I wanted a street sign that wasn't an everyday thing - stamped brass numbers from the Home Depot
or a set of painted wooden screw-ups from K-Mart nailed to a tree out front...








The Concept - drawn in AutoCAD - this is just a sketch, the final version is slightly different...

In series as work progresses:

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Picture 15
Picture 16
Picture 17 - Added 17 Oct 03
Picture 18 -       |              Roughing out is done...
Picture 19 - Added 26 Oct 03  Start 'weaving'
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Picture 25 -       |              Rough 'weaving' is done - Total time so far - about 14 hours
Picture 26 - Added 21 Nov 03
Picture 27 -       |             Sanding, scraping, more sanding...
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Picture 31 -       |              More to do - more pictures later...  Up to about 19 hours...

Picture 32 - Added 12 July 04 - Done at last - Copper roofed and 5 coats of Varathane...  Total time: 38 hours (not including drying...)
                     There are two 3/4"x3/4" angle iron legs attached to the back and stuck in the ground about 16"