Buck
Woodcraft
120 49th Street,
Marathon, Fl. 33050
Phone: 305-743-4090
Fax: 305-743-2951
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9 a.m. - 4 p.m. EST. Monday thru Friday
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Custom & Stock Boat
Name Boards, Switch Panels, Labels, Signs
Custom And Stock Designs At
Reasonable Prices
Custom
Name Boards ◊
Stock Name Boards ◊
Registration/Documentation Boards
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Electrical & Instrument Panels
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Custom Signs
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This part of our
business has just kind of taken off on its own since we got our CNC router
a while back.
You know how it goes: Someone comes along and says
she wants nice boat lettering engraved on name boards for her boat -- but she doesn't ever
want to worry about paint or varnish or any other kind of "sign
maintenance." And by the way, could we match this really interesting type
font?
Or a guy just documented his boat and
wants his numbers engraved into a nice big chunk of teak he can mount
below-decks.
Someone else is renovating his 1971 center console sport
fisher and can't live without an instrument panel that looks as cool as
the rest of his refurbished pride and joy.
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"We ordered
[name boards for Dual Dreams] and they exceeded our expectations.
Pictures don't do them justice, and I dare say the they will last longer
than the boat!"
Mike & Harriet Lewis -- Green
Cove Springs, Florida |
Or he needs a custom switch panel. Or she wants to be
absolutely sure no one forgets where the life raft is stowed. And so on
and so forth.
For the most part,
boat name lettering, switch panels and such are custom projects.
Except for our ready-made "emergency"
signs, the material for your own signs or panels, the type style and the
layout of labels, instrument cut-outs, switch placements -- all that stuff
-- is all your choice.
If you're looking for no-maintenance sign-type stuff,
your best choice most likely will be King Starboard's
Color Core, which is a high-tech
marine plastic with contrasting colors like those shown here. The colors
will not fade, and the material is basically impervious to all kinds of
weather.
 A
quarter-inch thick Color Core panel
with a black-white-black sandwich scheme will work just fine as a
replacement for most instrument or dashboard panels, and can serve as the
face material for some switch panels as well. In either case, we can
engrave identifying labels right into the panel, adjacent to
instruments, switches or whatever.
We primarily make switch panels out of
engraving stock, which is a hard plastic
black-white-black
sandwich that's about 1/8" thick. This is the stuff you find on most
production boats, as this example shows. And as you see here, if you give
us the dimensions of your switch components, LED lights, fastener points
and whatever, we'll produce a panel with precise tolerances that let you
snap everything into place -- no muss, no fuss.
And of course, we have a nice selection of teak
 lumber
in varying lengths, widths and thicknesses that will let you create
eye-catching, totally traditional name boards and the like.
Just tell us what you
need.
Send us an
e-mail describing your requirement. If you're replacing an existing
component, a digital picture of the old one would help. If you're looking
for a whole new thing, try attaching a simple drawing that shows the key
dimensions. And tell us what kind of material you'd like to use.
Or heck, just pick up the phone and call us --
305-743-4090 -- and tell us what you're after. Then we'll follow-up with a
price quote.
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We made this custom name board using King Starboard's Color
Core material. It's a "sandwich" of white Starboard in the center and
a deep blue on front and back sides.
And unlike vinyl boat lettering, it'll last just about forever.
More info.
Of course we also make custom name
boards using teak. The customer for this set of boards wanted his boat
lettering for "River
Dancer" engraved in an unusual font. He gave us the font's name; we got
our hands on it, and here's the result.
More info.
NEW --
Stock Name Boards With Your Choice Of Art
-- New
We're now offering stock engraved solid-teak name
boards that deliver a custom look at a reasonable price. These boards
measure 4"H x 23-1/4"H, and include your choice of three engraved art
designs. Buy just one, or get a pair at a discount.
More Info.
Engraved boat lettering is much classier
than vinyl letters, and these stock name boards are competitively priced.
Engraved boat documentation or registration
numbers are another thing we do, using either FEQ (First European Quality)
teak or PVC. More info.
Custom switch panels? You bet -- in
any size or shape, customized to your specs. This one is set into an
enclosure that we also built, using a piano hinge along the bottom for
easy access to the guts of things.
