Many sign companies use the same type of equipment for assembly, as well as public agencies. I used a 39" manual laminator for my sign work, without the table top. It works just as well as a large roller.
Thanks for sharing Bob. I work for a large county in South Florida. A contractor does the initial production and install of street signs and the county maintains (replacing damaged etc) The contractors are now printing signs and we are having to replace in less than 2 years. Seeing fading in as quick as 6 months and almost complete fade in 2 years. STAY with the cut vinyl as long as you can. We are! Have a great week!
We have the same problem. Our printed signs were never put out on the street with 3M’s protective overlay film. The film will help make the printed signs last much longer but you can’t beat the longetivity of non-ink based signs. We still make street signs with the cutter.
Hey Bob you're awesome and very informative I have been in the traffic control industry for 23 years and I've always bought my own signs and I'm about to set up my own sign shop and start producing My own signs for my jobs
Thanks for watching! Check out www.bobthesignman.com you can find my contact info on the home page. You can contact me anytime if you need any pointers.
Bob The Sign Man .....Bob I am using that too, I’m been fabricating and using 3-M supplies for over 30 years, and this tool when it came out was called that, I think they dropped the “Fast”, and now call it an Air Release Tool. I’m working from home right now so I decided to watch some videos today and ran across yours, great video for the start up sign shop!
¥øμ should try to make extruded panel signs for the directional signs used on interstate highways those are pretty cool & they help reduce repair costs like for instance instead of replacing a entire sign with minimal damage ¥øμ can only replace the effected panels making the process efficient on $$$, & also the agency of my state (WYDOT) & other agencies like CDOT, & UDOT usually backs their signs with mostly aluminum (sometimes steel) backing brackets which is also something ¥øμ should try cuz backing the signs may im not saying ¥øμ're obligated to do it I'm saying it might be a big idea that might work for ¥øμr agency
Do you know if, in general, cities and counties make their signs in house? In other words, is there a market to advertise to for private companies like mine? Thank you, nice video
A lot of government agencies make their own signs. We make all of ours in house. I imagine a lot don’t as well. In my area the competition is quite competitive from what I have heard. Most agencies require 3 bids to purchase over a certain dollar amount.
