Baby Block Letters

Norm did one of these a few years ago.

Routed out the block and letters separately, then glued them in place.

It is one approach.

Lew

Thanks Lew,

That's a good idea I hadn't thought of.

Jack

"Jack" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:

Have you considered making a template yourself? If you place raised letters and borders on the block, that should suffice as a template. (The router would then need to follow around the letters, giving you your cut out.)

Puckdropper

I believe he made the letters on a scroll saw, FWIW.

Another idea is to acquire some small woodcarving tools and carve out the background of the letters. Sort of like a miniature sign carving process.

A set of chip carving tools don't cost that much. And as long as you keep them sharp, they will work fine.

I have seen two sets of baby blocks like this. They were very distinctive and pretty. An advantage of this technique is that you can leave the tooling marks (in the background). It looks better if it is not exactly flat and smooth. The letters would be smooth though.

Maybe it's an excuse to buy a router pantograph and a set of wooden blocks?

John

However, considering all the effort needed to accomplish that, it would be far easier to just go and buy wooden letters and fasten them to blocks. Often, I've seen reasonably flat letters that would your need.

Overhead pin router?

These might be an option but could get expensive depending on how many blocks.