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Need some help determining what substrate to use for a medium sized shopping center sign. Am going to give the customer a price on just the panels, originally, I was going to try to tackle the whole thing, but my instincts tell me to talk the owner into getting the constuction crew to go ahead and whip up some type of brick planter for a base and the main structure for the sign panels to be mounted on.
That's another question...what to make the structure out of? The owner wants something simple and not too expensive. Definitely does NOT want to go with lighted panels.
There are a total of 10 panels-3' x 5' each which he wants in two columns (maybe 2' x 4' panels might be more cost effective with less waste? The speed limit is 35 in that zone, would 2 x 4's be big enough?)
I am working with plain ole shop tools and a vinyl cutter- no fancy CNC routers or anything like that. Would like to do something more than just a simple rectangle, possibly inverting corners and routing the edges. Was thinking of using something light but sturdy and need to be able to reuse the panels as tenants come and go.
Any suggestions on any of this???
Posts: 51 | From: Spout Spring, VA. | Registered: Feb 2005
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Hiya Beth, The local authority will probably dictate what you can or can't do in terms of size. Perhaps a visit to the building and/or zoning department is in order. From there, just about anything can go. If you're tackling the project yourself, I think your idea of letting someone else build the structure the idea is a good one. Even if you use the smaller panel size, the finished structure will be 10' tall, not including the legs. That's a size I would not want to handle on my own. If you want cheap and durable, I would suggest a monolith design of aluminum square tube frame, skinned with .080" - .125" thick aluminum. Then finish it with a quality paint. The tenant panels can be screwed or bolted into the monolith.
Havin' fun,
Checkers
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Oh, I forgot to mention this is a two sided thing-(10 panels each side), plus a larger panel on top with the name of the shopping center, so yes, it will be much larger than I want to deal with. As far as the zoning, I don't think it'll be a problem, but will check it out.
Thanks, Checkers- that could be an idea.
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