Me, almost never.
Me, almost never.
Sometimes.
Ken
So much to learn, so little time.....
Yes, but in the houses I work on, in a place that requires some disassembly and won’t be seen for probably a couple of hundred years, along with a story about current events, and list of guys working on it.
I forgot. Date is important too.
I don’t need to sign my work I can spot a piece I’ve made anywhere any time.
Aj
I read that the 20 dollar bills were popular with counterfeiters. But they never sign , even their best work. I’ve wondered if a tip
has ever been sent to to the authorities about a counter-fitter, And if the authorities ever find a couple of guy trying to wrangle a big elliptical
counter-top onto a bar. And we all know that the guys working on that are in no mood to be hassled.
Yes, sometimes..
Charlie Jones
Charlie, You topped me , with fewer words . Good work !
It depends on what I am working on, who the work is for, and whether or not I have been asked to. It is fun to find signatures. Sining a dating the ridge beam is a thing with house carpenter's. Most of the folks I work for can not get into their attics and have had me photograph signatures I have found. Great Grandpa's barn has a neat paragraph about the tornado that took out the predecessor and the crew that came to the rebuilding. I will find the photo of that. When I was doing my apprenticeship there was a bit of a ceremony with the signing of a piece with the date, and some coded notes, then the item gets closed up and the signatures will likely never be seen again (unless someone really tries).
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The family historians are looking for the list of barn raising participants and a transcription.
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Best Regards, Maurice
If it's good enough.
I have a branding iron and use it when I remember to and it's appropriate. When I was cutting things on the CNC for sale, I engraved those things directly when appropriate, such on the bottom of a box or the back of a sign/plaque. And sometimes it's just a Sharpie. Most of the time...it's nothing for general projects, however.
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The most expensive tool is the one you buy "cheaply" and often...
100% of the time. Signed (legibly) and dated. I want whoever finds it decades from now to know where it came from.
Sharp solves all manner of problems.
When I started woodworking, I didn't know squat. I have progressed in 30 years - now I do know squat.
Yes when I build for friends/family, no when I'm commissioned.