I have 2 dibond panels...3'x5' to mount back to back on horizontal stringers between 2 upright posts the customer doesnt want to see fasteners on the face of the sign.... any ideas?
[ July 06, 2004, 01:59 PM: Message edited by: Michael Boone ]
Posted by John Arnott (Member # 215) on :
Michael, Drill and countersink screws into any vinyl lettering or border. Then simply cover with small circles of matching material. You can't see from any distance. If the customers complains, send them over here, I'll slap 'em down for ya. Have fun John
Posted by Dave Utter (Member # 634) on :
A lot of my signs are made using 1" square aluminum tubing to make a frame. (I use Wrisco brand tubing, which is made for this purpose, and they have corner inserts and T's available to put everything together with, but anything would probably work). I then simply use 3M VHB tape to affix the panels to the frame. It works very well, and no fasteners are visible at all. I have tried to get the panels loose from the frame about a year later, and you will simply have to destroy the panel to get it off, the tape sticks that well. Email me a phone #, and I'll call you and explain things a little better.
Posted by Rick Chavez (Member # 2146) on :
Option 1: You could screw in a undersized or full sized backer into the post and stringers and then VHB the panel to the backer, that way there is more VHB holding it in place.
Option 2: If you need it more removeable, mechanically attach the backer to angles (make sure they are lined up to the stringers), then attach your sign face to the backer, then mechanically attach assembly to the stringers.
Posted by Terry Baird (Member # 3495) on :
Hi Mike, if you haven't already cut the panels, add an inch to the vertical measurement. On both the top and bottom, rout a horizontal line on the back of the panels, 1/2" from the top and bottom (less than half way through the Dibond). Bend the strips back and screw into the stringers.
Hey!!! Post 400, Yea Haw!!! (do I win anything?)
[ July 06, 2004, 09:03 PM: Message edited by: Terry Baird ]
Posted by BrianTheBrush (Member # 1298) on :
Mike
I'm pretty much with Terry on this. What I've done in the past is router-out that groove, and then folded over the dibond (it works really easily)..I did one where I wanted extra beef in thye support, so I folded it over, epoxied my square stock to the inside of the top fold, as well as to the back of the board, and then hung them back to back between my posts.
Outside of the posts breaking off, it's there to stay.
