Glenn wrote:
Hi all,

I want to make a wooden plaque to go outside our holiday ruin in the French
Alps. I intend to "carve" the design using a router and dremel. The design I
have in mind is an oval which fits roughly within A4 size paper and needs to
be about 3/4 to an inch thick. The big question is, what wood should I use.
The plaque (which will be thoroughly painted with several coats of JapLaq
when finished) will be outside during summer (high 30's) and winter (very
cold) at around 4,000 ft ASL.

For stability, and given it's going to be painted, I'd use
exterior plywood. A whole sheet of 3/4 ply for one A4 plaque
would be rather expensive though. Possibly you could build up
the necessary thickness by laminating several layers of
thinner ply.

Nick