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Can any of you neon folks out there give me idea of what exactly needs to be on a neon pattern? A local neon shop would like me to produce their patterns. They'll give me a sketch and I'll make the pattern.
-------------------- Terry Baird Baird Signs 3484 West Lake Rd. Canandaigua, NY 14424 Posts: 790 | From: Canandaigua, New York | Registered: Dec 2002
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Unless they are referring to a freehand type rendering, they should be fairly straightforward. When we create neon patterns for channel or reverse channel lettering, the actual font or artwork is drawn to size. Then they come in a "fill" it with neon...basically a pin plot.
Hope this helps!
-------------------- Robert Beverly Arlington, Texas Posts: 1033 | From: Arlington, Texas | Registered: Jan 2001
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But the only reason for my posting this matter is that this book is a wealth on interest for someone the wants the full breakdown and operations of this type of Art...
Can't stand in the Neon Shop all day and ask questions....The book is a great study for after hours.
-------------------- Stephen Deveau RavenGraphics Insinx Digital Displays
Letting Your Imagination Run Wild! Posts: 4327 | From: Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada | Registered: Jan 2000
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It helps to have been around neon for a while, to familiarize yourself with what it's suppose to look like.
Basically, when you draw a neon pattern, you are drawing a picture of what the unit of glass looks like laying upside down. You usually show where the glass crosses over itself, and where the electrodes need to be located. Sometimes you have a series of connected letters, sometimes just a piece of one letter. You need to know how many feet of glass in each unit, so you can figure your transformer loads equally. In short, there's a lot to it.But I find it fun to do, and I have done a lot of them. If I can help via email I can answer alot of the questions you might have.
[ September 10, 2003, 08:24 PM: Message edited by: Jeff Ogden ]
-------------------- Jeff Ogden 8727 NE 68 Terr. Gainesville FL, 32609 Posts: 2138 | From: 8827 NE 68 Terr Gainesville Fl 32609 | Registered: Aug 2002
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sign wizard 4.0 or 5.0 both do neon layouts...
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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Thanks guys, He's coming over today, so I already printed out all of your responses for him to look at. Most of my concern was if he was leaving it all up to me or figuring the transformer and electrode issues himself, in which case , I'd have to bone up on general neon fabrication. Thanks for the book referral Stephen. It sounds like a good read.
-------------------- Terry Baird Baird Signs 3484 West Lake Rd. Canandaigua, NY 14424 Posts: 790 | From: Canandaigua, New York | Registered: Dec 2002
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