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3D Channel Letter Nailing
I have recently acquired a few tools from Sign-in-china more out of interest than production use. I have a hand clamp grooving device that will create channels to bend returns from channel letter through to stainless to create a 3D letter from a flat 2D letter. My question is… I have created a letter face from polycarbonate and have created the return I now want to fix the face and return with small nails (Pins) with the use of my compressor powered air gun. I have seen this method done and actually have a letter here that’s been made this way. Does anyone have experience in this or can direct me to a suitable supplier for the nails? Cheers
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Seen a few YouTube videos doing this, very interested in seeing how this works. Nailing into these kinds of materials just seems to go against the grain for me. Would an adhesive of some kind not be better?
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Yes could go down the glue route, their is a product that will melt the acrylic to make a fuzed fixing rather than just an adhesive glue bond. I think it is more to do with speed and not getting glue everywhere! I am meeting someone later in the week who may have an input, I will report back.
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Not sure how the nails will work, or how they will last over time. We use a special glue that bonds letter faces to returns, super glue & almost every other type of glue won’t work over time, but it all has to be prepped correctly. We also have rebate our acrylic, trying to bond 2 flat surfaces won’t be easy
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