Family sign for my realtor using the

I have been behind in posting new content since we are in the middle of purchasing a home. Hopefully I do not get too behind in videos. Our realtor have been great in dealing with us so my wife wanted me to make a little gift for them.
This simple family sign is made out of poplar and was carved with a single 1/4 endmill down cut bit. My wife wanted it unfinished because the plain color of the wood matches their home, enjoy!

[@ronnorris1504]

Beautiful piece and great idea. I'm sure your realtor will love it. Love to carve with poplar. Thanks!

[@encarwoodworking]

Thanks Ron! Appreciate the kinds words.

[@rogercharlie]

Good one👍

[@encarwoodworking]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@BigJeff19999]

I'm trying to do something almost exactly like this.
Yours came out great. I've been struggling a little. Is that indeed poplar? Ive been trying to use MDF, but where my letters were very thin, the blue tape didn't hold very well the cuts in that area didn't end up very clean.
I've been using a complicated scheme that uses a dedicated waste board with 1/8 dowels securing the final pass.
It's very time consuming and comes off the machine with way more sanding than I expected.
How much time did you have to spend sanding? Did the rigidity of the poplar (as compared to MDF) help the blue tape-superglue?
Was that 3/4 inch material? And I assume that was an up-cut bit you used?
Sorry for the barrage of questions. Thanks for taking the time to post!

[@encarwoodworking]

I usually would use MDF but, like you stated, the thin parts would have been the issue, which is why I used poplar.
I did have to sand a little due to my bit being dull, but not too much.
The wood was 1” in thickness and the bit was a downcut. The sander I used worked well on the back side of the project.
Thanks for watching and hope I helped a little.