CNC Custom Signage
Ideation
This piece is inspired by my living space. My new apartment is nicknamed the “baddie bungalow” by my roommate and me. I was inspired to create this as a conversation piece to liven our common spaces.
After cutting and painting the sign, I decided it would be cool to have it backlit, since I had a random set of LED strip lights hanging around. It lights up our living room like a disco!
Methods
Designed in Canva, the sign is cut from a a 36"x9"x.75" plywood scrap sheet leftover in the ECU art building. Letters are engraved .125" into the ply.
The piece was primed with BEHR interior/exterior satin finish and spray painted with a neon pink. Letters were hand-painted with BEHR black exterior paint with gold glitter accents. The piece is sealed with high gloss spray sealant.
LED color strip lights are glued to the back of the piece to provide backlight. The piece has 2.5" standoffs hand cut from a 2x4 glued using gorilla glue. It is mounted to the wall using picture wire suspended between the standoffs.
The entirely of the cutting was completed using the CNC Router Shopbot PRSalpha 96-48 in the Jenkins Building Shape Lab on ECU's main campus. Sanding was completed both with an oscillating sander and by hand. Thank you to shop tech Jeb Hedgecock for your assistance!
Iteration
Surprisingly, there was no iteration during the cutting, design, or paint process.
There were issues with attaching standoffs to the piece, first done with gorilla tape but with no success. I then used wood glue and screws to hold the standoffs in place.
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