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Actually if you are going for lasting power you need to do 3 things 1) Seal the grain of the wood with a good water proof / resistant sealer like tung oil ( the Chinese used it for thousands of years to water proof their boats) 2) Choose the wood you want to use carefully - Cypress, Cedar and Oak and marine plywood tend to be good contenders - a lot is going to depend upon how thick you are making your sign. 3) When you top coat the sign use several thin even coats not big heavy ones making sure you get the nooks and crannies or the weather will get in that much faster. Spar Varnish is what the boat industry traditionally used on boats for this kind of thing. Looking forward to seeing your sign when you get it completed. DW

Very nicely done Loren. Those came out great. Thanks for sharing them with us. DW

Very well done. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Nicely done Kevin. Even sleepy you still made a bunch of saw dust. Thanks for sharing these with us. DW

Welcome Stephanie from Mentor, OH. Feel free to ask questions we have a very friendly village here. Looking forward to seeing your progress. DW

That is very interesting Jim. I am sure that he is going to like that. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Very nicely done Al. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Very nicely done Neil on all of them. Those came out great, Thanks for sharing these with us. DW

Very nicely done. Love the pairing of the wood grain with the pattern. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Those came out great Bobby. Thanks for sharing them with us. DW

Very nicely done Denny. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

That came out great Kevin. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Very nicely done Pete. Thanks for sharing this with us. I have a master ensuite that needs referb........ DW

Those came out great Kevin. Thanks for sharing them with us. DW

Very different Bob. I like that. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Very nicely done Dave. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Awesome work there.. Those grandkids are really going to enjoy playing with those I bet. Thanks for sharing them with us. DW

Earl that was most excellently done. Great job. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Dan your grandson is really going to love that. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Nicely done project. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Nice display Roly. Too bad your sales has had a slump. They will be times were this happens, keep the faith, your work is good, very good. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Nicely done. Thanks for sharing this with us Joe. DW

Nicely done. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Excellently done Pete. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Len I never thought otherwise. In a bankruptcy everything is retained and sold off or put in some form of receivership and I was willing to bet that they had done this with the pattern database as well. I do agree with Travis's answer and the decision to pull the pattern. There is a real need to overhaul the copyright law(s) and make them more comprehensive and understandable. DRM is a disaster and was a knee jerk response to a perceived issue. Politicians should probably not be the ones crafting this law as they are corruptible and can and have been influenced by money and favors thrown their way. The real question is when does it become public domain? According to Travis's answer if a 40 year old designer made a pattern today and lived to the ripe old age of 90, then add the 75 years to the 50 years this designer lived after designing that pattern and publishing it and that pattern would become public domain in the year 2141. One of my questions was touching this in what happens to that patterns status IF the designer is dead and does not have an estate for which this pattern would belong to, would this pattern belong to the public domain sooner than would otherwise be? DW