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My wife and I were in Newport Rhode Island for a long weekend and drove past the Newport Car Museum. We love old cars and decided to stop in. We were blown away by the 70+ cars in the collection. If you are near by you should check it out. Anyway... we were in the gift shop, getting ready to...

A CNC machine with vacuum hold down would do your job. Make a file with as many blanks as will fit on a panel the size of the bed. include rounded corners and holes. Buy bits specifically designed for cutting aluminum (single flute carbide) they require no misting and run at about 70 impm at...

Here in Connecticut, if you are a manufacturer you are essential. Check your state guidelines, and yes, if you are making the kind of signs you mention you are definitely essential. Get a new payroll company.

Now what sign were we looking at, I forgeto_O

We have a Laguna SmartShop II 5'x10'. Great machine. When I researched CNCs I was sold on the Multicam until I was quoted the price. This Laguna does everything we need to do for a little more than half the price.

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We ordered these from 365, 16"x24" double sided. We're just sticking them around town, on the green, etc.

CNC, I bought the CNC model for $25 and let the machine rip.

Here's a smattering of signs we've made.

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Rogue serif Med Italic

Paint Mask issue update. Visual800 mentioned getting the sign into the sun. We figured, why not, so we rolled it out into the sun and were amazed to see that in the sunlight the lines were quite a bit less noticeable. It baked for a day and although the lines are still there, and about the same...

Thanks Bill & Garth, The fine abrasive route was our last resort also, problem is the sign is double sided 5'x7'. I will be contacting the mask manufacturer today, I have the lot number, it may be a bad batch. Ahaag the sign business, when it was good it was bad;)

Hi All, We have been carving signs for ages, we prime & paint the HDU with Matthews paint, let it dry for at least 48hrs and then apply a vinyl paint mask. All pretty standard sign making practice that has worked flawlessly up to now. This time, when removing the mask, new roll (yellow, my...

Google Mumpower Sign Supply, they have them

Hi all, Every day I get an email from Signs 101 showing the most common posts of the day and I'm always amazed at the number of "font help" requests there are. I'm not sure if you all are aware of a great resource called, https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ This a snap to load that jpg that...

Hi All, I need some help. We have an APD/Anagraph plotter 48". The mother board blew last week. We removed the motherboard (very easy, open the plotter and remove 5 machine screws) we sent the board to a repair guy who says the repair is easy, but needs a picture of the back of a clean board. We...

Just in case you don't know, myfonts.com is a great source for fonts, they have a super selection and while there, check out there tool called what the font. You download a jpg of some of the characteristic letters and most of the time the name of your font will appear. On the rare time when...