Funky little sign we ran this morning

[Mark Bolton]

20180711_153524.jpgDont get to do odd stuff all that often. One of our good designers moving to a new office wanted a little door sign. Have to excuse my dirty desk.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FiS...ew?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FvF...ew?usp=sharing

[Adam Herman]

are the standoffs just glued to the unsupported sections? clear rod or aluminum tube?

[Mark Bolton]

are the standoffs just glued to the unsupported sections? clear rod or aluminum tube?

The standoffs themselves are through bolted, they are typical stainless steel sign standoffs (the four larger posts in the corners). The small pins supporting the floating sections of the font are counter bored 0.0400" into the backing plate and also into the floaters, and then bonded into the counter bores.

[Jim Becker]

Darn...that's really nice! Beautiful work, Mark!

[Mark Bolton]

Thanks Jim. Like I say, an odd one lol. Good customers get special treatment hah.

[Jim Becker]

I wouldn't call it "odd"...I think it very creative and likely reflects the design-focused mentality of your customer. It says something about them besides just their name.

[Rodger MacMunn]

I like it !

[Mark Bolton]

Thanks Rodger. Not something typical hence the odd thing. It was a fun one.

Weve been running a good bit of thick aluminum lately (1/2"). This all has me thinking of building a bit of a tub for the CNC. These jobs make a big mess.

[Brad Shipton]

Great sign, and a good one to keep in mind for the future.

I added a skirt on two sides of my machine to help solve the cleanup problem. Aluminum and plastic are horrible. Plastic always seems to have a way of finding a path into the rack on my machine. I picked that idea up from the steel guys.

[Mark Bolton]

Thanks Brad. Your one of my benchmarks for precision lol. Floating those danglers in the font without tabs works on a small sign. Not so sure as they get bigger. This thing looks amazing in person. Photos are the devil of precision.

[Adam Bullington]

Great Sign Mark!!!!! you have any pictures of the thick 1/2" aluminum you cut I am looking at getting into cutting some for vacuum fixture boards for repetitious work and was wondering how the process went. Any lessons learned ?