Aluminum pan sign, side mount, custom frame. Is it the way to go?

[nolanola]

Hello.
I have a good client and I want to make a good sign for him. He runs a law firm, the office is located in a busy neighborhood with nice signs.
I want it to be a blade sign with a "solid" bracket, as opposed to a hanging sign.
A frame will be welded of 1 inch square aluminum tubing with 1/4 inch plate, aluminum pan faces with aluminum flat cut letters 3/8" thick will be mounted to the frame with fasteners on the top and bottom sides. After that the sign will be mounted to a wall.
The image is attached.



I have three questions:
1) Is it a good idea?
2) Am I overthinking it? Are there prefabricated brackets for that on the market?
3) How to make the overlay of the faces right on the sides?

Thank you.

 

[Gino]

You might want to consider guy wires to prevent any eventual movement from wind on a stationary sign like that. Each flange should have 4.... about 6" lags going into the building.

 

[TimToad]

I like the idea of it in general as a permanent sign, but feel like 1" x 1" square tube isn't stout enough for a sign that size.

Also, if its a double sided sign, it gets a little trickier on your panfaces in that small of dimension of a frame. If you bumped it up to 2"x2", then you would need two 16"x36" x 1" deep pan faces and you'd have to notch out where they slide in over the framework or just have the tops, bottoms and front edge broken. I usually don't like to do that because leaving the back end open invites spiders and dust bunnies to collect in there.

There are some pre-made brackets out there that might work, but you'd probably be better off having a local metal worker weld something up for you and have it powdercoated if you're not equipped to build it yourself.

 

[spectrum maine]

Hello.
I have a good client and I want to make a good sign for him. He runs a law firm, the office is located in a busy neighborhood with nice signs.
I want it to be a blade sign with a "solid" bracket, as opposed to a hanging sign.
A frame will be welded of 1 inch square aluminum tubing with 1/4 inch plate, aluminum pan faces with aluminum flat cut letters 3/8" thick will be mounted to the frame with fasteners on the top and bottom sides. After that the sign will be mounted to a wall.
The image is attached.

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I have three questions:
1) Is it a good idea?
2) Am I overthinking it? Are there prefabricated brackets for that on the market?
3) How to make the overlay of the faces right on the sides?

Thank you.

I would weld out of steel with bigger wall flanges. if aluminum 1 1/2" minimum tubing size & A VERY GOOD WELDER" Then bond faces to frame w/ lords adhesive for a seamless look.

 

[FS-Keith]

2x2" alum with 8x8" plates, glue a .125 alum face on and pin mount the letters. Needing a guy wire depends on what the building is. If you can throughbolt or get about 4" solid embedment that thing is not going anywhere