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I have just installed a oval wood sign hung with panel hangers. This is attached to a scroll bracket by a threaded bolt with an Eyelet at the end. We bent the eyelet open and put it threw the panel hanger. Metal on Metal Now it squeaks.
How do I stop this. it's a small hole but I was going to try rubber tube slit and hope it will fit into the Panel Hanger hole.
-------------------- Laura Burke The Sign Studio 2022 N 51 st Milwaukee WI 53208 Mariah969@yahoo.com Posts: 14 | From: Milwaukee WI | Registered: Nov 2003
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Use sealed bearings like on a skate board that should work.
-------------------- Steve Eisenreich Dezine Signs PO BOX 6052 Stn Forces Cold Lake, Alberta T9M 2C5 Posts: 774 | From: Cold Lake | Registered: Mar 2000
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You might want to sand or grind the panel hanger holes just a little.
If the holes have sharp edges, rounding them down a bit can stop the squeaking, and over time, the edges won't wear into the eyehooks and "gouge" them. A dab of axle grease helps, too.
Hope this helps... Rapid
-------------------- Ray Rheaume Rapidfire Design 543 Brushwood Road North Haverhill, NH 03774 rapidfiredesign@hotmail.com 603-787-6803
I like my paint shaken, not stirred. Posts: 5648 | From: North Haverhill, New Hampshire | Registered: Apr 2003
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I've seen that problem even with lag eye's and "S" hooks. Same installation hardware, and sometimes it squeaks, other times it's fine. Sometimes the sound travels through the bracket and you hear it inside the building and it's quiet outside.
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Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6718 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Maybe the squeek is not such a bad idea. It will draw more attention to the sign. The only squeeking sign in town, a novelty. A very tall person won't bump their head, the squeek will warn them. It also should keep the birds off of it. Think of the possibilities.
-------------------- Bill Riedel Riedel Sign Co., Inc. 15 Warren Street Little Ferry, N.J. 07643 billsr@riedelsignco.com Posts: 2953 | From: Little Ferry, New Jersey, USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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Bill, the squeaking that troubles me is the one that you hear inside the store. The sound is not heard outside, but seems transmitted through the bracket and amplified by the wall. When you have an apartment over the store, this can be rather annoying to the tennant.
-------------------- The SignShop Mendocino, California
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6718 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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