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  Vintage rotating sign cabinet help needed!!

  By bwieweck Thursday at 10:51 PM

  Does anyone have any experience with this type of rotating system? The points seem to work but the sign is locked in one position and will not turn. We loosened the 4 bolts at the base (Marked in Yellow) and that freed up the motor and gear box but the cabinet is still stuck. Any help would be appreciated!!

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• Signcomp plastic tensioning clips

  By Brian July 28

  I freaking hate the plastic clips!     Working on a big face replacement in the air and the junk cabinet has sagged down.   This is the type of extrusion that the face is a full bleed to the edge of cabinet.     Any tips we are getting some puckering right at the edges. 

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• who makes QT signs

  By bubba July 21

  who make QT signs.  Trying to find out a new one is coming to town and going to contact the vender to try to get the install

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  Westrim Grid Pattern Paper

  By Erik Sine July 20

  Just like to announce that we now stock France Westrim Burroughs 1" Grid Pattern Paper for Neon production and Channel Letter & Electric Sign wall Pattern Paper.      This is the best Pattern Paper you can use.  I've posted pics of this paper plenty of times in the past, I truly believe in it and it makes setting up channel letter patterns much easier with the grid and heavy weight of the paper.   Specs:   - 70 Lbs Heavy Premium Quality Kraft Paper

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  UL Neon Glass Housings

  By Erik Sine March 19

  I'd like to make a HUGE Announcement that we have brought in a large quantity of REAL U.L. Neon Glass Housings for all your Neon Sign & Lighting Projects, and will have these on hand on a regular basis.    As most of you may or may not know, there has been a huge shortage of the availability of Glass Neon Housings for Neon....and what has been available has been a lot of Chinese Fake UL Marked (Embossed on the glass) Neon Housings in the market for some time.    They Cl

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• Clear Acrylic

  By Erik Sine July 14

  Wow, so good luck with getting any clear acrylic sheets along with Weld-On 

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• Service electrician journeyman, Jacksonville, Florida

  By BTB Lighting & Supply, inc July 17

  We are growing fast this year and we are looking for qualified service electricians and technicians. Smokers need not apply. d/l a must

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• Burger King - who makes them?

  By Rocco July 9

  Hi all,   I've been asked to mount a freestanding sign for a different chain store (Mavis Discount Tires) on top of a BK sign at a site currently under construction.  The two stores are sharing a lot and the town will only allow one freestanding sign structure.  I need to contact whoever makes the BK signs to see how this can be accomplished.   The BK sign would need a stub out the top or maybe two SF cabinets mounted on the pole.   And yes I suggested a simple rectangle sign with both

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• Getting paint to stick to alum composite edges

  By Signsfast August 23, 2019

  Have you had any luck getting paint to stick to the edges of alum composite? what are you using?

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• VANTAGE LED DISPLAYS

  By SIGN HANGER June 23

  I wanted to bring everybody up to speed on Vantage LED. I had a recent incident where I sold and installed a Vantage LED message sign to a customer of mine. The sign had a problem after it had been running a while and I notified Vantage about the issue.  Vantage had a third party maintenance company contact me about repairing the sign and I gave them a price. Apparently not liking my price they shopped around and found a Watchfire Dealer, who is a competitor of mine, willing to do the repair for

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• 30-60-90-120 Days or Credit Card with National Sign and Service Co.

