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Some may remember the drawing of this sign posted a few weeks ago. Here is the finished piece.
It's sandblasted and carved HDU, 3" thick, 40"x48" sign on 6"x6" cedar posts. The letters, trim and caps are HDU and have 23k gold leaf. The "lady" is a digital print applied to Dibond and was made from an antique poster. The colors were taken from the 107 yr. old house.
The sign is 2 pieces of 1.5" material with threaded rod sandwiched horizontally going through the posts. The bars holding the rider panels are running vertical through the sign and welded to the rods giving it strength. West System was used to laminate the two.
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Wow! Is that gorgeous or what? I love old posters, and that was a great way to use one. Great work, Mark! Love...JILL
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Now.... that's one of the nicest sign I've seen for a long time, the graphic,layout,colors,poles, even the background is perfect...you must have a satisfied and pleased customer.
awesome nice job.
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absolutely gorgeous!!! when you say rider panels going thru vertically and welded on the threads...you wouldn't have any pictures in progress...i'm always stumped about the fabrication of attaching 2 hdu panels without the worry of it coming apart...i'd love to feel confident in doing stuff like this, since i have a cnc and all...but i lack the expertise in the fabrication part. and when you use the west system apoxy...is it just the 2 part or do you add a filler? and when you use that are you priming or painting the backs of these first? this inquiring mind would love to know!! thanks!!!
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Mark, you have arrived and are now among the elite in our Letterhead family. Only praise and no critics. We are all proud to know you.
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Thanks so much for all the positive comments. We really had fun on this project. It had a unique name, a period theme and the clients were great to work with. We even got to stay in the Inn two nights as part of the deal to install it.
Karyn- I hope this drawing helps answer your questions. We used epoxy with some filler added and filled the grooves around the frame. The epoxy was spread out over the whole area and some sand bags put on top overnight. Making the epoxy thick helped it to fill in around the threads and grip the steel. DO NOT paint the back- it bonds much better to raw material.
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Send that one in to the design contests, Mark! It is a piece of art.
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Kelly Thorson Kel-T-Grafix 801 Main St. Holdfast, SK S0G 2H0 ktg@sasktel.net Posts: 5496 | From: Penzance, Saskatchewan | Registered: May 2002
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I liked the detail of the construction as well. For a while now we have been building HDU signs with internal framing in steel - but I love the idea of the steel rods carrying the rider, too.
Any other details to share? Did you blast the background and applique the letters? This sign is worthy of a complete "how to", if you feel so inclined.
Really inspiring work, and I don't say that very often.
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Really inspiring Mark. Signs like that become landmarks for the whole community, almost as if you had erected a public statue. It stands to elevate the standard for all the signs surrounding it, and I hope it does. The town should give the business owner and you civic medals for your vision. Wow.
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Everyone above has already said it- Wow, and wish we were doing work like that too!
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7016 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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You folks are all too nice! This really makes all that hard work worth it. Seeing others enjoying my work and being inspired really makes me feel good and being compared to Gary Anderson, well...I don't know about that. That man is one that I have admired since I started down this path.
Cam: The background is blasted about 3/4" deep and the INN letters are cut from 3/4" hdu, radiused on the shaper and applied. I used #8 "Tee Nuts", available in most hardware stores, countersunk and epoxied into the backs of the letters with 3/4" long studs (all-thread), drilled holes into the faces and glued them with silicone onto the raised pads.
The "of Many Faces" letters are just raised out of the background and given a rounded edge with sandpaper then gold was applied just a little over that radius, which gives them depth. These were a pain to size, painting just down the sides of the letters in a uniform manner. The little "Andersonish" keystones at the top are also applied hdu. The trim on the posts are just stacked and routed hdu. A jig was made to cut the flutes in the posts.
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I just peeked in. That is a beautiful sign. Now that you have shown the replaced sign, I'll bet that the owners are very pleased and proud as punch.
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Where is this sign at? I'm gonna take the ol truck over...dig up the footing.... and take that sign home...as my son would say "sweetical" (Radical and sweet put together for you ultra old timers)
-------------------- Rick Chavez Hemet, CA Posts: 1540 | From: Hemet,CA U.S.A. | Registered: Jun 2001
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