I really donât understand how you can make money on a sign if you are paying these astronomic prices for the material ⊠but then I have no experience with signs so what do I know. All I know is that generally I screw up stuff pretty consistently and I would be really peeved if, through a stupid error on my part, I managed to screw up a board.
Yes, I would run pink styrofoam first but I have a real talent for âwhoooopsâ.
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@Jens You are a natural for CNC work my new friend! Whoops is a normal thing, especially when I first started out! Now I am much better with my skills. But still can manage to mess up none the less. I mostly carve walnut, and that can get expensive to mess up too! I have 80 board feet to mill down and get ready for carving. I have a local source vendor who gives me amazing prices on rough sawn walnut.
My Sign I just did - cost $1200/32 sq ft or $37.50/sq ft. the sign is 10" x 24" or cost of approx $65/sign for sign foam. Paint/Masking/Brushes/sand paper/etc Est. -$10,00 . its minimal. Labor - to sandblast takes about an hour, cnc took about 1.5 hours.
So
material cost are approx. $75 leaving $225 to pay for labor/overhead/profit as I sell these between $300 and $325
hope that helps some
My overhead is minimal as I am a home based business.
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Very appreciative of your time. Thank you! That is one piece I continue to struggle with, what to charge. I am a home based business as well. My shop is literally 30â from the back door.
What I do like is no toxic dust, no knots, no warping, clean cuts, light weight, holds up to the environment well.
I am not done with learning about this product, it definitely has merit. I donât have an outdoor sign on my shop yet, and this would be an amazing way to leap into it. That and the jump from vcarve pro to aspire. I would really like to explore 3d signage. I am positive there is a market for it where I am at.
Jake
My favorite stuff to work with and much easier on the cnc than wood - cuts like soft butter
good luck
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Jake/ [engraver99 I cannot access the darn website, my AV software states that it is not a safe website and refuses to access it. I tried adding it to my exception list but this did not help.
Do you have any other contact info, like the phone number of your distributer or the main office?
I just hooked up with the DUNA CoraFoam Distributor. Nice folks who are sending me samples of their product in both 15# and 20#. The gentleman who I chatted with just did a project for his local Legion and said it was a treat to work with. He used both CNC and traditional woodworking tools. Their prices are a bit less than Sign Foam. I have samples coming from them as well. I appreciate your original post, definitely peeked my interest!
Jake
I have cora foam - have not tried it yet - looks like it will work
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Please keep us updated with your progress.