Wooden Letters
 

Where do you get large wooden letters made, or how do you make them?



(Like these ADPi letters, only a little bigger)
http://campusapps.fullerton.edu/news...greek_week.jpg

You might find some strapping young fraternity men to make them for you. Then you ladies can have the fun of decorating them!

I was going say basically the same thing. Just find a fraternity guy to agree to cut them out ofr you and you can take care of the rest. I know one of my brother always ends up cutting out paddles for a sorority we are close with.

Or here's another option: http://www.woodlandmanufacturing.com...unpainted.html

What thickness of wood do you use?

I was wanting to make some this summer for my chapter while school's out.

i found this website earlier
but that would cost about $200

Oh, sorry, the way I read your OP, I thought you were looking for a place to make them for you.

I second the drafting the big burly guys to do it for you motion, then. :)

I would like to have someplace make them, but not for $200
:-)

The men or the letters?

Well now, the letters, of course.

I want them to look like the Phi Mu letters in the Bid Day thread, but with these colored stripes:
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...s01/99c7_1.jpg

And I want them to be in a fun font, but not bubble letters like this: http://www.lifeatcollege.com/Cart/im...ters_1_1-2.gif Since I want to paint stripes, and I don't think that would look right.


Can y'all post pics of wooden letters you've seen?

Thats what my chapter did!!!! :)

How thick do you want the wood to be?

I don't know, I want them to be easy to carry around, but still sturdy enough to last

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...16563_6139.jpg

3/4" Plywood

Lol, I'm sorry. That comment was meant as a dirty innuendo. :p

pppfffft
Sorry, my mind wasn't in the gutter!
lol

Haha it's okay :P

Sometimes you can find large wooden letters at a JoAnn's fabrics, but you might also want to check any other arts & crafts store in your town.

Ask around your chapter. Usually someone has a dad, uncle, cousin, s'mady (somebody)!

If not, ask around the boys (like someone said earlier).

Usually this gets the job done (cheaper too). But if you absolutely can't, then you have to decided if $200 is something your chapter can afford.

We got an adviser's husband to cut ours out for us. I have a friend who works at the woodshop on campus, and I was gonna have him do it originally. Here's a pic of ours:

http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/phot...18196_7184.jpg

You could try the local woodshop class of a high school. Maybe they could help you find someone you could hire if you don't know anyone.

When I was a collegian, one of our chapter sister's father cut them out for us. Do you know anyone with a jigsaw and a drill?

Not off the top of my head, at least not here in TN who has time.
My cousin in Ill is coming down to live in TN and he wants to be a contractor. I've asked him, maybe he can make them up there and bring them down with him

http://webmail.aol.com/37434/aol/en-...wMail&partId=2

The project has officially begun!!

:( I can't see it! Is it just me?

Blah - it worked when I posted it. Lemme try it again!


http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...mentaspx-1.jpg

CDX sheathing (half inch) is the cheapest way to go. If you have more money, go with 3/8 or 1/4 ABX, which will be lighter, and will behave better if it gets wet. If you have letters that don't "stand up" by themselves (like Gamma), put a piece of aluminum tubing on the back. Then, poke a piece of steel conduit in the ground and slide the tubing over the conduit.

And, if you really have the money, marine plywood is the way to go.

This is an election year, which means http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrugated_plastic is everywhere. Just grab a few signs (hopefully after the election). Laminate them with RTV, and tape the edges with black duct tape.

I had a friend who went to home depot and got them cut. it costs extra but it looked great.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ts01/001-1.jpg


YAY!!! All I have left to do now is touch up the mistakes!!

Oh god that is bright. Are those ASA colors?

Maybe you could paint a black border or something around the front edge of the letters. :)

Yeah...Our primary colors are crimson and pearl white, and our secondary colors are palm green and gold.
I got the shape of the letters and color scheme from this button... http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...s01/99c7_1.jpg

I second that. Any larger letters I've seen have had a border of some sort - usually the same color as the sides. It helps the letters stand out from the background.

I have almost-full cans of red, yellow, green and white paint...would any of these colors look better for the border?


I was kind going off of these letters...
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1.../phimu05-1.jpg

I would use the red or the green to frame the letters. The white and yellow won't be emphatic.

Hey, those look great! And since you've advertised that you still have full cans of red, yellow and green paint, I wouldn't be surprised if you hear from some Alpha Gam chapters that want to hire you out! ;)

Hey, how do you get the outline sketched down on the plywood so neatly?

I still like the idea of having some burly man them. We had large wooden standards (like three foot tall letters on a stick to carry to football games, etc) at my school. If you looked at them closely, often there were little messages from the guys on the sides or whatever.

Brought back from the grave....
I'm a teacher; I propped the plywood up on the board in my classroom, put the letters on the overhead projector, and traced the image onto the plywood. lol

Oh, and an update on the letters.... the next chapter advisor after me had one of the girls paint them black.

All my hard work.... gone. :-P