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Not sure it works 'best'....It's a whole lot easier to vacuum while (or after) you drill than it is to blow each hole out with a hand-operated squeezie thing.

Most of the major manufacturers (Bosch, Hilti, DeWalt) offer hollow bits. You attach a vacuum 'port' towards the top of the bit. There are holes at the tip of the bit that the debris is sucked through. They go up the bit and into the 'port' then into your extractor.

https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1926/1926.1153 Handheld and stand-mounted drills (including impact and rotary hammer drills): Use drill equipped with commercially available shroud or cowling with dust collection system Operate and maintain tool in accordance with...

Hitachi is now Metabo HPT. TTheir new Multivolt stuff is cool in the event you need to be plugged in. The snot sucker probably works good for cleaning out the holes but the purpose of the extractor is to prevent the operator from inhaling the silica when drilling, sawing, chipping, breaking...

Was he going to borrow mine lol?

Yeah, at 4-5 studs per letter, you're looking at 275-345 holes....you'll want to bring a few batteries.

The apprentice is in the frozen section.....?

Yeah, I've had them. They're good, but not out of this world good. I've lived all over NY and even my podunk hometown has better.

Are those from Anchor? :rock-n-roll:

I prefer GrubHub. They're typically less expensive. If I'm out of town installing, I typically use them for dinner so I can sit in the hotel and get work done.

It's stamped concrete, you can see the vertical seam where the forms met up.

That's blasphemy. I'll pretend you didn't say that.

Bob Schneider and Old 97's are my most frequently played...

You should give the Old 97's a listen. Start with the Graveyard Whistling album.

Looks like 3" steel tube since the corners are rounded. Might try Metal Supermarkets in Dallas. They'll cut it to length and pretty sure they can weld it up for you too.

Tucking 1/2" of vinyl is a pain? Sounds like an installer issue....

I'd avoid the headache and get a new set of clear-coated letters from Steel Art.

It should be pretty straightforward. This was air egress. Customer wanted it inset with the border but there's no reason you couldn't go full coverage and give it a bit of bleed and run it past the door. You'll need to cut around the opening for the drop key.

Coming from someone who has had to remove a number of signs over the years that I have personally installed with Lexel, I would love to see a product that adheres as well in the situation being described. The stuff does not let go. If it does, you did something wrong. For those of you with...

Silicone doesn't adhere well to acrylic/polycarbonate/plastics. Use Lexel (available from Lowes, not Home Depot) or stud-mount.