More info.
And not least, we make all sorts of
custom signs, including these tan-and-green Color Core signs for
our own shop. More info.
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Custom King Starboard
Color Core
Name Boards
We have blue-white-blue, tan-green-tan, red-white-red and
black-white-black in stock now. Other colors may be special-ordered at
additional cost.
E-mail your boat lettering requirements to us or call for a price quote,
305-743-4090 |
Characteristics &
Costs
Color Core is basically
impervious to the marine environment -- so your boat lettering won't fade, crack, rot or
delaminate when exposed to sun, salt, rain and so on.
The base Color Core
material goes for $11.50 per square foot for 1/4" thick, and $19.50 for
1/2" thick. Sold in square-foot increments only.
CNC design set-up and run-time
costs will depend on the complexity of your requirements. Our minimum
charge for this is $75.00 |
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The largest pair of custom Color Core name boards we've made to date --
each nearly six feet long -- now grace the topsides of the U.S. Coast
Guard Cutter Block Island. |
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Solid Teak Custom Name Boards
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...we have returned from patrol...and
found your boards waiting for us on the pier in Hawaii.
They look great and we are very happy with
the way they have turned out.
My captain was extremely pleased.
... I'll be sure to recommend your business in the future.
Joe Restle, BMC
USCGC RUSH (WHEC 723) - Honolulu
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Characteristics &
Costs
Teak is very durable and highly
rot-resistant. If you varnish it and stick it outdoors, as with name
boards, you're in for a good bit of periodic maintenance. But hey, it's a
boat, right?
The material cost for teak name boards
will depend on the dimensions you specify.
CNC set-up and run-time costs will
depend on the complexity of your boat lettering requirements. Our minimum charge for this
is $75.00 Please Note: We
do not varnish, apply gold leaf or provide other "finish work"
for the name
boards we produce.
E-mail your requirements to us or call for a price quote,
305-743-4090.
| Want to make
your boat's name stand out in color?
Click here
for a how-to. |
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 We
produced these name boards for the U.S.C.G. Cutter Seahawk -- 9-1/2" tall
x 73" long. The Seahawk is one of 10 U.S. Coast Guard vessels we've now
equipped with new name boards, and that makes us feel good.
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Stock Name Boards -- All Solid Teak
Boat Lettering
These
boards are solid FEQ teak, measuring 4" high x 23-1/4" long,
and 1/2" thick. Letter
height is 2-1/2", and the artwork is about 3" tall. Your
boat's name
will be precisely engraved on our CNC machine -- plus you can choose
any of the three engraved-art designs shown below at no additional
cost.
Buy
a pair for mounting on your vessel and get a discount.
Or get just one
name board as a gift for someone special -- or to display in your
den or main saloon.
Either
way, your teak name boards will deliver years of pleasure at an
affordable price --and they're a much
classier boat-lettering
choice than vinyl lettering.
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Base prices shown below are for boat names that have
up to
8 letters and/or spaces, and include the
artwork of your choice.
You can add more characters/spaces for $10 each -- and your name boards
will be longer as well, in proportion to the length of the vessel's name.
We can also produce your name boards using 1" thick (nominal) teak
at an additional cost;
email or call us for pricing. |
Single Name Board -- $110.00
(1/2"T x 4"H x
23-1/4"L)
Flat-Rate Shipping Via UPS: $9.99 Anywhere In The
Continental U.S.A.
Name Boards, Pair -- $199.95
(1/2"T x 4"H x
23-1/4"L)
Flat-Rate Shipping Via UPS: $9.99 Anywhere In The
Continental U.S.A.
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Boat Documentation Numbers
Your Choice Of Solid Teak Or PVC |
Online
Ordering + Free Shipping Anywhere
In The Continental U.S.A.
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We typically make boat documentation-number boards out
of teak, as shown on the right. But also shown is a more economical board
produced using PVC.
