On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:15:35 -0500, "Pete C."
wrote:


Ignoramus1471 wrote:
Let me ask a more direct question.

I have been loking at vinyl signs, and it looks like a typical 2x8
vinyl sign would cost me about $130.

If I buy a vinyl sign with grommets, or a vinyl mesh sign with
grommets, and fasten it to the wall, is that going to survive for a
few years under the hot Illinois sun and winds?

1 yr before they start to look crummy, by mid yr 2 embarrassing.

You have all the tools necessary for a very professional sign, just mill
the letters individually and attach to a backing if you don't want to
index the workpiece in the mill a few times to do it. Mill aluminum
letters, wire brush finish, mount on standoffs with LED lighting behind.

Excellent idea, Pete. Anodize for colors.

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I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
--Duke Ellington