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fabricated lettering: transcend

Posted by Robert Lambie on March 30, 2005 at 7:24 am

the follow images were taken last week when i was working down in newcastle. basically, they are built-up brushed stainless steel letters
with blue LED’s mounted onto a premade fascia backing by shop fitters.
after i fitted these all that was required was the painters to give the sign a few touch ups which they were trying to do when i arrived & moaned the face off them till they left me too it. 😉
work like this looks pretty straightforward but what you dont think about is me, crawling about in a suspended ceiling, covered in dust and crap, trying to find wires with a long bit of wood with a screw attached to try and pull fed through wires together to link up to transformer 😮 :lol1: :lol1:

(oh yeh, these were the buggers that i snipped the top off my finger with scissors installing the LED’s in them. 😮 )

pictures as follows…

ive applied the polycarb backings to fascia like normal flat cut letters.

i then drilled holes through letters & in through fascia board and fed through wires for LED’s

next, i apply the built-up letters to backings….

then off into shop for the fun of the wiring 😕

back out remove the film from the letters and clean them up of finger marks etc

job done….

(special thanks to vinnie @ pheonix signs for his part on creating these letters… top notch mate 😉 )

(to enlarge the pictures, click on them)

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Robert Lambie replied 18 years, 11 months ago 10 Members · 17 Replies
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Gary Davis

Member
March 30, 2005 at 8:49 am

looks brilliant! love the look of steel and the blue illumination, think they go together well do you mind if i ask what kinda price this type of job is to the customer? is there good mark up in it?
Dave Bruce

Member
March 30, 2005 at 12:42 pm

Lovely job Rob.

I am just about to do a job like this, Stainless Steel with LEDs.

I thought about using blue LEDs, but the guy wants to paint the facia light brown to match his canopies, do you think the blue colour will be lost on the brown facia? Should I go for clear LEDs instead?

Cheers

Dave

I would be interested to know a rough price too, although you had some distance to travel to do your job.
Simon Clayton

Member
March 30, 2005 at 2:20 pm

Cracking job that Rob…
How many transformers were there? was it one per letter

Cheers

Simon
Robert Lambie

Member
March 30, 2005 at 5:43 pm

hi guys, thanks for the feeback.. i personaly like the blue LEDs…

LEDs & transformers…
there are approx 48 leds in each letter, thats two strips each with 24 LEDs
there is only one transformer lighting a full set of letters, approx 20-22 led strips. i think the transformer i used had a limit of 30 led strips.
you can buy larger and smaller transformers to best suit the job your doing.

i am willing to share price indications etc on leds and mark-up if anyone wants to PM me. 😀
Nicola McIntosh

Member
March 30, 2005 at 7:28 pm

first class!! 😀 😀

Nik
Simon Clayton

Member
March 30, 2005 at 7:29 pm

Yes please, I would Rob.. but i’ve got no PM buttons??

Cheers

Simon
Carrie Brown

Member
March 30, 2005 at 8:37 pm

Very nice ….. looks great!! The s/s with the blue is fab!! :thumbup2:

We recently completed a job of brushed stainless steel letters that were supposed to have blue leds … but as usual the council said no illumination 🙄 Shocking!! Customers & Councils eh??!!

😀
Robert Lambie

Member
March 30, 2005 at 11:01 pm

thanks for replies folks 😀

simon/dave sent you pm’s guys check your inbox 😉
Gary Davis

Member
March 31, 2005 at 9:00 am

hi rob, same here no pm button, could you please PM me details of pricing/markup?
monty

Member
March 31, 2005 at 12:13 pm

awesome wk rob, very classy
Robert Lambie

Member
March 31, 2005 at 7:36 pm

dtg will try get email to you shortly mate…
cheers monty 😉
John Harding

Member
March 31, 2005 at 7:45 pm

Rob – Pm me with an idea of pricing, been talking to vinnieabout a job (hes a top lad 😉 ) ) but struggling with prospective clients budget, unsure whether to reduce mark up/fitting rate 😕

Thanks in advance – John 😀
Neil Kelly

Member
May 31, 2005 at 12:52 pm

Hi Rob Long time no speak this job looks great I am having a set of built ups made by Phoenix at the moment and want to light them in blue led’s but don’t no where to start ill drop you a PM.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks Neil
Robert Lambie

Member
May 31, 2005 at 5:03 pm

hi neil
good to see you back on the boards mate, been a while, hope you have been busy. 😉
re-the led’s yeh drop me a pm if you like mate, ill reply asap. no probs… just had a look at your account and you should now be able to pm. 😀
Neil Kelly

Member
June 1, 2005 at 9:01 am

Thanks Rob
not been as busy as I would of liked but hanging in.

hey you still using that picture from your year book
you’v got to be going Grey by now. Id forgotton what I looked like with hair ? il send you an update.

PM’d you thanks for your input mate.

:lol1: :lol1: :lol1:
Darryl Seager

Member
June 1, 2005 at 7:18 pm

Can you pm me as well Rob?
i tried to e-mail you last week,but got no reply( you were probably away)

I seem to have lost access to the quotes area, i posted a request on the general side but it was removed by amoderator i think, but there was no explanation.
regards Darryl
Robert Lambie

Member
June 1, 2005 at 9:18 pm

quote Darryl:

Can you pm me as well Rob?
i tried to e-mail you last week,but got no reply( you were probably away)

I seem to have lost access to the quotes area, i posted a request on the general side but it was removed by amoderator i think, but there was no explanation.
regards Darryl

i think you sent it via contact form on the boards daryl, im positive ive replied mate. 😕
quotes area is only open to uksg/gold members. has been for months now. 😕
moderators will only edit and move posts, they dont explain why, but do normally leave an email link for folk with any questions, just incase they arent aware of why they broke board rules, they can then email us and we will explain.
hope this helps mate and sorry for inconvenience…