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    Default Routing Chinese Good Luck Symbols

    Looking for advice to rout Chinese good luck symbols, GOOD LUCK, PROSPERITY, LONGEVITY and HAPPINESS ON TO WOOD BOX LIDS

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    I haven't found any. You may need to create your own. Do post if you find some

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    Are you trying to find the symbols, or asking for advice on "how to..."??
    I may be weird, but I'm saving up to become eccentric.

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    I've carved some "hobo" signs into wooden plaques. One was a symbol which tells wanderers that "nice people live here."
    The router was a wild piece of machinery to hang onto. So was the RotoZip, doing 30,000rpm.
    Draw the calligraphy. Go at it with the appropriate sized wood carving gouges. Nice result.
    Note that the individual brush strokes vary in width = most important.
    No ideas at all how to do that with a router.

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    if I was doing it I would use a Dremel with a suitable routing bit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by justonething View Post
    if I was doing it I would use a Dremel with a suitable routing bit.
    I think I posted a picture of it several years ago, but can't find it now.

    I made a Plexiglas (Perspex) sign with Chinese symbols cut into the back, and filled with paint. I used a Dremel with a very small dovetail bit (probably unnecessary to lock the paint; a straight bit would likely be OK).

    I printed the symbols in reverse (flipped in PaintShop), and attached to the plexiglas with spray adhesive. I used an Xacto knife to cut the edges of the symbols for a neat line. Then excavated the interior with the Dremel, filled with paint, removed the print, and sprayed the background in a contrasting color.

    I briefly toyed with the idea of expanding the technique to include several depths and colors of paint for some bizarre artwork, but it's only on my bucket list for now.

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    I was thinking that a small trim router (ie. non-plunge) and a set of templates would be the go.

    Of course, the results would only be as good as the templates allow... but as they're - theoretically anyway - infinitely re-usable, time spent on making them would be well worth the effort.

    Whether it'd be feasible or not would depend on the desired size. Even with a 2mm router bit I don't think you'd have much success making small (let's say, oh... less than2" high) ideograms look right.
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