Try Grimco... They had all that hard to find goofy oddball misc sign stuff.
Happy hunting!
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6451 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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Gemini has a nice system if you are looking for quality. They sell the rails and letters, also a storage cabinet is available.
Their letters are printed on rigid plastic, not the flimsy blow away kind and are available in 3" & up. Quality stuff in several colors.
If you are looking for the cheap flexible type, call S&S Sign in Kentucky. 800-523-1958 They sell rails and letter sets. Black letters, red numbers.
If you are looking for the push in type like I've seen in our area, I'd think twice. I made a replacement panel with vinyl graphics for one such sign because the letters kept falling out of the slots from vibration.
Dibond would be a great panel for attaching the rails if you're building it from scratch. Hope this helps.
-------------------- 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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We just installed a changeable copy message board underneath the main sign we designed. We used dibond and pop riveted clear track onto it. Be sure to pop rivet every six inches though or the letter will slip out from behind. The track expanded from the heat and bowed in between the rivets that had only been on 12" centers. We went back and added the additional rivets and all is well now.
Here's a lousy late in the day pic after install. I have to go back and get a good one. This one was set up for 3 lines of 6" high rigid plastic letters. The first message the client put up was "Honk if you like our new sign". Cars were honking the entire day. It got noticed.
-------------------- Bob Stephens Skywatch Signs Zephyrhills, FL
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