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Eastern Metal Supply carries it and they just opened a distribution center in Arlington.

Make an early morning run and overlay the sign with vinyl with a friendly 'Sign Covered Due to Non-Payment' message printed on it. Cheap, fast and effective. They in effect no longer have a sign, it's a bad reflection on them as a business which is a good motivator, and it can be removed after...

I appreciate the advice - I wasn't trying to sound unappreciative. But I've installed plenty of this and if someone can lay this perfectly smooth with the amount of tunneling this has, I would love to see it. All I know is I'm beyond buried with work and I don't give my time away. I expect...

I know how to install it. The problem is the tunneling. It won't install well as-is and I'm not going to sit there and peel the transfer tape off, slit the tunnels or anything else to try to 'make it work'. It sets a pretty undesirable precedent: you send jacked up material and I'll fix it for...

Appreciate the responses. I've installed a lot of this stuff. A LOT. I have NEVER had it given to me with masking on it - only by this one company. So here's the rest of the story.... The customer I'm installing this for is an out-of-state sign company. I've been installing for them here...

Exactly. This is precisely how I would do it.

Dusted Crystal vinyl was recently shipped to me from an out-of-state customer. It was for full coverage of exterior windows. Largest pieces were about 48"x48", then there were some smaller pieces about 30"x48". These are solid pieces with the exception of some small lettering on the largest...

That's about as bad as an attorneys office not caring that the evac maps aren't oriented correctly. What can ya do....

Glad Metal Supermarkets took care of you. Not busting your chops at all, but did the customer spec "Cardio Pulmonary" as two separate words? It's definitely one word....

Yes, I install all over the state as well as out-of-state.

I'm your guy. 972-400-1974 moze@precisionsignservices.com

Yeah I gotchya....if you're not already into a battery platform, the link Texas posted is a good deal. The only glitch might be it's the older non-compliant dust box. The OSHA-compliant box is DWH302DH.

Man if you won't use it a ton, just grab a 18v Ryobi. They're cheap and work fine.

Maybe that's what I'm doing wrong....cutting my nose hairs. It all depends on the situation. You can't subject other people to the dust, so if you're drilling near anyone, it needs to be vacuumed. Also, you don't have to carry a separate vacuum, every major player offers onboard extractors...

Not sure it works 'best'....It's a whole lot easier to vacuum while (or after) you drill than it is to blow each hole out with a hand-operated squeezie thing.

Most of the major manufacturers (Bosch, Hilti, DeWalt) offer hollow bits. You attach a vacuum 'port' towards the top of the bit. There are holes at the tip of the bit that the debris is sucked through. They go up the bit and into the 'port' then into your extractor.

https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1926/1926.1153 Handheld and stand-mounted drills (including impact and rotary hammer drills): Use drill equipped with commercially available shroud or cowling with dust collection system Operate and maintain tool in accordance with...

Hitachi is now Metabo HPT. TTheir new Multivolt stuff is cool in the event you need to be plugged in. The snot sucker probably works good for cleaning out the holes but the purpose of the extractor is to prevent the operator from inhaling the silica when drilling, sawing, chipping, breaking...

Was he going to borrow mine lol?

Yeah, at 4-5 studs per letter, you're looking at 275-345 holes....you'll want to bring a few batteries.