A sign i'm working on

Post by **DARRYL21270** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:26 am

This is a sign i'm working on for a local karate business. I gave the owner a great deal and i'm not really making a lot of money on this one but he gets about 1000 people a week in his place and they'll all be staring right at this thing every time they come in. I can't pay for that kind of advertising. The hardest part is going to be masking off all those letters when I paint.

metalart · Post by **metalart** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:34 am

Looking good, can't wait to see it finished.

Post by **DARRYL21270** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:48 pm

After welding the two pieces together and some primer.

Post by **DARRYL21270** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:42 pm

Finished

Post by **plasmajoe** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 2:45 pm

Darryl that is KICK ASS!!!!!! I like it.

Plasma Joe

Post by **DARRYL21270** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:21 am

plasmajoe wrote:Darryl that is KICK ASS!!!!!! I like it.

Plasma Joe

Thanks,
I'm pretty pleased with it and the owner loves it. I hung it for him today along with another piece I made for him. He wants two more now, One for outside to mount on the side of the building and another one for inside (same size different design).

Darryl

Post by **plasmajoe** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:38 am

That looks sharp, the sign and the katana's

. Good work, like I always say do it right the first time and more will follow.

Nice work grasshopper!

Plasma Joe

metalart · Post by **metalart** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:26 pm

Looks great, I can see why they want more!

Groth · Post by **Groth** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:18 pm

Great sign, really came out nice. I am retired and am planning on getting started in metal working as a hobby, I don't even have a shop yet, trying to do as much research as possible first. Just had a question, how did you get the white background on your sign? Did you tape off the top layer of metal??

Thanks
Greg

Post by **DARRYL21270** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 3:22 pm

I taped off all the letters. Next time i'm going to paint the bottom layer white and bolt the two pieces together instead of welding them. You live and learn.

Machiavelli · Post by **Machiavelli** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:28 pm

nice job!

thats a question i've been wanting to ask too. (ie painting multiple layers of metal) sometimes i weld, sometimes i use mechanical fasteners, sometimes improvised fasteners and sometimes jb weld. i'm not a great painter and certainly not a good masker! so i can't imagine masking letters off after welding layers together and it looking that good.

vmax549 · Post by **vmax549** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:24 am

Very Nice peice, shows quality and craftmanship.

Funny how we all seems to get similar jobs.

(;-)TP

metalart · Post by **metalart** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:54 pm

Good work Vmax549!

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