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Anyone have a really slick way of hanging a DiBond or Alumalite sign from a yard arm? My supplier has brackets that sandwich around 1/2 inch and 3/4 inch MDO but nothing for as thin as the aluminum composite panels.
-------------------- Dave Sherby "Sandman" SherWood Sign & Graphic Design Crystal Falls, MI 49920 906-875-6201 sherwoodsign@sbcglobal.net Posts: 5397 | From: Crystal Falls, MI USA | Registered: Apr 1999
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I have used those hangers with dibond, I just made shims out of dibond the same size as the flat sections on the hangers. I think it was 1/4" dibond though so it only took an 1/8" piece on either side.
-------------------- Eric PA Posts: 149 | From: Intercourse, PA | Registered: Jun 2004
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I thought about that. I'm not really all that happy with those hangers as I've had to drill bigger holes in them. By the time you get a quick link big enough for the thickness of the looped area, it's too big for the hole they have.
-------------------- Dave Sherby "Sandman" SherWood Sign & Graphic Design Crystal Falls, MI 49920 906-875-6201 sherwoodsign@sbcglobal.net Posts: 5397 | From: Crystal Falls, MI USA | Registered: Apr 1999
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small panels... I just drill through the aluminum... larger panels, for a swinging sign, try using one of these: "screw pin anchor shackle" (do a google search on that term and you'll see what I mean)
even larger sign panel then I use aluminum angle stock ("L" shape), cut to length, and screw through both faces.
-------------------- :: Scooter Marriner :: :: Coyote Signs :: :: Oakland, CA :: :: still a beginner :: :: Posts: 1356 | From: Oakland (and San Francisco) | Registered: Mar 2001
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The screw pin shackles will tear out after some swinging in the breeze. Got to have more surface area against the dibond. I sent you a drawing of what I have used, Dave.
-------------------- Preston McCall 112 Rim Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 text: 5056607370 Posts: 1552 | From: Santa Fe, New Mexico | Registered: Nov 1998
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