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New Sign for Shop/Garage

galerdude

New Member
Just wanted to share a photo of my sign I'm hoping to get hung this weekend when the time changes. I need to re-paint the garage gable first and it's still freezing nights :banghead:.

It's 2x6 redwood, designed in flexi, dxf'd into V-Carve Pro, on into Mach3 and then carved on my Joe's 4x4 R&P Hybrid. Was a fun project :wink:.
 

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mrchips

New Member
WOW, very detailed!!!!

Love the sundial connection with your biz name......cool!

Couple of questions if you don't mind......what size is it and why did you have the laminates going across the sign instead of up and down? Will this beauty hang or be attached to a post?

Thanks, and once again, NICE sign.

Joe,

Makin Chip$ and Havin Fun!
 

Jillbeans

New Member
I really dig the sundial idea.
Welcome from PA, where you see a lot of those on the sides of barns, but only using dowel rods.
Love...Jill
 

SD&F

New Member
That is very intricate. Do you work mostly with redwood? We used to use redwood regularly and then switched to mostly HUD/Cedar. Do you have trouble getting the redwood? Just curious....Thanx
 

galerdude

New Member
Wow, I'm overwhelmed by the extremely warm welcome and all the positive comments.
Thank You all very much! I'm very appreciative!

Mr. Chips wrote: Couple of questions if you don't mind......what size is it and why did you have the laminates going across the sign instead of up and down? Will this beauty hang or be attached to a post?

-Size - 39"h x 31"w x 1.5"d
-Horizontal laminate - Good question. I guess I've always pretty much designed and fabbed my blanks in that configuration. Also, being the cheap ol' codger that I am, the blank was 32" wide and I was able to get 3 boards per 8 footer which allowed less waste.
-Installation - The plan is to mount it on the vertical of the south facing gable of my garage. I am one lot away from a busy north/south artery with pretty good visibility, so it should get some notice.

On a side note: I had my own 1 man sign shop from 3-86 to 12-01. The "911" disaster put me in a bad way economically so took the opportunity to go to work for a large sign shop and worked there til 7-11. I am now retired and work out of my garage in order to stay active in sign crafting which I thoroughly enjoy. I am really excited about being a part of the "101" community and being able to stay in touch with all the creativity that goes on here.
Thanks again all, for the warm welcome!
Gale
 
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