Williams Family Museum Sign

Here is the first sign we created with the Vortech Router. And this is how we did it. The customer has been collecting guns for over 40 yrs and his dream was to open a private museum under his families name. As we live in Nevada he wanted a western look and something to compliment his gun collection. We first wanted to give the sign a old burnt antique look.

So we took a torch and lightly burnt the surface and put the material in the router to cut out the shape. Next we wanted to use a compilation of deck lumber stacked for the lettering, because back in the 'old days' they didnt use sign foam. After we cut out the letters twice on the Vortech Router we stapled and glue them together and primered them with a one shot primer

After the letters were primed we painted them black to start to give them a antique look. We then used mdf to router out a 3d model of a hand gun. We used a 1851 navy colt. The mdf is easy to finish and router.

The Detail is amazing. The 3d model only took about 2 hrs for two guns. Next I painted the gun using a airbrush and brushes to make it look real.

I airbrushed the gun and dry brushed the handle to give it a real wood look. The airbrush was used to give it the old look. as you can see in the next picture.

After these guns were done we decided to use pine for the next rifle as most of the gun is wood stock. We made a 3d relief on our Vortech Router.

Next we stained the stock and painted the rest silver with one shot. I then took my airbrush and gave it a old look. The router is totally amazing in the detail it does.

Here is the finished rifle.

Next I decided to do a set of wagon wheels as the customer collects wagon wheels as well. So I cut them out of mdf as well. I cut them out on the router and cut out hubs to give it a more 3d look. I then painted them with one shot ivory and then dry brushed them to give them a real wood look. The wheels were added for that little extra rustic look.

And here is the final sign with a totaly happy customer. This sign took approx. 50 man hrs to complete but in the end we achived the look we wanted thanks to our Vortech Router and a little creativity.