The finished dimensions for our documentation
boards are the same for either material:
1/2" thick x 4" high x 23-1/4" long
Documentation-board letters & numerals are
engraved into whichever material you choose, in the Arabic type
font shown, and are 3" high. The format for the letters and
numerals is:
NO.1234567
To order your
documentation board online via Paypal, be sure to enter your
7-digit documentation number in the Paypal payment form before
completing your order. To do so, click on
the "Note To Seller/Add" link that appears directly beneath your
shipping address. A box will open up when you do, and
that's where you'll enter your doc number. And please --
be sure that your number is entered correctly, because we cannot
provide a refund for any numerical error on your part.
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Order Your Documentation Board
Now Via PayPal:
Solid Teak Documentation Board &
free shipping anywhere in the continental U.S.A.
$119.95
Make sure to include your
documentation number in PayPal's order form by clicking on the "Note To
Seller/Add" link before completing your order.
White PVC
Documentation Board &
free shipping anywhere in the continental U.S.A.
$99.95
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Electrical & Instrument Panels
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Custom Switch Panels & Instrument Panels
These can be as complex or as simple as you like. The panel shown here
includes an enclosure that incorporates a stainless steel piano hinge --
so the whole thing is instantly accessible for inspection, changes or
repairs.
E-mail your own requirements to us or call for a price quote,
305-743-4090.
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Characteristics & Costs
If we're engraving label information
into your panel, it will most likely incorporate either 1/4" thick King
Starboard black-white-black Color Core or 1/8" thick engraving stock.
We sell Color Core in
square-foot increments only, at $11.50 per square foot for 1/4" stock. We
sell black-white-black engraving stock for 25 cents per square inch, which
amounts to $36.00 per square foot.
In reality, the bulk of your costs
for custom panels will be for CNC design set-up and run-time. These costs
will depend on the complexity of your specific requirements. Our minimum
charge for CNC work is $75.00
Smaller panels like
this one are almost always made with engraving stock.
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General Purpose Custom
Signs & Graphics
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King Starboard
Color Core
We have blue-white-blue, tan-green-tan, red-white-red and
black-white-black in stock now. Other colors may be special-ordered at
additional cost. |
General Purpose Signs
Okay, so this isn't really what
Buck Woodcraft is mostly about. But we do have the capability, and we do
produce a fair amount of this kind of "signage" here in Marathon for local
graphics shops. And, too, for the occasional walk-in customer. Not to
mention for ourselves, as testified by the multi-part sign over there on
the left that hangs right outside our shop.
So if you're in the market for
general purpose signs and/or
graphic treatments that call for King Starboard's Color Core
material, by all means I hope you'll tell us what you need and give us a
chance at your business.
Just
E-mail your
requirements to us or call for a price quote, 305-743-4090.
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How To Make Your Boat's Name
Stand Out In Color |
 1.
You
could just apply paint to your boat's lettering, but I think
color-tinted epoxy delivers a more durable result. Once you have the
color intensity you want, simply brush the tinted epoxy onto your
lettering. Apply 2 or 3 thin coats, 24 hours or more apart for each coat. Don't worry about getting epoxy
where you don't want it -- it'll come off later. Coloring agents for epoxy resin are
available from several online sources. |
2. Once you have your
letters colored in the way you want them and you've let the epoxy cure
for a couple of days, use a random orbital sander to
strip away any excess epoxy/coloring. Use #100 or #120 grit paper to
start, then finish with #250 or #320 grit for a ready-to-varnish surface. |
3. Now lay down your
first coat of varnish, nice and thin to avoid having it build up in your
engraved letters. As to the sort of varnish you choose, bear in mind
that if your boards are going to live outdoors, they'll need the best UV
protection you can give them -- and that's true also for the epoxy-based
lettering. Around here we like a product called Sikkens. |
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Let your varnish dry at least 24 hours between
coats, and (I know, you already know this) don't apply varnish in direct
sunlight or when it's going to rain any time soon. Lightly scuff the
cured varnish between each coat with #400 wet/dry sandpaper. All told,
you'll want at least four coats, and 6 or 8 would be better. |
5.
Enjoy. If you're buying a single board as a gift or
for displaying anywhere indoors, then you'll never have to worry about
replenishing the board's finish over time. If you're installing a pair
of boards on your vessel, it'd be a good idea to put a bit of space
between the rear of the boards and your mounting surfaces, using nylon
washers as shims or whatnot. This will keep varnish-damaging moisture
from building up behind the board. |
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