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whats the simplest way of "creating" Foamex letter
Just read a post about fixing 17mm?? foamex letters to a dibond panel……and was wondering the simplest way of creating the letters. tbh, i have yet to use foamex so am slightly blinded by my ignorance. I’m assuming a tempate then drawn onto the panel and cut with…….a dremel of some form???
Please laugh out very loud if i am way off……..
Am I????
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i usually sub out letters, but if i were to make them from foamex myself (assuming it ws such a small job it wasn’t worth subbing), i would make the vinyl letters, apply them to the foamex, and cut out with a fine blade on a jigsaw, obviously it would only be on larger / bold letters, anything under about 6" high would be a right pain!
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Sub them out……hardly worth all the effort to make them yourself!!!!!
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Oh…….ok. Is it just a matter of sticking a request in the quotations forum at the bottom of forums or do you use a specific one based on experience / price?
I’m thinking of a sign with all joined (welded) letters……….so it’d be kinda long 6ft by 8-10"? Postage of that would be awkward me thinks?
Thanks guys 😀
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you can either put something in the sub contract forum,
i think i used tradesignuk.com last time. pretty good service.
hugh
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have you tried?
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Some great advice there, and will deffo use one of them. I assume they all cut any font i choose? The prices seem cheap enough as well…..
What would you use to add colour to the letters? Paint them / printed vinyl? I’m sure i’m making a baffoon of myself here……if not, i will 😳 -
Best to email a vector or .dxf file ( check with whoevers doing your cutting ) and make sure you include actual size info to avoid having you’re letters cut at the wrong scale !
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p.s just thought of something else. . . Double check your vector / line art before e-mailing to the cutter. Some fonts look perfect on a small screen but actually have quite a few defects which if unchecked stick out a mile when they are CNC cut. . especially if they are big characters !
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