Ahh, yes 7, was a long day. Just thought gluing pads to them would be faster. Hadn’t considered drill and tap, worried I’d blow through the face with the tap.
You use a drill press with a stop on it so the drill bit only goes so far down and won't penetrate the face.
I’m curious about Gemini, never used them, I assume they would quote me a pretty high price to produce these letters. I’m going to get a quote just outta curiosity.
If your a professional sign company you get a 40% discount off their prices.
I haven't found Gemini to be expensive in the least - especially for metal letters. Their buying power for materials and their quantity of scale in production keeps their costs wicked way down. Plus all the labor drilling, tapping, gluing pads, pattern making, etc. is handled by them which frees you up to performing tasks that will make you more money than those duties. And, nothing is too expensive if your proposal is based on the quoted price from them plus your mark up - and the customer approves the price.
They can make a stud pattern for you too
I mostly use Gemini for plaques, but the few times I've ordered letters from them I've had them in my hands in 4 business days, painted a custom Pantone match, drilled & tapped with a install template, for less than it would cost me to bring in a sheet of the raw acrylic and router them myself.
Even pre covid, daycare centres were a giant petri dish, I can't imagine why anyone would want to go work in a daycare during a pandemic for minimum wage.
If you got a vaccine there is nothing to worry about. We had one kid test positive a month ago that showed no symptoms. The only reason they tested is because the parents had it. As far as we know it didn't get passed. Children young enough for daycare are not transmitting covid.