SAE: Making Personalized Signs for Sale
Description:

Constructing personalized signs is an opportunity for students to enhance their skills learned in the agricultural mechanics classes. Students would design and plan the signs for their customers. The signs could be constructed from wood or metal. These projects could be constructed in the agricultural Laboratory after school. The potential market for these signs will be excellent.

Written by Harold Milligan, 2002

 

Factors To Consider

Ranking:

1 = lowest

10 = highest
Time required

6

Investment 7
Equipment needed 6
Skills required 7
Facilities required 6
Land required N/A
Labor Intensity 6
Potential for income 8
Transportation required 4
Expansion possibilities 7
Expertise needed 7
Advertising needed 6
Susceptible to disease N/A
Susceptible to insects 3
Suitable for residential areas 8
  Other (specify)
Length of production cycle Depends on size of project
Regional Statewide
When to start project Anytime

 

Notes:

Special attention needs to be paid to safety concerns and procedures while operating power equipment.

Skills Needed:
1. Selecting types of materials to use
2. Figuring a bill of materials
3. Measuring
4. Using power Tools safety
5. Operating woodworking equipment
6. Operating welding equipment
7. Using hand tools safety
8. Using paints and stains for finishing the signs

 

Sources of Additional Information:

Website- http://www.doityourself.com

Website- http://sawdustmaking.com/Routers/routers.htm