Folded tray sign: Young Components

[Marcella Ross]

Looks neat Andy. :thumbsup: You didn’t lug that up a ladder on your own did you? 😮

[John Childs]

quote Marcella:

You didn’t lug that up a ladder on your own did you? 😮

He’s a tough little bugger Marcella. We breed real men down here in the Midlands. 😀

Nice job Andy.

[Richard Urquhart]

Andy nice job mate would like to try a v bit but as i have done a few with the round bit and no problems i have got used to it, however you say its better so one day i will get one

and as for getting it up there your NUTS i hate going any higher that 6 feet !!! 🙄 🙄 🙄

[Nicola McIntosh]

nice looking sign andy 😀
yeh…you are nuts doing that up a ladder 😉

nik

[Andy Gorman]

Thanks. 🙂

Richard, if you do use a v bit, make sure you grind a flat spot on the point 3.5mm wide. It looks massive but is just right to give a perfect fold.

[Roy Roffey]

word of advice Andy,

i know a guy who went around fitting signs at height on his own and ended up falling 16` and breaking his foot and ankle on the way down.

DON`T TAKE THE CHANCE mate – its not worth it !!!!

by the way – my foots OK now but i got a bit of a limp and get my lads to fit signs now.

any way great work pal, i need to perfect my corners on folded trays also 😕 😕

roffs

[Peter Normington]

Nice job andy, I have started to use the ally returns from SMP for making trays from dibond, not as much mess and dust and maybe a tad quicker
Peter

[Richard Urquhart]

ah peter tell me about the mess little bits of aluminium and plastic all over the place even in my socks

i have seen the returns you use and this way you can do ovals if im correct
do you have any pics of the one you have made
rich

[Peter Normington]

Rich the last ones I made I did radiused corners. but I never asked SMP how to do it I just assumed that you cut away the alli to allow it to be bent, it took quite a lot of time to do, but there may be a quicker way.
Here are some pics that I posted earlier
http://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … uba#134404

There are a few close ups if you scroll down

Peter

[Richard Urquhart]

very nice
how do the returns fit to the edge of the dibond
when the returns are fitted can the sign be fitted like a tray i.e screws from top and bottom

only worrie is if you can fit through the returns then its only the returns that are screwed

am i making sense

thanks mate

[Richard Urquhart]

peter sorry mate just looked at your first post and you give a great description

also sorry Andy for hijacking this post

[Peter Normington]

The returns are glued, and yes fitted like a tray, a screw each corner with a white cap (number plate ) finishes nicely.

Peter

[Peter Normington]

Sorry as well Andy, but thought it was a relevant comment,

By the way I am giving up one handed fitting, I am just as hard as you, but my bones are getting more brittle as I age 😀
I am not affraid of heights, but terrified of hitting the ground 😉

Peter

[Tim Painter]

I found SMP’s Returns very handy on this small shop frontage.
There was very little depth to the frontage and an overhang of timber above. So I made up a timber frame and fitted the Return on the top edge prior to fitting the frame.

This was my first shop front, I have played around with making my own trays since & find SMP’s return way quicker and gives a very nice finish.

Tim.

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[Richard Urquhart]

nice work and good use of the return being fitted that way
rich

[Jill Marie Welsh]

Lookin pretty snazzy there Big G.
love….jill