Daniel E.
ShopBot PRS 48x96 (2010 Model)
Porter Cable Router
Vacuum Table w/ 2 Fein vacs
Aspire 9.0
What I do when I don't mess up wood: http://www.pathhome.net
As a suggestion for next time, you can cut a V and lay a tube into it to use as a guide and drill from both sides. I have an assortment of extra long bits ordered off the internet for drilling long woodturnings.
Just in case you haven't thought about it, don't trap the wood between your fasteners. Let it float on the bolts. You can also use a stack of rubber washers or o-rings from the plumbing/sink repair dept. as a cushion. The sign will last a lot longer if you allow for seasonal movement.
it is the screw tip that really makes the difference. I was drilling 1/4" holes 4" long and the bit would curve. but I found a 6" endemic that I could use in my mill/drill that worked well.
Congratulations on the contract.
I'm posting a swinging sign we completed a year ago. The fixtures which hold this sign are not drilled all the way through. I had a steel fixture made which was placed a foot down in the sign. It was a U shaped piece with eye bolts. This sign was made from rough cedar laminated 6" deep and weighs approx. 450 lbs. I think all signs like this should be allowed to swing, there by relieving the pressure on the fixtures. Also I'd NOT have the L bracket extending above the sign. And there should be piano wire supports, on each side if the leading edge, going back to the wall.
Joe
Hi Joe…
Your comments are always appreciated! Some clarification please…
You commented that you’d not have the “L” bracket above the sign… This sign attaches to a building, not free standing, I felt it necessary to have the “diagonal” triangulation support… Are you saying that you’d use an “L” beefy enough that the additional support was unnecessary, and have the leg of the hanger down alongside the sign?
This sign is being hung inside so I figured it didn’t need to swing in the wind, and designed it to hang directly from the threaded rods that run through it… I think I’ll change this to chain before I install it as to me it looks too rigid!
Thanks for your comments!
SG
Steve,
Your sign bracket would be more attractive if it was reversed. Which is to say the portion being bolted to the wall would be pointing down. Perhaps a decorative chain would be a little more attractive.
I'm guilty of using as much lipstick on my signs as possible.