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What type of track or product would be best to used attached to MDO or lusterboard in a manner that would allow signs to slide in and out easily for changes? The only thing I can think of is the stuff used for individual changeable lettering. Would that allow a 1/8" thick piece of acrylic to slide in?
Thanks.
[ June 18, 2002, 10:47 AM: Message edited by: Amy Brown ]
-------------------- Amy Brown Life Skills 101 Private Address Posts: 3502 | From: Lake Helen, FL, USA | Registered: Feb 2001
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Yes Amy that would allow the 1/8" panels to slide in,....it can be bought in 8' lengths here at one of my local suppliers in any of 3 types, the top track,...a middle track to go between two lines of copy,...and a bottom track.
-------------------- fly low...timi/NC is, Tim Barrow Barrow Art Signs Winston-Salem,NC Posts: 2224 | From: Winston-Salem,NC,USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Amy - mirror track, sometimes called J-track from a local supply house. There is also a carpet version that you might be able to make work. McMaster Carr has a variety in their big catalog. Vic G
-------------------- Victor Georgiou Danville, CA , USA Posts: 1746 | From: Danville, CA , USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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Hello Amy. There is also a product used for end-capping on panelboard. It resembles the tracking for mirrors, is made of plastic and only costs about $2 Canadian (that's like 3 cents american...lol) for an 8 foot length. Any lumberyard or home improvement centre should have it.
-------------------- Pat de la Sablonnière Posts: 6 | From: Regina, Canada | Registered: May 2002
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If you use a plastic rail material, drill oversize holes in the plastic rail for mounting. And after you tighten down the screws for holding the rail to the panel, back them off a smidgen.
This will allow the panel (if its wood) to move during weather changes and it wont crack your rails.
Good luck, Joe
-------------------- Joe Abner Talisman Signs Middleboro, MA
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Hi Amy, Another option is an aluminum extrusion, more durable than plastic. One of my sign supply catalogs lists an "F" extrusion that has a groove that's perfect for a 3/16" plastc insert. You can miter the corners also as for a picture frame.
Brad in Kansas
-------------------- Brad Ferguson See More Signs 7931 Wornall Rd Kansas City, MO 64111 signbrad@yahoo.com 816-739-7316 Posts: 1230 | From: Kansas City, MO, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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