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Projected sign/flyout fitting
Hi all,
We have a job coming up where we’ll need to provide a number of printed foam boards to be fitted to an external wall (foam board is to be placed perpendicular to the wall).
Customer has asked us to provide appropriate fittings such that he can simply bolt into place with minimum of fuss (there are several hundred of these things to do).
Is there an off-the-shelf fitting that I can use? I don’t want to resort to cobbling something together!
Thanks,
Simon
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8 Replies
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Don’t use foam board, waste of time and money.
cheapest alternative that will do the job is your sign blank cut from aluminum with a bit extra to the side nearest the wall. then simple fold/bend it into an L-shape. drill some holes and there you have your bracket too.
foam board will become brittle and break in the wind or some kid jumping up and slapping it. it will discolour and holds dirt/grime.
you will also require a bracket, as you have mentioned. so where you save on costs with the foamex, you will make the costs back up with the brackets and Assembly. -
Rob
How do you guys fold aluminum? I assume you guys don’t have press brakes and all that kind of equipment??
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we do have a 6ft wide folder Ruairi. its an old style one that clamps and you manually pull the arm up to create the fold. complete work horse though and couldn’t do without it, other than to replace it with a foot operated one of course. :lol1:
also have a 3 metre wide foot operated guillotine, so knocking out projecting signs like this is very easy. couple of chops in the guillotine and a fold in the bender and jobs done.
for shaped projectors its similar process but you just cut on CNC router and leave a lugg/tap on the shape and again, fold it.a cheap intro to this sorta process and many others for that matter, can be achieved by having one of these 3-in-1 machines. it folds-rolls-guillotines sheet metal, but on a small scale of course. theres a couple of suppliers of this sorta thing, new and second hand on the UKSB Toolbar under the UK resources tab.
http://www.warco.co.uk/Formit—3-in-1- … 0B0D.aspx# -
Just buy them in ready made if you’re not set up for production & slap on a digi print.
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Thanks Gents.
Foamex is written in to specification and can’t be changed (already been there – our first proposal was composite panel). However, sign is only small and although is on an external wall is not in an area with any public traffic, so maybe there’s nothing to worry about.
Ideally I was looking for something off-the-shelf rather than ‘home-made’. Customer is prone to rejecting ideas that don’t have a history of use and would probably ‘inspect’ all our offerings on this basis.
Any additional thoughts most appreciated!
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no disrespect mate…
but we are sign makers… in-house fabrication is not home made DIY type signage.
My suggestion is not only tried and tested by me, it is sold by many trade suppliers of projecting signs as a cheap and cheerful alternative to the more robust ones we see on the high streets.
your customers specific request of foamex is a pretty naive one. but i do appreciate you want to keep them happy. -
OK, here are examples of what i was trying to explain…
need i say anymore?image has been copied from the sign waves groups website. http://www.signwavesgroup.com
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Sounds like you have a real good set up Rob!
Thanks for the link I must look into that! Although we are considering buying a large press/guillotine for our steel workshop so hopefully I can knocking those types of this out shortly!
Cheers
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