Sign fabrication projects

@Theultimatehic Wish I could spend a day at your shop or just a day to hang out with you and talk about signs and stuff. I have what looks to be the same CNC as yourself. Is the the Gerber Sabre 408? It’s a real workhorse at our shop. I just saw the Accubend Ace in the recent issue of Sign Builders mag. 

Surfer (aka Nalu) wrote:

53 minutes ago, Surfer (aka Nalu) said:

@Theultimatehic Wish I could spend a day at your shop or just a day to hang out with you and talk about signs and stuff. I have what looks to be the same CNC as yourself. Is the the Gerber Sabre 408? It’s a real workhorse at our shop. I just saw the Accubend Ace in the recent issue of Sign Builders mag. 

Yupp same cnc. Thing never has problems. And yupp same one featured on sign builder. If you’re ever in phoenix lmk

I may be visiting Hawaii before you visit Phoenix though lol

Theultimatehic wrote:

19 hours ago, Theultimatehic said:

I may be visiting Hawaii before you visit Phoenix though lol

Let me know man, I can give you a shop tour. 

Alright guys, i welded one up today so here are some pics of how these are done. This is last step I’ll show other then finished paint job. Can’t give away all my secrets :p. I’ll have the next set of pics up in a few days.

Here’s a shipment of signs for Del taco in Gallup NM. Just shipped this morning. Pics are from front of trailer to back. Mounts for monument are made on spot.

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Damn impressive work@theultimatehic


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SAWEEET !!!!


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So the last 2 days i was gonna get some pics of the paint job for freddys. I failed both days. Hopefully i remember tomorrow, going snowboarding this weekend so I’m a lil distracted…. and busy busy at work lol. I’ll get some pics though. 

Alright as promised some photos. Jets pics of painted and primed letters.  Plastic faces with leds. And a tail with it lit. Enjoy. I’ll get some pics of this one installed since it’s local. 

Nice pics. Worth a 1000 words as they say.

looks great

Here’s an interior sign I’m doing for a gym. They want a rustic look with wood they supplied. I built an aluminum frame that the wood attaches to which will mount wroth a bracket on the wall. Now that the frame is built and wood is laid out, I can now take my pattern for letters and logo and mark them accordingly so i can mount studs to aluminum faces. More pics to come on this one. Will have a freddys finished sign here soon. 

Jronman wrote:

8 hours ago, Jronman said:

looks great

Thanks man

So here’s the letters for the gym sign. Laid them out with a pattern so i can transfer marks for studs to the wood for mounting.  First pics shows them with punch marks next two photos show studs welded on. 

Here it is with the wood set and l.e.d. track attached. It will get painted black to match frame. Next step will be installing the letters that were previously studded. 

Here are the pics for “freddys”. Installed and all lit up. Enjoy

Theultimatehic wrote:

Here are the pics for “freddys”. Installed and all lit up. Enjoy
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They are located all over the U.S., they are fairly popular. They have good fries and custards as well as the burgers

Theultimatehic wrote:

8 minutes ago, Theultimatehic said:

They are located all over the U.S., they are fairly popular. They have good fries and custards as well as the burgers

Reminds me of Culver’s. Never been there but they say it’s good custard and burgers. .

Awesome looking signs from what I can see, the rest are just a blank little square, must be something to do with the forum changes

Haha I make signs for culvers as well. They are delicious in a different way.  Butterburgers.

KnarlyCarl wrote:

14 minutes ago, KnarlyCarl said:

Awesome looking signs from what I can see, the rest are just a blank little square, must be something to do with the forum changes

 

Ya they all disappeared a week ago or so…

KnarlyCarl wrote:

Reminds me of Culver’s. Never been there but they say it’s good custard and burgers. .

 

Awesome looking signs from what I can see, the rest are just a blank little square, must be something to do with the forum changes

We have Culver’s around here… mmmm cheese curds

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Love me some cheese curds!

Here’s the pic for the wooden sign. Both lit and unlit. 

Theultimatehic

I kind of wish you would start a different thread for each build. I have not checked this thread in a while and you do some beautiful work, but it gets lost when its all grouped together. Again very nice stuff!

Easier to manage in one thread… guess you need to hit the follow button:p @SetBuilder

Here’s a neat sign. Don’t have all the production photos for this but here is the finished product

Never had shaved ice. Definitely sweet setup to make some sweet signs

Theultimatehic wrote:

On 2/24/2017 at 5:51 PM, Theultimatehic said:

Here’s the pic for the wooden sign. Both lit and unlit. 

does the treadmill run for you?

Here’s some pics of recent stuff that went out

You really do have an awesome job

Conductor562 wrote:

48 minutes ago, Conductor562 said:

You really do have an awesome job

I think so too lol. I’ve always enjoyed building signs. Duct work sucks lol

Theultimatehic wrote:

45 minutes ago, Theultimatehic said:

I think so too lol. I’ve always enjoyed building signs. Duct work sucks lol

How does duct work come into play? haha

I always tell the guys at work (plumbing and HVAC) that I would be happy if i didn’t touch another piece of duct in my life LOL that’s why i like doing the plumbing, keeps me away from that stuff haha

KnarlyCarl wrote:

1 minute ago, KnarlyCarl said:

How does duct work come into play? haha

 

I always tell the guys at work (plumbing and HVAC) that I would be happy if i didn’t touch another piece of duct in my life LOL that’s why i like doing the plumbing, keeps me away from that stuff haha

I did duct work in the union. Sign fab is  much more enjoyable lol

Only sheet metal work I have done (other than the occasional home repair) was on aircraft. 2024-T3 and 7075-T6 aluminum are easier to work with than thin steel, but will slice you if given the chance. Nice signs!

Man talk about a busy month! Bout to go to 10 hour days and weekends. Haven’t been posting much just reading. Time for me to post something lol. So here’s some window graphics i installed earlier this week. 

Monument sign

Bout 30 denny wall signs. 

Another corner bakery

Also installed another cubesmart. 

Osha is putting some new rules  out for the sign industry so been working on that scam among other things. Have to pay thousands for a cert to avoid thousands in fines. So if you don’t hear from im still here, just busy slamming my head into the desk ha.

looks great. sometimes Osha regulations go a bit to far. I can understand the new dust regulations but this just doesn’t make sense. Does every guy in the sign shop have to get certified or can a shop have one certified guy to check other guys signs?

Jronman wrote:

On 4/17/2017 at 0:19 PM, Jronman said:

looks great. sometimes Osha regulations go a bit to far. I can understand the new dust regulations but this just doesn’t make sense. Does every guy in the sign shop have to get certified or can a shop have one certified guy to check other guys signs?

Anyone that uses the crane portion has to be certified. So all the lead installers.