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  1. Wrestling Room at High School Signs with multiple names

    At Clarkrange High School in Fentress County, Tennessee where the all time winningest high school coach in the history of the game, Lamar Rodgers coaches, the Lady Buffalos get their name sandblasted in a marble rock if the win a gold ball (the State Championship in Tennessee). In 500 years that...
  2. Phasing out phone calls

    A two minute phone call can weed out more bullshit than twenty three text messages and fifteen emails, and I can talk while I drive. Automated answering is why I hate my doctor. You are in the service business. Serve.
  3. Does this jog any memories? (for Gen Xers and older)

    Cook with it.You will be rewarded with delicious.
  4. Rate my very first sign

    Wow! This is who we are? Go but but yourself Mike Stevens 'the art of lettering', study it and get back to us in six months.
  5. Making a transition

    Foot traffic will step on you.
  6. Need Help Is there a pricing website that can guide me?

    Time & Materials. Seriously think about how long it will take to complete.
  7. Installation code of conduct agreement?

    I do quite a bit of work in schools and act accordingly. If I'm on a job site where dirt work, concrete, electrical and plumbing are still in progress, I act accordingly. Had an HVAC guy meet me for a quote on new unit at my mom's house. He texted while eating lunch at Hardee's and said he'd be...
  8. Contour Cut Sign to be Hung Outside on Facade of Building

    I can't see the picture either. Never had an ACM install failure. Maybe it's just me, but I've never had a mechanical install failure period. Did have a tornado suck some Gemini formed letters off the wall years ago, but I didn't put them up, I just replaced them.
  9. Harley Davidson replacement graphic

    In the mid 2000's I work at an outdoor advertising agency / sign shop and our part time college office girl did he senior thesis on corporate marketing tactics. Even then HD was losing money building and selling motorcycles. Then as now they profited handsomely by renting out their mark to...
  10. How to Approach Window Film Installation

    My ladders all have four feet. Now let me do the math.......move four rocks.
  11. New Employee Training

    Wow. Great question. In a large shop training can be 'manualized' because it is often quite specific. Being a small shop the best I could do was outline all the skills involved and then teach them as they came up. Years ago I had a good employee who watched and listened (listened being...
  12. Good place to order printed flex faces?

    Circle Graphics, the largest vinyl flex printer in the US and Lamar Advertising's go to printer, is located in Longmont, CO.
  13. Panformed Sign Faces: Survey Measurements

    As signbrad said, back in the day when fluorescent lamps were the standard, you needed 6" between a lamp and the face to have good light dispersion. A 7"cabinet with 3" draft on pan faces gives you 13" wide. 13" minus half the lamp diameter of a T12 lamp (.625) and presto, you just over 6". With...
  14. Installing acrylic letters

    Design your stud pattern so that studs go in mortar joints and not the bricks. Mortar joint holes can be easily repaired and there is very minimal structural affect.
  15. Panformed Sign Faces: Survey Measurements

    Of all the measurement you can log, CUT SIZE is CRITICAL.
  16. Need Help Letter Board Assembly

    Drill holes thru your ACM but not not the track. This will allow adhesive (Lexel or equivalent) to push thru the ACM and the "mushroom" created will serve as a throw fastener.
  17. How Should I Apply?

    I would not put 6'x4' styrene on the exterior of glass, period. Not if, but when it fails, he will blame you.
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