How to Make 3-D HO Scale Signs with a Silhouette Machine

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Have you ever wanted an accurate method to make signs for your model railroad? Sam D. Teague shows you how to make signs using a Silhouette Cameo design/cutting machine.

The Silhouette Cameo machine is normally used by crafters to make all sorts of craft decorations and custom fabricated designs for craft and fun. Sam wondered if it would be useful for model railroading. His first idea was to use the machine to make Location signs for his Santa Fe's Raton Subdivision Model Railroad. Sam successfully used the Cameo to create his Location signs in a previous video. Here is a link to the Location Sign video if you haven't seen it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAB2PiCxpxs&t=742s

In this video Sam uses the Cameo to make an HO scale sign for a industry on his layout. In the Raton, NM area of his layout, he had a large structure that didn't have a name. Sam decided to give the large brick building a name from Raton's history. He found out that there was a hardware business in Raton in 1913 called "Robbs Hardware", and Sam decided to use the name on his building.

Sam wanted a 3-D sign that would be attached to a steel frame and be displayed across the front of the structure. Follow along as Sam uses the Silhouette Cameo cutting machine to cut the letters for the sign from medium cardstock.

The Cameo Silhouette solves the intricate cutting needed for the 3-D sign, and it is also a very capable machine when it comes to designing the sign and selecting fonts. Many styles of fonts are available with the Cameo and the cutting ability of the machine to cut out all sorts of shapes and sizes is almost limitless.