My beautiful sign ruined!!

[synergy_jim]

Very Nice! I wonder what color you are going to paint it.

I don't want to hijack the thread, but here is how that turned out.

 

[anotherdog]

Like this....

And we also exclusively use 30lb on any swinging sign. It takes a beating.

Nice, I wouldnt have thought to put that much metal in, but it makes sense.

 

[Billct2]

I like that internal frame, the more metal the better. Swing signs should be heavy.

 

[David Wright]

I don't want to hijack the thread, but here is how that turned out.

Fantastic.

 

[SignProPlus-Alex]

Metal sub frame

I make all my hanging signs with metal sub frame.
Advice for shops without metal fabricating capabilities.
Use .25 steel rod as a sub frame.

Anything bigger than 48x24 I would use 0.5 rod or 1' square tube as a frame.

 

[Billct2]

That's slick.
We don't have welding in house and when we've had to just bolted together a frame, everything is buried and locked by the glue anyhow.

 

[synergy_jim]

Nice, I wouldnt have thought to put that much metal in, but it makes sense.

I'll over build every time. Way cheaper to spend it on steel than to make a new one when it cracks in half.

 

[TimToad]

At the VERY least we do something like this. The woodworking shop next door has a vacuum gluing table which does a very even and incredibly good job of laminating pieces of material together without the need for clamps which can crush the HDU.

For double sided, routed swing signs under 4-6 square feet like this one, we just rout a piece of 1/2" MDO to the outside dimension of the sign with hanging tabs extending up that we through bolt steel hangers to.

 

[ams]

I don't want to hijack the thread, but here is how that turned out.

That looks simply amazing, speechless. Did you hand paint it or use a flatbed?

 

[bob]

I don't want to hijack the thread, but here is how that turned out.

Remarkable craftsmanship and exquisite execution. Layout and typography...not so much.