4'x8' easel

[Geneva Olson]

I have printed this huge photo on 4x8 gatorpast for a wedding. We need to make an easel for it to stand. We are thinking using 10 mm coroplast for the stand. But I was wondering if anyone had any other suggestions? and if you've tried to uline cardboard easels? Any suggestions would be a great help!

TIA

 

[JBurton]

Indoors? Cut a drop of gatorboard at a 45 30 and glue to the back? I'd think an easel would either look too gaudy, or be too flimsy.

 

[Geneva Olson]

yes, indoors to be used for one day. How tall should we make it and how wide? i really don't want this to be a catastrophe and fall over during the reception.

 

[Gino]

You'll need an ever-so-slight of a taper on the bottom so it doesn't fall over. If it were me, I'd just make 2 exactly alike and double side tape them to the back about 5' apart from the middle.

 

[mkmie]

The easel backs from Uine are fine but you have to buy 3.
3 mm coro will work fine.

 

[Geneva Olson]

The easel backs from Uine are fine but you have to buy 3.
3 mm coro will work fine.

can i just scale out this template for 4x8? what height would you recommend making it?

 

[Geneva Olson]

You'll need an ever-so-slight of a taper on the bottom so it doesn't fall over. If it were me, I'd just make 2 exactly alike and double side tape them to the back about 5' apart from the middle.

it's 8 ft tall and 4 ft wide

 

[Gino]

We made one some time ago, 3.5' x 8' and I used a 6' tall 4mm cor-x about 8" wide slightly tapered bottom and it worked well.

 

[flyplainsdrifta]

We cut 6ft easels out of 4mm corro for situations like this. I usually will recommend 2x 6fts for full 4x8s. If you need some PM me, i can ship some hinged ones to you if you're in a bind.

 

[Geneva Olson]

just curious. is 10 mm coro overkill? this is a pretty flimsy board. with the coro stiffen it?

 

[victor bogdanov]

This works good

https://signworldamerica.com/products/floor-mount-sign-holder-46

 

[Geneva Olson]

This works good

https://signworldamerica.com/products/floor-mount-sign-holder-46

i don't know if that one will work or not. The substrate needs something to hold it upright. it's not as stiff as acrylic.

 

[victor bogdanov]

i don't know if that one will work or not. The substrate needs something to hold it upright. it's not as stiff as acrylic.

I have a customer that uses this to hold up 4 x 8 foamboard 4mm and 10mm

 

[mkmie]

can i just scale out this template for 4x8? what height would you recommend making it?

70" to 72" will be fine.

 

[flyplainsdrifta]

just curious. is 10 mm coro overkill? this is a pretty flimsy board. with the coro stiffen it?

I mean for something that'll be going up for roughly 2-6 hours, I'd say so. Especially indoors. Unless you plan on reusing it, i would agree it might be overkill. I assume its going on the 4 wide and 8 high correct? Gatorplast is not super heavy from what i remember (it has been a while since ive handled it), so using something that we only really use for like, construction site signage typically, especially with the price point for non skid amounts of 10mm, would be kind of cutting into your cost for the job itself unless it was previously quoted in.

4mm has worked for us in these kind of oversize print scenarios, especially using 2 in tandem, has always worked really well for our customers.

 

[JBurton]

i really don't want this to be a catastrophe and fall over during the reception.

I think this is a point to make to the customer, that you are providing something that will be safe in an environment often associated with children running amok, drunk people, and raging bridezillas, and in order for it to be safe, it will be susceptible to falling down if struck, run into, tackled, or kicked over. This sign falling over won't be the end of the world, just another fun memory for the couple, when little cousin jeremy decided to show off his flying tackle on the display (I'm imagining cousin jeremy as a 30+ drunkard, but of short stature)
If they want something that won't fall, you'll just need to figure some wall mount or something more heavy duty, which is just going to add cost for something temporary.

 

[Johnny Best]

Cut two triangles out of same material. Line up with large pabel and drill holes thru triangle and sides. insert dowels.

 

[Boudica]

i don't know if that one will work or not. The substrate needs something to hold it upright. it's not as stiff as acrylic.

It would work with gatorplast.... but overpriced and overkill for the purpose. cardboard easel would work fine, maybe two. You can either use a template to make one, or fashion your own out of cardboard, foamcore, coro, more gatorplast.... whatever you may have large scraps of.

 

[netsol]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BXS2HK5Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

we would use 2 of these @ $13/each
works fine for landscape

 

[ProSignTN]

Good thing this isn't Engineering 101. This is a no brainer.