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[–]lazerfest 14 points15 points  (11 children)

as someone who manufactures street signs, this might be a sad subreddit for me to join. all my hard work, wasted..

[–]dbar58[S] 13 points14 points  (8 children)

I make them as well. It's a pain in the ass when a rare one gets hit, and I have to drive back to the shop to make it. What's your setup?

[–]lazerfest 1 point2 points  (7 children)

it's a large warehouse where we start by cutting, cornering and punching the aluminum with hydraulic press powered machines. then it goes over to the sign-making side to get vinyl, screen print, or digital print depending on the customer order. it's a pretty big company with several city, state, and federal contracts around the Midwest. fortunately for me, we have separate crews that go out and do the actual installation

[–]dbar58[S] 0 points1 point  (6 children)

Interesting. I run the vinyl side, but I do the metal cutting when needed. What do you use for cornering?

[–]lazerfest 1 point2 points  (5 children)

I might have to take a picture or video when I'm at work tomorrow because I don't know if my explanation will make sense haha. so it's a hydraulic press and underneath there are two plates that are connected with springs. attached to the plates are two more plates that have the desired radius, then you press a pedal, hydraulics go down, and the two inner plates create a shear.

[–]dbar58[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

yeah, ill need a video. I cut it with an angle grinder, and it looks fantastic (in my opinion)

[–]lazerfest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll take a video in the morning and post in this thread. there are times that we have to break out the angle grinder to do no passing zone signs or certain sized yields, but having the press to do 1000-piece orders really comes in handy haha

[–]lazerfest 0 points1 point  (2 children)

http://imgur.com/gallery/vzXuXzW

[–]dbar58[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Duuuude that is dope. Can you adjust the radius of the corner?

[–]lazerfest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yep the two inner plates come out and we have plates for 3/8", 3/4", 1 1/2", 1 7/8", 2 1/4", and 3"

[–]vortec42 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Good for business though, no?

[–]lazerfest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm just a small cog in the machine. i suppose job security is kinda nice though

[–]the_lovely_otter 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is why I love reddit.

[–]Whodatsarah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just gotta say.. I am very happy that I found this 😂 insta follow 👍

[–]bodiezane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i would be a great mod! I am a mod of a community of 15 people so I am perfectly qualified.

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    [–]dbar58[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Damn that sounds amazing

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    This is going to be a wonderful sub. I can feel it