air cleaner expire:gar-Cr My ancient Ryobi router followed shortly thereafter 
The beading bit I wanted to use for edging was not amongst my inventory so for cost efficiency I purchased a large set of router bits :confused_
Final project cost:
New Jet Air cleaner $260
Freud Router Set $95
Router Bit Set from Amazon $98
Plastic combs $1
Wood was free cabinet shop castoffs
Hopefully these $454 plaques will generate some more work !! :rotflm:
If not, at least I got some new tools :gar-La;
The plaques are made from oak with the scissors scrolled from cherry and painted silver. Letters were cut with a template set and router. Finish is a wash coat of flat black paint and BLO.
The name labels were made on a Brother P-touch electronic labelmaker using clear tape and the "wooden" border option.:wsmile:
The beading bit I wanted to use for edging was not amongst my inventory so for cost efficiency I purchased a large set of router bits :confused_Final project cost:
New Jet Air cleaner $260
Freud Router Set $95
Router Bit Set from Amazon $98
Plastic combs $1
Wood was free cabinet shop castoffs
Hopefully these $454 plaques will generate some more work !! :rotflm:
If not, at least I got some new tools :gar-La;
The plaques are made from oak with the scissors scrolled from cherry and painted silver. Letters were cut with a template set and router. Finish is a wash coat of flat black paint and BLO.
The name labels were made on a Brother P-touch electronic labelmaker using clear tape and the "wooden" border option.:wsmile:
