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I have a customer that called me, and it seems that their sign (internally illuminated sign cabinet) was hit by a car. I looked at it, and the bottom reveal is destroyed, but the sign is no longer level...there is little damage to the cabinet, other than some scuffed paint and a slightly bent vandal face...
I tore it apart, and no welds are broken, and I don't see any reason that it should be off level...
Here is the thing. It has a match mount plate, and I'm wondering if I can put shims on the one side and bring it back to level, or is this a bad idea?
-------------------- Mark Kottwitz Kottwitz Graphics Ridgely, MD www.SeeMySignWork.com -------------------------- Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein Posts: 746 | From: Ridgely, MD | Registered: Oct 2000
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I don't see a problem as long as the shimming isn't too sever. After all, when installing a pipe mount sign where they sink threaded rod into a concrete base, they use bolts above and below the plate to make the pole plumb.
-------------------- Dave Sherby "Sandman" SherWood Sign & Graphic Design Crystal Falls, MI 49920 906-875-6201 sherwoodsign@sbcglobal.net Posts: 5396 | From: Crystal Falls, MI USA | Registered: Apr 1999
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This does not sound on the level! OK. Shim it. Had to hang way too many front clips on GM cars from the 40s to not know that secret.
I had a sign can that was on a pole. Some bozo hit the pole backing up and the whole thing was off a few clicks. The owner called me and asked if I knew anyone who could bend it back straight. I called a tow truck guy I knew and for $50 he hooked up and tugged it back up to verticle, but with a chain block and tackle hooked up to his truck with outriggers. It took a few tugs and slowly it came back to where it was needed. A year later, some other bozo hit it again. Same repair needed, but with the addition of some bullocks or poles around the base to prevent it further.
-------------------- 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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