Buck Woodcraft

Specialized Products & Services For Boaters

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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 a nice pair of 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.

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, name boards, 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 and sapele (African mahogany) 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 toll-free -- 877-743-4090 -- and tell us what you're after. Then we'll follow-up with a price quote.

We made this 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. More info.

Of course we also make name boards using teak and  other woods. The customer for this board -- boat name "TwoCan" --  planned to fill in the cut-out with gold leaf before varnishing, but we've never seen the end result. More info.

Boat documentation or registration numbers are another thing we do, using your choice of materials. 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.

50% Off Selected Sign Items

These and other "emergency" signs are in stock and ready to ship -- all made using King Starboard Color Core. Online order 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.

The largest pair of 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.

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.

E-mail your requirements to us or call toll-free for a price quote, 877-743-4090

Characteristics & Costs

Color Core is basically impervious to the marine environment -- so it 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

wood name boards

Natural Wood

These kinds of items are usually made with teak, but we also offer sapele, which is a very nice African mahogany that is also a lot less expensive.

E-mail your requirements to us or call toll-free for a price quote, 877-743-4090

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?

Sapele also holds up well, but not as well as teak over time. Then again, almost nothing does.

We sell each kind of wood in various widths, lengths and thicknesses. Check out our lumber page for an idea of material costs.

CNC set-up and run-time costs will depend on the complexity of your requirements. Our minimum charge for this is $75.00

$16.95 Each

"Emergency" Rum Locker

Just for fun.

Even a semi-blind drunk will not miss this sign. It measures 5" x 11" and is made using King Starboard's 1/4" "Color Core" sign material. White on bright red, and the colors will never fade. Pre-drilled at the corners, with a radius on the top edge.

$9.95 Each

Same material as described above. Pre-drilled and radiused edges.

More Practical Signs

These are made using the same King Starboard 1/4" thick Color Core sign material as shown above. Like all King Starboard materials, these signs are color-fast in any sort of weather conditions. We designed them for commercial use (charter boats and such), but they'll do just fine for any boat.

$12.95 Each

Now $6.50 Each

Big, bold (10-1/2" x 1-1/2") sign, excellent for mounting adjacent to enclosed lockers etc. 1/4" thick, rounded corners, radiused top edge, pre-drilled for mounting.

$8.95 Each

Now $4.50 Each

No Smoking -- 50% Off

8-1/2" x 1-1/2", so there's no excuse for a smoker not getting the message.  1/4" thick, rounded corners, radiused top edge, pre-drilled for mounting.

$8.95 Each

Now $4.50 Each

Life Vests -- 50% Off

8" x 1-1/2", Eye-grabbing in an emergency.  1/4" thick, rounded corners, radiused top edge, pre-drilled for mounting.

$8.95 Each

Now $4.50 Each

Life Raft -- 50% Off

7" x 1-1/2", No missing this.  1/4" thick, rounded corners, radiused top edge, pre-drilled for mounting.

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 toll-free for a price quote, 877-743-4090.