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For the real garage fanatic in the Chicago area, I offer professionally hand-lettered logos and lettering on your garage wall showing your support of your favorite auto make, race team, old service station, etc.! Want a giant Ferrari logo painted on your wall? I'm a traditional signpainter and...

Thought I'd share a few pics of a recent gilding project here at Gasser Signs. We have a lamp in front of our house with an eagle 'finial' on top that has become quite tarnished and basically ugly over the years, Being in the traditional sign business, I have some real gold leaf and size...

Being a signpainter, I have some gold leaf here, and was wanting to gild something. Our front outdoor light had an eagle figurine 'finial' on top that was very tarnished with most of the paint gone. It's a cast aluminum or other non-ferrous metal, I believe. Anyway, here's a pic of the...

General note about vendor reviews Hello Guys, As a vendor myself, I hope I don't really need to say this, but I hope everyone who publicly airs their complaints on here (or anywhere else) about other vendors-----big or small-----has legitimately, reasonably, and fairly tried to settle their...

I'd be interested to hear of any guys who are making a buck here or there with a very minimal welding set-up. I'm talking about guys with just a small MIG welder, grinder, chop saw and a few basic hand and power tools. I sold my Hobart Handler years ago after making a couple nice projects that...

The latest hand-lettering from my shop. The lettering looks much more 'faded' in real life as well as the background panel, which is the look I was going for. Pics tend to fill in the white. Customer didn't want an 'all-out weathering treatment' on this one, so it's not as grungy as some that I...

Looking for any new ideas for fairing curves sawn with a jigsaw in 1/2" plywood. I cut accurately to my line (just allowing the pencil guidelines to show) and am looking for ways to smooth out the slight waves you feel when you run your fingers along the edge. Having built a couple boats, my...

Another 'vintage' hand-lettered RR sign--EDITED I wanted to do just a plain b&w logotype and found this one and made a sign out of it. If you like this kind of stuff, please 'like' and share my facebook page! It's the only 'advertising' I have at the moment! We are over-run with cheap imported...

Thought I'd just start a new thread, since it's a little different topic than another that's already started. I just bought an Eagle metal gas can. The thing I thought of first was that the paint on the thin, formed metal edge on the bottom will probably be gone in no time and rust will...

Well, as you know if you've looked at my profile on here, I'm a signpainter, but also do some woodworking. Put the 2 together, and you get some interesting stuff sometimes! This melamine router shelf pin jig, for instance, is the color I wanted to practice some lettering on in the old 'Hot...

Any of you woodworkers----I've read about (and maybe even tried once years ago) a technique involving clamping an angle fence across the saw blade and taking very small bites feeding the stock across at an angle to create a 'cove', raising the blade a bit between each pass. I want to try this...

Eastwood Metal Shrinker/Stretcher Set---like new! Eastwood metal shrinker-stretcher set for sale. Bought new and used for one small project. Works great! $120 cash pick-up only in Elgin, IL Just email me direct. I hate GJ's messaging! Thanks. e: [email protected]

I've worked a cabinet shop, done trim carpentry and woodworking, as well as doing it on my own when people call from time to time and was wondering if there are any other trim carpentry guys here and if so, how do you charge (in general)---by time or by 'lineal foot'? I'm speaking of the typical...

I have a DeWalt DW733 12.5" planer and have had it for years, but haven't changed or sharpened the blades yet-----one of those tasks I have put off and dreaded for some reason. I have no problem sharpening knives, but that's different altogether! To anyone who has this model planer, what have...

Hand-made by the seller, solid pine trim carpenter's toolbox with half-blind dovetails and sliding dovetail construction with rabbeted drawer faces. Solid brass hardware mortised into drawer faces. Replaceable hardwood 'wear strips' on the bottom. Based on one pictured in 'The Toolbox Book'...

From one in 'The Toolbox Book' (Taunton Press), I built this one many years ago and still use it. Solid pine, half-blind dovetails, brass hardware. Weight: hernia-inducing! :S

A couple planes (the only 2!) I've built and still use. Small rabbet plane and wood smoothing plane. My block place is a Record and I have a Record bench plane and a Stanley jointer plane as well.

Although the stand has now been complete for several years, I just took some decent pics of it-----as decent as I can do with a PowerShot and homemade sweep and no photo editing software, anyway. Solid Walnut.

'Vintage' hand-lettered signs, Professional lettering service. I'll design. Hi Guys, I've got some of my professionally hand-lettered signs for sale. Also will do on-site signpainting in your residence or place of business! Custom garage wall and man cave lettering also available! Please share...