Thread: Letter Carving

you may have to make templates using a pantograph

At that small size, I don't think you can achieve the required level of finesse with templates and bushed router bits. The templates would need overlapping cavities, even within individual letters. A pin-guided pantograph, with the router itself at the output point, might work with a few cycles of practise on scrap.

If budget permits, I'd also consider having it done by a CNC shop or laser-cutting service.

In any event, it'll be easier if the edges are not yet attached to the tabletop. I suppose you already know that.

[Classical pin-routing, with a reverse-reading template on the back of the workpiece, might be simpler. In this process, an arm holding a small pin spans over the workspace on a router table to guide the workpiece. Even there, you'll probably need to make your own template set. With so many font styles to consider, I doubt anyone manufacturers them as standard products.]

Joe

I am of the same thinking as joe. I have been looking at lettering like this and it only seems to be obtained using a cnc router machine. Lettering templates for hand held routers are very limited in their font styles.