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How to hang this Plexi sign
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The Hobbyist
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Can you post a photo of the sign? Is is a single-sided plex sign with vinyl, or a double-sided sign?
It has to be secure. If it fell, it could slice someone's head in half!
Perhaps a nice wooden (oak?) frame that is slotted for the plex, and assembled around the plex. Hangers installed into the top of the wood?
The customer may not want holes, but with that much weight, you want to make sure it will not fall.
It has to be secure. If it fell, it could slice someone's head in half!
Perhaps a nice wooden (oak?) frame that is slotted for the plex, and assembled around the plex. Hangers installed into the top of the wood?
The customer may not want holes, but with that much weight, you want to make sure it will not fall.
S'N'S
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What about something similar to Axis Vertical Grips and S/S cable https://www.cphgroup.com.au/compone.../p-582-axis-w15-vg10-vertical-grip?Itemid=101
PS, this is in Australia, don't know who sells it over there.
PS, this is in Australia, don't know who sells it over there.
A little more information would be helpful. 4x4 but what thickness? makes a difference. http://standoffs.ca/ has a decent selection of hardware that you could use to grip the edge and mount it to the ceiling or a cable/rod system.
Chaz
Chaz
Marlene
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hangups.com look for trak inserts. you mount a bar to the ceiling. on the plexi you drill holes along the top and fit in a plastic rivet and washer that mkaes kind of a wheel. that part goes into the bar and is unseen. not sure what thickness you are using but the signs I've installed are 3mm or .125" thick plastic
A little more information would be helpful. 4x4 but what thickness? makes a difference. http://standoffs.ca/ has a decent selection of hardware that you could use to grip the edge and mount it to the ceiling or a cable/rod system.
Chaz
Chaz
It will be 3/16 single sided.
Customer is looking for no holes in the sign, but will take it if it has to be.
I'm thinking some type of carving foam. Paint it and letter it with vinyl. I think it
would be lighter and I can mount something to the backside but I'm not sure if it would be too costly.
I like the idea of a wooden frame around it
I'll also looked at hangups and did see the trax stuff, but maybe I didn't fully understand how it worked
I'll look again
Customer is looking for no holes in the sign, but will take it if it has to be.
I'm thinking some type of carving foam. Paint it and letter it with vinyl. I think it
would be lighter and I can mount something to the backside but I'm not sure if it would be too costly.
I like the idea of a wooden frame around it
I'll also looked at hangups and did see the trax stuff, but maybe I didn't fully understand how it worked
I'll look again
Gino
Premium Subscriber
Technically, you shouldn't be considering using a substrate of that size or weight, if the customer is gonna put ridiculous restrictions on you. I'd either introduce gatorboard or tell him to hang his own sign. You must consider safety and codes first, before you bend to someone whims about magical hangers. You'll hafta put some kind of mechanical fasteners in the ceiling, so you'll be making holes in the ceiling or hanging it from rafters. To support the 4 x 4, you should use some physical fastening system, also.
I'm not hanging it. The customer is, but is asking how to hang it without holes. And as I said in my post, he's not married to it
But I definitely like the Gatorfoam idea
blufftonsignguy
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I believe MBS Standoffs makes something for you to use in this situation. Check them out
Yeah, I won't even install that size acrylic on the wall if it has stand-offs, too much liability, and I'm not sure you would be 100% non liable even with
the customer doing the install.
BIG EASY DOES IT
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That's like saying home depot would be liable for selling a sheet of plywood because the contractor took it and hung it from some clothespins from the side of his building and it fell and hit someone.
Not really the same thing, it's a custom made product and the customer told them how it is being used and asking advice of the best way to mount it.
It's more like making a custom gun for someone that you know is going to use it unsafely and telling them the safest way to use it unsafely.
A good lawyer could turn that around.
Edited to add: Retailers have been sued many time when their customer are injured or injure someone even when they miss used the product and
the retailer had no way of knowing that it was going to be miss-used
J Hill Designs
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you wont install large acrylic with standoffs?!?
BIG EASY DOES IT
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I suppose you could flip it that way. People accidentally shoot themselves with guns all the time and Smith and Wesson isn't paying for it.
That's more from it being a political / constitutional issue. This more like the lady that burned her leg with hot coffee.
No, we do polycarbonate...