I am thinking about making a large wooden sign. I am just getting started on the process and wanted to see if anyone knew of any good websites that described what I am thinking about.
Essentially, I would like to create a wooden sign in the shape of the state I live in (Washington State). I am thinking that I would want to hang the sign via maybe 3" of heavy chain. The support for the sign would be 4x4 wood posts (two horizontally, one on each side of the hanging sign plus one horizontal beam).
The sign support is simple enough, I can design that using engineering software. The design of the hanging part of sign (outline of Washington State) is more tricky. I am not sure if I need a big heavy slab of wood, or if I would build a laminate stack of wood, gluing and screwing several pieces of wood together. Any ideas on this?
I would most appreciate any websites that describe how to do this.
Thanks!