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Last week's project..

Desert_Signs

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Just thought I'd share something I printed/cut/painted/installed. Everything was made in house, except the material and standoffs! Thought you guys might be interested to see that some of us out here do actually do more than print and cut!

Letters are 1/4" PVC cut on our Vision router then painted to customer selected color. The large center acrylic piece was printed 2nd surface on our flatbed, then overlaid with white vinyl. The 2 side pieces are "sandwiched" with poster paper in the middle, so that they can be easily swapped out.

The cabinet is 2 pieces, built out of 1/2 primed plywood. It is 2 sections, each about 6' long, that appear seam-less after install. We put the cabinet in on site, then laid matte laminated vinyl on the face and sides, then installed the back-printed floor plans. Under each floor plan is a small paper holder with bent acrylic base. The cabinet is mounted in what used to be a planter, using L-shape steel brackets with locating pins to hold the cabinet in place.

It was a fun project! I love taking a pile of stuff and turning it into something neat! Pretty much used every piece of equipment in the shop, even the plotter for the letter pattern. :cool:
 

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FS-Keith

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Looks good, next time use matte clear acrylic so you dont have that horrible glare. Im sure you can see it just as much in person as it shows up in pictures.
 

Desert_Signs

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Looks good, next time use matte clear acrylic so you dont have that horrible glare. Im sure you can see it just as much in person as it shows up in pictures.

We tried. :banghead:

I made small scale samples in matte. They thought it looked "cheap" and asked me to make samples in clear. They decided they liked the look of the "shiny" better. Sometimes I can't understand customers. However, if you're standing directly in front of the display, the glare is very minimal. It helps that it's pretty dark in there.
 
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