Scripture on coasters

[Raptor66]

I have recently been asked to make some coasters with Psalm 34:4 on them. Do any of you have any ideas of how to do that with a scroll saw?

 

Thank you in advance.

 

Chris

[amazingkevin]

Someone can help you soon,hang in there it's a holiday weekend

[Lucky2]

Chris, that's going to be a lot of cutting to place on a coaster. How large are the coasters going to be, regular size or larger?

Len

[Dan]

I agree with Len. With that much lettering in a small place, I hate to say it, but I think you would be better off having it laser engraved. 

[Raptor66]

The coasters are 4"x4". I think you guys are right, I think I'll have a artistic person write the scripture on them and I'll apply some sort of finish.

[breadstick]

Depending on your skills with a spiral blade, I think this is doable.  If you get a large spiral blade, like a #7, I think it would turn out really well.

[Jim Finn]

After a bit of experience, I can now inlay one inch tall letters using my scroll saw.  Would that fit?

Before doing it that way, I printed out what I wanted and glued it to the wood and applied many, many layers of finish over it. (Decoupage)

[WayneMahler]

Thinking about this today. Played with it in inkscape for a bit. It is doable, I would suggest 1/4" hardwood for cut and 1/4" hardwood for a backer. There will lots of weak areas but it can be done. Here is a rough copy of the play time.

 

Edited March 28, 2016 by WayneMahler

[Raptor66]

Wayne that looks good and I like your idea of how to make it. Thank you!

[WayneMahler]

Wayne that looks good and I like your idea of how to make it. Thank you!

Thanks for the kind words. And your very welcome. 

[cynbone]

Depending on your skills with a spiral blade, I think this is doable.  If you get a large spiral blade, like a #7, I think it would turn out really well.

Just curious, how is a large spiral going to make it easy to cut words on a 4x4 coaster. Maybe I missed something?

[breadstick]

If all you're doing is cutting the letters out, you could just use the blade on one pass and have that as your cutout instead of tracing around the cutout like you do with a flat blade.  I know I'm not explaining this well, but with the spiral blade you're just cutting on one line. With the flat blade, you're basically cutting around the letter.