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Hi all! A customer requested a large job yesterday, due in hand by the 14th. I reached out to local fab shops for metal shearing, but none could get the aluminum in my hands with enough time to apply graphics (busy season and all). It's a fair bit of work for 1 person, but I was thinking I...

Hi all! I'm making new sign faces for the side of a building (16ft x 10ft = 4 sheets of 4x10 Alumalite). I plan on using high performance cast for this job -- mostly likely 3M 7125 or Arlon 2100 -- but laying down 48" vinyl on 48" x 120" panels -- for a 3-color background -- is likely going to...

Hi all! I've got a customer requesting dimensional letters / logo (metal), to be installed on this curved brick wall. Who out there can fabricate this sort of thing? Seems like it would be pretty difficult to fabricate -- probably in the neighborhood of .75 - 1" thick (similar appearance as...

Jake's Fireworks requested that I re-do a sign at one of their locations, and sent "this" material to their store. I assume it's a really basic calendared film. I don't think there's a way to recover these old panels (8 years old). They're terrible. They used single-sided ACM for this job...

Hi all! If you've seen my previous posts, you probably know that all the big sign shops around my town are gone (retired, etc). I'm the only one around wiling to do installs, but my experience is very limited with these types of installations. This is a sign installed by one of those shops...

I need to get (or make) a new sign face for this customer, but I haven't messed with trim cap installations before. I assume it's the same method as channel letters (doesn't seem too difficult). I guess my real concern is making sure the thing actually fits. - Are faces usually the exact...

While replacing some sign faces I discovered this really old retainer trim. Much of the trim is beat up pretty bad. Missing pieces, twisted from sign face blowouts, etc. Not sure why they used a double track profile, but it's certainly not needed. I think these cabinets are at least 40 years...

Hi all! So I decided to give white ink a try. One of my bigger clients needs decorative privacy graphics (white gradient pattern), and they have 180 offices (all narrow windows). They already have some done in one of their buildings that I will try to match -- seems pretty straight forward --...

Hi all! I'm attaching 4x8 sheets of ACM to this double-sided steel frame (recessed). The frame has since been primed/painted black. As you can see, there's plenty to screw to, but the client would like to keep the # of fasteners to a minimum (for aesthetics). What type of adhesive would be...

Hi all! One of my customers needs a wall mount tension banner frame (20'W x 11'H). (mounted on a concrete building, very close to the ground) I'd like to use a 13oz vinyl banner since those are inexpensive to print, compared to mesh banner, but the folks at Lind said a banner of that size...

Hi all! My 1 year old S80600 sometimes stops mid print and throws an error "Circuit Error D26E" or "Circuit Error D269". It happens intermittently, maybe once or twice per week. I couldn't find anything online related to those error codes, but I did reach out to the dealer (no reply yet)...

Hi all! I've got a job to install black lettering on painted concrete at football stadium. (yeah I know, epoxy painted letters would be more durable, but it's simply not feasible for this project.) Oklahoma weather doesn't mess around... pretty harsh environment for vinyl... so I need a...

Hey folks! My customer has a very old sign (one of their original signs from about 25 years ago)... recently had to pull it down due to rotting. It's a 4ft x 6ft double-sided plywood face with hand-painted artwork (top only bracket mount -- swings over their sidewalk). All their other signage...

My customer is getting her trailer painted teal, and wants me to add print/cut wrap graphics to the sides. Okay, it sounded pretty straightforward -- until I saw the trailer photos. Yek! This looks like a PITA install. (I think these channels are too deep for a Primer 94 scenario). The...

Weird subject line, I know. I've got a customer (apartment complex) that needs a replacement unit sign similar to this one -- see attached -- (2-color orange/gray on black, 6" x 8" w/ pictos + "braille", qty 1) I'm not sure how the original signs passed inspection because the supplier gave...

Hi folks! I'm looking to purchase the Epson S80600. Pricing appears to be the same at every distributor I've talked to, so the decision comes down to service / support / training / supplies. I haven't purchased equipment from any of these companies before. Does anyone have a suggestion on...

Hi guys! I need to install a pair of 3x5 ACM sign faces in this double-sided frame (3" tube frame with 2" tube center --- for recessed faces). Normally I'd go with screws w// plastic screw caps, but I was thinking... what about 3M clear VHB tape instead (for a nicer finished appearance)? I...

Today I had a "same day" rush order for (9) double-sided banners. Wasn't sure if I had enough material in stock or not, but I knew it was gonna be super close. Ended up having 1" to spare... just barely enough for the pinch rollers to hang onto. Talk about a relief! Whew!

Hi guys, I need to provide 47 small aluminum signs for a client, but I can't do the entire job in-house (at least not very easily). Given my current workload, I'd rather just farm out the whole thing. The catch is that most (CNC-capable) suppliers won't CNC anything smaller than 6", and none...

One of my customers asked for a stand identical to this one, but I haven't seen this model before. Does anyone recognize it and/or know which distributor might carry it?