hanging blanks for scaffolding

[Martin Pearson]

Whats it for Jim? Try some of the health and Safety Brochures as they have stuff suitable for scaffolds or is it just blanks you are looking for. I though it was for scaffold tags when I first looked at the post but they are a lot smaller than the size you want.

[Jim McManus]

Hi Martin, it’s for "scoffolding incomplete" signs, just like the ones in the health and safety brochures. They seem to made of rigid PVC with a couple of folds to the top to create a hanger. I could router forex and create a similar thing, or just fabricate "hooks", but I just wondered if there was a supplier of the blank folded units.
Martin good to know you are in Fife, should get together sometime if you like, I’ve probably come across loads of your work as I am doing the rounds. Pretty sure you could teach me a lot to! I’ll gladly buy the coffee.

Cheers,

Jim.

[Martin Pearson]

Jim, what about using HIPS rather than forex, you could probably form a hanger just by scoring it with a stanley blade but not sure how long they would last, I have bent it as well using a bit of heat so you could probably form a hook by heating it round a bit of bar.
Jim even though I haven’t been working for quite a while there are still quite a few of my jobs knocking about. Don’t know about teaching you anything, well I could certainly teach you how not to be successful in business !!! I don’t have a problem getting together anytime that suits you, it always use to frustrate me because most of the signmakers in Fife won’t talk to each other which I could never understand. Coffee would suit me fine as I drink bucket fulls of the stuff!!!!!!!!!

[Jim McManus]

Martin,

Time for my first lesson, I don’t know what HIPS is, or where to get it! Can it be supplied cut to size?
I know what you mean about the Fife signmakers, in my limited experience I have found that some do not like to give too much away. I suppose that’s understandable up to a point, but I’m not going away so I always believe it is better to help each other out in any business. One good turn deserves another, and one day they will need a favour.
Anyway, sure we could have an interesting blether.
Take care,

Jim

[Martin Pearson]

Jim HIPS (High Impact Polystyrene) is the white normally glossy looking plastic that a lot of health and safety signs are printed on. About a mil thick, can be bought from any plastics supplier. Europoint and the like sell it as well but you may need to buy a minimum number of sheets, how much do you need as I may still have a few odd bits lying about. As for cutting it is easy to cut with a stanley knife or even a decent pair of scissors.