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Rynobond trays: hungry sandwich bar
Following on from Richards post regarding composite trays, I thought I’d post a picture of my latest effort.
The trays were made from brushed finish metal effect reynobond. ( even tho they look white in the pictures.) The only mistake is that I used the factory edge on the butt join which I later found out has a slight bevel. . . this shows up quite a bit on the shiny brushed metal finish, makes it look like there is a gap!This was all customers artwork, window decals are also temporary, he just wanted something bright and in-ya-face for the first few weeks on trading. I’ve got to clean this lot off and put frost effect on instead next month.
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I like using this stuff 😀
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great to use reynabond, who do you use for your frames?
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I didn’t use a frame with this particular sign. It’s just folded reynobond mounted over an existing wooden sign fascia.
Fabricated as per the thread below.
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Dave,
just a tip ask your supplier to square edge them when you order your sheets. I have full sheets & cut sheets done that way no jointing problemsKev
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just my personal preference but where ever possible I would never have the join running through the letter
I would tweak the kerning or adjust the size of the panels to suit
looks good though
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So is the silver looking frame part just unvinyled aluminium Dave?
Its a nice clean looking finish; the whole job!
Did the customer not want it lit up?
Do you save much making it yourself rather than ordering the tray in?
Jimmy.
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Thanks James. .
Yes the silver border and text are just the reynobond sheet showing. ( only red is vinyl) Quite a cheap solution, 2 sheets on composite board and 5 metres of vinyl. . this makes for a reasonably priced sign which I can still make a good profit on. .. so everyones happy 🙂
I try to sell these signs over panatrim / frame style signs. IMO they look better, seem less hassle to install and cover old fascias up a treat.
In my experience I only order in welded ali trays if A) I need a colour matched sign, in which case i’ll have the manufacturers powder coat / spray it which works out cheaper. B) if the customer has specifically asked for it.
Aluminum trays are also much heavier.
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Dave nice work mate well done
no doubt were bump into each other soon
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Amari are doing a board similar to diabond. It’s called 1 Bond. Diabond normally costs around £70 a sheet. This new stuff only costs about £40 and it looks and feels identical.
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My local supplier sells ‘alupanel’ or ‘alipanel’ which they say is cheaper than dibond. How do you fold the sheets? Do you router through one aluminium face exposing the rubber? I supposed so but would like to know before i try it.
Cheers,
Gareth
ps nice work this.
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I’m almost sure Rich did a demo last week or so about how to route a panel , nice idea Dave to use the edge as a frame, nice sign as well.
Lynn
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Thanks Lyn.
Gareth, yes its routed. I put the url link to richards thread on the 4th post down. He’s taken some really good photos of tray fabrication. check them out.
As for Alupanel if its a composite board similar to Reynobond 33 / dibond then yes the folding technique would be the same.
Karl I get my Reynobond from armari, but I’ve never heard of this "1-bond" ?
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Hi all
dave or any one else that has used Reynobond and alupaneli have found for some reason that when i route reynobond and bend i get a much nicer bend
when using alu panel i can still get a nice bend but find i have to work at it as the material goes a bit wavy when looking down the length i know this will never show when the sign is fitted due to fixings top and bottom but i just find reynobond routes and bends much nicer
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Rich
i agree with you on that, used Rynabond from amari for several signs then switched to Alupanel due to a supplier giving better price for the 10 sheets i needed. Found that i at to machine deeper into the material to get a nice bend it was also more brittle if you didn’t get the depth right.Kev
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The trays are a great idea. I don’t tend to do many shop signs as I don’t have much experience with them.
How did you fix these to the existing fascia?
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Mathew, sign trays are normally fitted to a frame so if you had an existing shop front you would make up a frame which the sign tray just fitted over. Fix the frame to the existing facia, then fit the tray over the frame and secure the tray through the sides into the framework. This way you avoid having fixings in the front of the sign.
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Mathew, sign trays are normally fitted to a frame so if you had an existing shop front you would make up a frame which the sign tray just fitted over. Fix the frame to the existing facia, then fit the tray over the frame and secure the tray through the sides into the framework. This way you avoid having fixings in the front of the sign.
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