  By jboles9134 June 25

  Well Guys, how are you all dealing with current conditions in dealing with your National Sign & Service Companies and Extending Credit.   Are you still willing to extend the 30-60-90-120 Days? Or are you asking for 50% Down by Credit Card with the Balance on the Credit Card upon completion? Especially with the new ones that are starting to contact us that we have never done business with.   Would like to hear what others think especially with all the Bankruptcies bei

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  BIGGEST LOSER this Year

  By paul321 March 11

  D O    N O T     W O R K    F O R .......... KFM 24 7 LTD    Keystone Facility Maintenance    15949 Fredrick Rd   Woodbine MD 21797    301 854-6776     KFM247.COM FEB 29TH   SATURDAY AT 415 PM  KFM Calls me to do a Emergency Call for a Banner falling off of a Victorias Secret.  Its an Emergency and they need it right away. ( I pass this Banner everyday , 2 times a day for the past 3 weeks.  It has been falling since then ) I tell them a price and I will be there in 1 hr.  I want

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• The Sign Syndicate BrightON II LED Module

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  Maybe I should have titled it "That BrightON Halo Illumination"

  Thought I would share a project where our new High-End 24 volt, .8watt BrightON II LED Modules were used.

  As I've discussed before in the past.  There is a difference and a gap between "Usable Light" and "Competitive Light".  The BrightON II is the most efficient (Light per power) LED Module in it's class, and it is the definition of Competitive Light.

  As explained here and suggested for spacing, it was chosen to use the 3" module spacer, and obviously  you'll see as you scroll down the spacing could have even been much farther apart.

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Popular National Sign & Service Review Forum Topics

• Fairemont Sign Company

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  FAIREMONT SIGN COMPANY

   

  "......Anyway, Fairmont contacted me just prior to the time I realized Regency was going to give me the runaround. So at the time, I didn't think to check for feedback here (lesson learned obviously). They asked me to remove a Goodyear sign. Did that, then the Regency crap started, then I saw their feedback. That's about when they asked me to remove signs at a Kwik Car location. I told them I would do it but if they don't pay...."

• Broadway National

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  BROADWAY NATIONAL

   

  "....Hey guys so I heard from the long lost Broadway peeps today!  Just a warning to all in my area, they are looking for someone to install a "BIG PROJECT' but was never real specific about what exactly it was.  The  first thing I asked was payment terms and do they give a deposit, she said " Net 60 and only a deposit if we were manufacturing".  I knew they were on my Shady list, and verified it with others here...."

• Icon Identity Solutions, Inc.

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  ICON IDENTITY SOLUTIONS, INC

   

  "....I hear ya!  We've been at this for 40 years and yet I still find myself giving these nationals the benefit of the doubt, only to have it bite my in the arse.  And another problem I am encountering lately is the last minute installs.  Being given ONE day to install a complete site (pylons, readers, building letters, DT, etc.  WTH?  And then 90 days later STILL waiting on payment.  Not any more....."

• Coast Sign Incorporated

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  COAST SIGN INC

  "....Has anyone had fairly recent dealings with them?  We are working with a JCPenny at a local mall for them.  First trip we go out there and "parts are onsite"... this was a joke as the Neon wasn't even made for that letter and the transformer was not correct.  We have given a quote for...."

• Cranes, Buckets, & Trucks

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  General Sign Truck Discussion

  A Forum Filled with topics such as Member Truck Modifications, adding Ladder Racks, Welders, Jibs.  General Maintenance for Controllers, Cables, Tubing & Lubing, Outriggers, Engines. 

  Make & Model Reviews,  what to look for, what to stay away from.

  Certification News & Regulations.

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• 24V - Sign Cabinet LED Modules

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  Double Sided Cabinet Light Spacing For LEDs

  Most Light Source Suppliers and Manufacturers won't show you examples let alone "numbers" of light readings on Sign Cabinet or Sign Projects from light source components they push like these I'm posting here, but....This is The Sign Syndicate!

  "Seeing is believing" as they say.

  So, one of the components I've been big on because of feedback and demand is a strong enough LED module that doesn't cost an arm and a leg, isn't proprietary where you need to buy their special clips, brackets, etc, and actually put out enough light without exaggerated "Usable Light" under too far spread spacing that's supposed to save you money that won't compete with other existing signs in the area of your project. 

  Biggest complaint from sign shops about cabinet LEDs....."I don't want to use a whole bunch of power supplies!"

  

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