Wood lightbox – ever seen this before?

[shoresigns]

Saw this recently and was wondering if anyone's ever seen anything like it? The blue panel is 1/4" plywood wrapped in blue vinyl, with a combination of raised and recessed acrylic logo/lettering.

We occasionally sub out signs like this, but the background panel is always painted aluminum. Why would someone use plywood for this? It doesn't seem like it would last very long.

 

[letterman7]

Either didn't know any better or didn't have the machinery that would rout aluminum. Interesting though.. if the ply were sealed correctly they might get quite a few years out of it. At least until the fire marshal inspects and finds all the electronics inside a wood box...

 

[Sandman]

That construction would not even be legal in Michigan. All electric signs have to be UL approved and I doubt very much that a sign shop would go through the extensive UL approval process and then make a light box out of plywood.

 

[Active Sign]

Monkey with a jigsaw? People will do anything to make/save a buck.


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[Billct2]

I made one out of wood to display a piece of stained glass...inside. Don't know why anyone would build an exterior box like that. It looks like it was actually well done, so weird.