Summerhouse I did two of these, installed as a marquis on the front of their new building. Not only fun but I made a little money...woohoo! Geez, pic's huge! Let me try to reduce it some Use the link, and can anyone tell me why the pic doubled in size from my site to here?
[ April 20, 2002, 05:07 AM: Message edited by: Bill Dirkes ]
Posted by Rob Clark (Member # 787) on :
nice work indeed Bill.
Pic was nice n big alright.
RobC
Posted by Arvil Shep' Shepherd (Member # 2030) on :
Very nice work, good layout and color combo......Did you use urethane for the raised areas ????
Check the size of your pic......it was probably too large . Shep'
Posted by Bill Dirkes (Member # 1000) on :
The background panels are 1/4" alumalite, and the raised areas are layers of 1" HDU. Shep, As for size I reduced the size on the web site and it continues to be HUGE here. I Dunno.
Posted by Suelynn Sedor (Member # 442) on :
I Love it!!
Suelynn
Posted by Mark Yearwood (Member # 2723) on :
Very Nice!!!! Great quality and workmanship.
Mark
Posted by Arvil Shep' Shepherd (Member # 2030) on :
Bill I had this happen to me a few weeks back.....(But I notice your photos are actually not on the BB.) Mine was....and then in a couple of days it cleared itself up......and it was the right size...."BB Gremlins ??????" Regardless your work looks great. Shep'
Posted by Brian Crothers (Member # 2888) on :
Bill; nice warm friendly look to the sign! The raised areas work out very well.
Can you please tell us how the yellow letters "Summerhouse" are done? Material? CNC Router? Thank you.
Posted by Arvil Shep' Shepherd (Member # 2030) on :
Thought I would give it a try.......this has been reduced quite a bit..
Now we can see it all at once.....Looks even better at this size. Great work,Bill.
Shep'
Posted by Bill Dirkes (Member # 1000) on :
Thanks Shep Seems like every time I try this pic posting thing sumbody's gotta lend me a hand. I appreciate it!! Brian, As I said above, the raised portions are 2 layers of 1" HDU. the first laver is mostly black with the logo sun/house painted with OneShot, the script is from SignDNA and is cut out with a jig saw and shaped with a dremel tool and rasps/files. The final sanding was done with 320 grit sand paper( I relly shoulda gone one more time with the 600 grit) The background panel is 1/4" aluma lite blended(twice) with process blue to a 50/50 mix of reflex & Brilliant blue. I mixed three intermediate blues to make the blend. It is more pronounced in reality. Photo didn't really pick it up. Every thing is hand painted and double coated.
Posted by Bill Dirkes (Member # 1000) on :
This is how it turned out installed. Built the 2x2 steel frame in the shop, dismantled it and reassembled on location. I give up, dam thing is still huge!! If ya promise not to make fun of the web site ya can click on the homepage icon and go to photo page 4 There you will see the installed signs the size of a postage stamp Ah gots no payshense with this web stuff
[ April 20, 2002, 05:19 PM: Message edited by: Bill Dirkes ]
Posted by Robb Lowe (Member # 2121) on :
Looks good and I like the pictures big! I like to see the details, makes for a better inspiration piece and stops me from asking 50 questions on here. ?
Posted by cheryl nordby (Member # 1100) on :
As always Great work Bill! Posted by Henry Barker (Member # 174) on :
Hi there Bill,
Nice job you've made there. I don't know what Alumalite is exactly, maybe its like Dibond??
I make alot of aluminium signs, and it fun to see another dimension...so to speak. thanks for sharing it with us.
Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :
Beautiful dimensional job ... real nice blend too!
Posted by Steve Shortreed (Member # 436) on :
Nice job Bill!
Here's a few tips on saving your photos for the web, and the BB in particular.
1. If your image is a photograph with more than 240 colors, save it as a .jpg. If it is artwork with only a few colors, a .gif is the way to go.
2. Save your image at 72dpi. Any higher resolution just isn't needed for a monitor.
3. Keep your image under 600 pixels in width. Somewhere between 500-600 is perfect.
4. If using a jpg, always compress it before saving it for the web. I usually save my images at 75% their original file size. You'll be amazed how much your file size is reduced without any loss of quality. It will load faster and reduce bandwidth use at our end.
Hope this helps.
Posted by Richard Doyle (Member # 2919) on :
Hi Bill, I posted a similar reply to Henrys post just wondering what type of saw you use to cut out our letters both yours and Henrys signs look great the letters look computer cut just want to know how you do it?
Posted by Bill Dirkes (Member # 1000) on :
Richard, I use a Craftsman Jig Saw, one of the models with a guide to help keep the blade straight. A cabinet manufacturer a few miles from the shop has a 5x10 cnc router, haven't sent any work to them...yet!
Posted by Mark Fair Signs (Member # 289) on :
very nice work bill!!
Posted by Richard Doyle (Member # 2919) on :
Thanx Bill now im inspired I always thought i needed a cnc router to do this type of work you just save me a bundle
Posted by Linda Silver Eagle (Member # 274) on :
Bill,
Beautiful craftmanship! I love the life you created in this one! Always a pleasure to see your work!
Posted by Amy Brown (Member # 1963) on :
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