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Rocco

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About Rocco

  • Birthday 11/06/1959

Profile Information

  • Name
    Rocco
  • Company
    Abco Signs
  • Job Title
    Chief Cook and Bottle Washer ;)
  • City & State
    Pennsauken, NJ
  • Gender
    Male
  • Interests
    Too many hobbies, too little time.

Previous Fields

  • Company Type
    Full Service Shop

Quick Company Info

  • Contact Number
    856-663-6001
  • Address
    6710-B Rudderow Avenue, Pennsauken NJ 08109
  • Equipment
    41' bucket w 750lb. jib, service truck, 6x10 cnc machine, full sheet metal shop, est. 1973. Surveys, permits installations, service, fabrication.

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  • Email Address
    info@abcosigns.com

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  1. I've been meaning to reply to this. Put it down to advancing decrepitude. :) Try Miratec systems. https://miratecsystems.com/
  2. i get emails/calls just about every week from lead generation systems that want you to sign up and may a monthly fee. Blue book, construct connect, etc. These are usually jobs from contractors wanting bids for construction projects- at leas the ones i see. if you (your estimator) have the time to wade through possibly hundreds of pages of drawings it can be worthwhile. They would usually send a link to online plan rooms with EVERYTHING for constructing the buildings. You have to find the sign pages, which are often stuck in randomly, where the architects can fit in the bid set. The jobs can be anything from just ADA/bathroom signs to the exterior sign packge. And of course low bid usually rules. YMMV.
  3. As usual, I'm late. Merry Merry, Happy Happy to all!
  4. Even the first issue had a section for electrical signs. i just find the ads facinating with all the different type faces. OK, so I'm a font nerd!
  5. I get emails from the mag and they have started to put early issues into an archive with the Cincinnatti public library. it's facinating to look at the old copies, especially the ads for the various products. EG sign lights with a hooded reflector don't seem to have changed much in design since the 1920's. I've put a link to the archive below. i hope they keep doing this because i'd love to see issues from the 1960's/70's when i first started helping my Dad. https://digital.cincinnatilibrary.org/digital/collection/p16998coll17/search/searchterm/Collection of SmartWork Media/field/source/mode/exact/conn/and/order/datea/ad/asc
  6. A long time ago I did a comparison between the different colors of neon with my eldest daughter. It was for a science fair project. We took 7-8 different neon samples (i had a ton at the time) and put a light meter on the various colors. Clear red put out the most light by a good margin. i don't have the info anymore because that was about 30 years ago but it does make sense to put red LED's behind red plex. And we used to put red neon behind red faces - way back when - so red modules behind red faces is logical.
  7. Yes, that happens. With these corporations, someone new gets in the purchasing department and they go with whoever is 10 cents cheaper.
  8. Thanks Paul I don't really expect to get this job becasue i'm probably too high. i quoted it to the property owner but we'll see what happens. Rocco
  9. Hi all Does anyone know who does the Cubesmart signs? I have a bid request for a new location and they asked me to make the exterior channel letters. That would be easy enough but I'm not the approved vendor. i told the customer this and said we could at least provide the installation if we aren't allowed to make the signs. It's possible that Cubesmart doesn't care who makes the signs but I doubt it. Thanks! Rocco
  10. Hi all We are quoting a job to replace some 10' x 15' flex faces for a hotel and they want a dark background with light lettering. i've eradicated these in the past but it's a huge mess in the shop. Does anyone have a recommendaton for a wholesaler? Thanks!
  11. Interesting. i've never seen anything like that. We'd do our best to deal with a paper pattern but I can understand. We've transfered paper patterns to pieces of corogated plastic if we had to rain coming in. Maybe go that route? Or put in on tyvek or even that corrugated cardboard that comes in a roll. i guess it depends on the size of the sign, height, etc. Good luck with it. if they do send you a string pattern i'd be interested to see it on the wall. How big is the sign?
  12. Mike, i started helping my Dad in this business in the late 1960's and have installed a gazillion signs for myself and many national companies. i've never heard of a "string" pattern. Since you are so close to the ocean I can understand the wind issue. And I've found that things are often called by different names in different parts of the country. What's a "string pattern?"
  13. Thanks for the info. Buying up shops eh? Maybe I'll ask them to buy me out. After nearly 50 years in this crazy game I wouldn't mind retiring.
  14. Does anyone know of someone who can hand letter on a brick wall in Phila? The job was supposed to be lit channel letters, but they now wants to go old-school (very old school) on this location. it's about 15' to the top of the lettering and a scissor lift can be provided. Thanks folks! Rocco
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