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Thread: Cutting my first commercial sign!

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    Cutting my first commercial sign!

    I'll be cutting it from 1" Duna and it's to be a 2 sided hanging sign 2'x2'. My present plan is cutting 2 separate signs and epoxying them together. Can any of you pros out there tell me how you would approach reinforcing it to be rigid enough to handle the swinging and to hold eye hooks so it can hang from a couple of chains. I appreciate all your input! Thanks, Kurt

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    Since you are gluing together, you can consider a sheet of galvanized steel or aluminum between the sheets, which will
    stiffen it and provide a place to hang. Either cut with tabs/holes coming out the top or drill holes near the top of the metal and put thin but strong wire loops prior to gluing up. Good luck.



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    I recently did a job like that. I cut the backsides of each out to fit a piece of plywood in the middle and bolted the hangers into the plywood prior to gluing the two sides together.
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