gabagoo
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Went to see a customer who I have done many write on erase boards for in the past.
Now he needs one that will be larger than a 4 x 8 and he needs 2 of the columns to be able to use magnets on.
I ponder this for a few moments and tell him that once you go beyond 48"- 50" in height we are looking at certain issues which may make this difficult.
the board basically will sit on the shop floor and I think it is going to end up being 6' x 8 to 10 feet wide. They have a company that will make a frame and legs from extrusion so i dont have to deal with that. he has so many columns vertically that even if we did get it to fit into 50" the area to write in will be pretty small. I tried suggesting running 2- 4 x 8's side by side but he wants what he wants and until I can prove otherwise I have to figure out how to do this.
I told him we could basically make the board write on erase but in the 2 colums that require magnets we could lay down a thin sheet of tin and cover it with the same graphics so from a distance it will blend in, but I said from up close you are definately going to know that it is a section glued into place. ( I still think it would look good) but no, he wants it all steel.
The weight of this sign is going to be extreme. I will need to outsource the printing as I only have a 54" machine, and do they even make write on erase laminate that large?
The worse part about this is that he is being a little anal about the steel insert as I know in this shop, because they are making car parts and melting aluminum, the environment will make this board look like crap within 6 months.
I walked around the shop floor (absolutely huge) with another manager who needs all the write on erase boards by each machine replaced as within 3 or 4 years the gunk and grease and God knows what else that builds up on them is horrible. If you looked up to the ceiling lights which must have been 60 or 70 feet up you would see halos around them from the crap in the air.
It's all safe the guy tells me as I started to choke and cough after being in this one area for less than 5 minutes.
So guys I was thinking I could buy galvanized tin to use for the steel backing and get a gauge that is not to heavy (not sure my supplier has it larger than 48" though). Apply the galvanized to a 1/4" plywood and then apply the graphics over the tin (it is very smooth, have made many magnetic boards this way in the past).
I just think the weight of this board will be incredibly heavy once it is done
so does the write on erase lam come in a 6 foot size? (doubtful)
can you buy plywood that is 72" x 10'? (doubtful again)
and what about that tin? you think it comes in 72" rolls? (again doubtful)
I still think 2- 4 x8 boards side by side would work well for them. I even explained to him if you had this 6' board on the floor and it was elevated to 36" how the heck was anyone going to write anything in at the 8' level.
he is an engineer and I have to point this out to him...go figure.
Well what do you think ?
can it be done?
is it worth my time?
I know it is a lot of questions, but as much as I dont even want to do this, there is lots of other work there for me so i dont want to get them to upset.
Now he needs one that will be larger than a 4 x 8 and he needs 2 of the columns to be able to use magnets on.
I ponder this for a few moments and tell him that once you go beyond 48"- 50" in height we are looking at certain issues which may make this difficult.
the board basically will sit on the shop floor and I think it is going to end up being 6' x 8 to 10 feet wide. They have a company that will make a frame and legs from extrusion so i dont have to deal with that. he has so many columns vertically that even if we did get it to fit into 50" the area to write in will be pretty small. I tried suggesting running 2- 4 x 8's side by side but he wants what he wants and until I can prove otherwise I have to figure out how to do this.
I told him we could basically make the board write on erase but in the 2 colums that require magnets we could lay down a thin sheet of tin and cover it with the same graphics so from a distance it will blend in, but I said from up close you are definately going to know that it is a section glued into place. ( I still think it would look good) but no, he wants it all steel.
The weight of this sign is going to be extreme. I will need to outsource the printing as I only have a 54" machine, and do they even make write on erase laminate that large?
The worse part about this is that he is being a little anal about the steel insert as I know in this shop, because they are making car parts and melting aluminum, the environment will make this board look like crap within 6 months.
I walked around the shop floor (absolutely huge) with another manager who needs all the write on erase boards by each machine replaced as within 3 or 4 years the gunk and grease and God knows what else that builds up on them is horrible. If you looked up to the ceiling lights which must have been 60 or 70 feet up you would see halos around them from the crap in the air.
It's all safe the guy tells me as I started to choke and cough after being in this one area for less than 5 minutes.
So guys I was thinking I could buy galvanized tin to use for the steel backing and get a gauge that is not to heavy (not sure my supplier has it larger than 48" though). Apply the galvanized to a 1/4" plywood and then apply the graphics over the tin (it is very smooth, have made many magnetic boards this way in the past).
I just think the weight of this board will be incredibly heavy once it is done
so does the write on erase lam come in a 6 foot size? (doubtful)
can you buy plywood that is 72" x 10'? (doubtful again)
and what about that tin? you think it comes in 72" rolls? (again doubtful)
I still think 2- 4 x8 boards side by side would work well for them. I even explained to him if you had this 6' board on the floor and it was elevated to 36" how the heck was anyone going to write anything in at the 8' level.
he is an engineer and I have to point this out to him...go figure.
Well what do you think ?
can it be done?
is it worth my time?
I know it is a lot of questions, but as much as I dont even want to do this, there is lots of other work there for me so i dont want to get them to upset.
