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.
They use MDF for this in Scandinavia apparently. A special grade of course
but might be worth a web search.