Scrap Wood Sign Project

We've been working on busting our wood stash. Here's this week's project from the scrap pile.

We started with some lath scraps and an old art project. The paint couldn't be sanded off easily, so we created a new surface for a sign by wood gluing the lath to the painted side of the wood. We weighted the glued parts down well for a few hours to make sure they stuck.

We ended up with this nice, rustic blank to work with. 

After sanding and measuring the board, we put a light coat of white spray paint on it  and let it dry before designing our sign in LightBurn.

It only took about an hour to burn it in our X-Tool laser. The effect was interesting since the lath boards weren't exactly the same height, but we liked the look of it.

After that, we used a band saw to cut off any extra lath edges that were hanging over and sanded the sign.

And voila! More scrap wood projects will be coming up! Leave a comment if you have a question or email us at bisonandbobcat.gmail.com.

One-Liners for Laser Engravers

Looking for some great one-liners to put your your laser engraved items? Here are a few we haven't seen very often to get you started.

For Water Bottles or Mugs

If there is magic in this world, you will find it in water.

Have you heard the joke about dehydration?

No? That's because there's nothing funny about it.

HIJKLMNO

Water = H to O

Blood is thicker than water (with a vampire graphic.)

Life is Brew-Tea-Ful

Steeped in Happiness

A Few Sips of Serenity (or Sereni-tea)

For Pet Items

My cat Fluffy ate a ball of yarn. She had mittens.

No Pupperazzi, please

The Weiner Takes it All

Don't let my cat use the TV remote. She always hits paws.

You're My Pup of Tea

Don't stop retreivin'!

Come to the Bark Side

About Kids

Our child has a great deal of willpower—and even more won’t power.

I'm more of an Amazon Prime mom than a Pinterest mom.

I tuck my kids in at night and say "See you in the morning." And then we all laugh.

"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see." -JFK

"Little boys should never be sent to bed. They always wake up a day older." -Peter Pan

 “Play is the work of childhood.” – Jean Piaget

For Teachers

Big hearts can shape little minds.

Without geometry, life is pointless.

I'm not yelling. I'm speaking in italics for emphasis.

"Nine-tenths of education is encouragement." –Anatole France

Teaching: the only profession where you steal things from home and bring them to work.

Dude. Show your work.

Please do not wipe your tears on the exam paper.