TRMacSigns

TRMacSigns Handcarved, Sandcarved & CNC carved signs. Established 1996
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Another "refresh" finished & re-installed today near Odessa. Sign was originally done in 2016. It didn't need much ....
07/28/2026

Another "refresh" finished & re-installed today near Odessa. Sign was originally done in 2016. It didn't need much .... mostly the reflective gold lettering was failing. Reflective is a real pain to take off, & this location really didn't need it, so I replaced it with 1-shot lettering enamel. Everything else is acrylic.

Here is the sign at our east driveway. It was originally made for our display at the 2009 Cottage Life show in Toronto....
07/12/2026

Here is the sign at our east driveway. It was originally made for our display at the 2009 Cottage Life show in Toronto. A couple of years later, I got tired of it hanging around the shop. & decided to put it to work. So .... It has been about 10 ' from the edge of a gravel road now since 2011 or so, fighting dust all summer & salt spray all winter.
I pulled it down Thursday. It had some of that green crap that takes up residence on stuff that gets very little sun. I cleaned that off, & then just gave it a good bath. Not bad for 15 years, I'd say. BTW< this sign was made before I bought my CNC. The gilded letters are hand carved. , as is the owl. TR

Mounted on solid bedrock. a heavy "crib" was the answer . The crib is 4.5" x 6" Eastern White Cedar, & will be filled ...
07/08/2026

Mounted on solid bedrock. a heavy "crib" was the answer . The crib is 4.5" x 6" Eastern White Cedar, & will be filled with small stones . I've suggested they Plant some flowers in pots, with holes in the bottom, to slow the topsoil from rotting the cedar , but that's their call. This is a part of the Springwood Resort on Kennenec Lake. ..... a lovely spot, with foreward thinking owners & awesome employees.

Originally made in October 2013. A minor repair in May of 2014, It rec'd a major repair & refurbish recently. This i...
05/06/2026

Originally made in October 2013. A minor repair in May of 2014, It rec'd a major repair & refurbish recently. This is made from hand-hewn western Red Cedar. & was left natural. It required a major repair. It now has a matte acrylic finish That will give a few more years of life

Back in the fall of 2000, this sign went to its forever home on Kennebec Lake. I happened by one day, not so long ag...
04/25/2026

Back in the fall of 2000, this sign went to its forever home on Kennebec Lake. I happened by one day, not so long ago, & it looked like it needed some love. It arrived in the shop about a week ago. I started to refurbish it & immediately ran into a mess of wet-rot.
This was not repairable. However, the area containing the name was fine, as was the pictorial. So, between the chop saw & the tablesaw, with client's approval, it became a lot smaller.

BTW, the sign is leaning against a planter, almost the same colour. You can see the different shade of grey below the pictorial.

While we're on the "Community Living" move, we also had to move the mural. It's painted on 3mm Aluminum Composite, ove...
04/10/2026

While we're on the "Community Living" move, we also had to move the mural. It's painted on 3mm Aluminum Composite, over a pine frame. It put up a good fight the first time we moved it .... in fact, I pretty much demolished the wall it was hung on, getting it down. It now lives in their boardroom. Hopefully we'll not need to move it again..
I can't take credit for the pictorial. Probably close to 90% of this mural came from the very talented brushes Donna Larocque has in her arsenal.

This sign was made 19 years ago. Since then, Community Living North Frontenac has moved twice, & all it really nee...
04/10/2026

This sign was made 19 years ago. Since then, Community Living North Frontenac has moved twice, & all it really needed was a fresh coat of paint. It even fit almost perfectly into the space above the main entrance of the former Central Frontenac Municipal Office. that, I must admit, was more luck than good judgement. This was made from 15lb density Everwood HDU. Everwood ceased to exist a couple of years prior, & I switched to using Corafoam , from DUNA USA, in Baytown TX

April 3rd, 2026 ..... Good Morning & Good Friday Many of you might recall that I spent over 2 decades in the lon...
04/03/2026

April 3rd, 2026 ..... Good Morning & Good Friday

Many of you might recall that I spent over 2 decades in the long-distance trucking industry. By 1995, I was pretty sick of the way things were going, & I decided a change was required. I had lettered a few trucks over the years, & decided that I might just be able to make a living making signs. So, I spent the first 3 months teaching myself CorelDraw 4 , & I purchased a vinyl-cutter.

I sold the equipment off piece-meal & on April 3rd, 1996, an awesome driver from Uxbridge, Cam Fraser, who had purchased my last truck, delivered my last load & the same day, changed the lettering on the door to Maye Transport. ...... that was 30 years ago today.

A few days later, I sold my very first sign ..... vinyl on clear acrylic.... a "backlit " face. It was $53 . You have to start somewhere. I quickly realized that I needed to specialize somewhat, & a magazine Sharon brought home from work had an ad for wholesale sandblasted cottage signs .... well, the rest is history.

The success of this was as much good luck as any other factor. People I knew from "trucking days" liked my work, & within 2 years, I was busy enough to need a helper, & Natalie Colton came on board, bring artistic skills I certainly didn't have, She despised the "business end" of signmaking, & was happy to fetch her clientele over. ...... hence , the Hwy 41 corridor has been good to us. She moved on in 2000.

In 2003 , Donna Larocque wandered into my shop , portfolio in hand. With skills I couldn't even dream of having . In 2004, we started working together & here we are, 22 years later, still collaborating .

Through all of this, my wife, Sharon, has kept the bills paid , and the books in order. More than one than one accountant has told me "Sharon keeps good books".

So, I'm not looking for "pats on the back" , but I just thought I should share this milestone. Perhaps this will inspire someone to take a chance on a new endeavour . My only good advice .... you need both guts & brains. All the best & Happy Easter to all.

Another refurb of a sign that has withstood the elements since 2010. In spite of getting 15 winters of salt-spray off...
02/08/2026

Another refurb of a sign that has withstood the elements since 2010. In spite of getting 15 winters of salt-spray off Hwy 7, it was still in remarkably good shape. 2 small repairs & a complete re-paint. Western Red Cedar. All acrylic paints & primer.

Just finished this afternoon ...... 39" x 9" x 1.25" on clear Butternut. Modern Masters Iridescent Gold. This is the ...
01/17/2026

Just finished this afternoon ...... 39" x 9" x 1.25" on clear Butternut. Modern Masters Iridescent Gold. This is the recipient's favourite Bible verse. I have several pieces of clear Butternut in stock. Available with your choice of verse

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