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A young man hired me for signage for a new Pizza place in his small town only 20 miles away..he likes the Mutant Ninja Turtles and the lettering (without the wrinkles). The city code is restricted so we had to make it the size you see here....of course limited budget so non-lit. He's opening soon so we had to get it up regardless of weather so we picked an actual "Warm" day..16 above. Today and the weekend are going in the deepfreeze again but we are used to it, and as a outdoor hockey guy, I like it!
-------------------- Mike Meyer Sign Painter 189 1st Ave n P.O. Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956
We are not selling, we are staying here in Mazeppa....we cannot re-create what we have here....not in another lifetime! SO Here we are!!!!!!!
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We used "Slotted brackets" and the usual hardware, nots, bolts, washers, alum. ferrules, turnbuckles with Alumilite. The background paint is automotive and the lettering and numerals are vynull. We'll keep an eye on this set-up espiecially after a wind or big storm. AHve not tried the Pizza yet, but I'm sure it's Awesome DUDE! Kowbunga!
-------------------- Mike Meyer Sign Painter 189 1st Ave n P.O. Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956
We are not selling, we are staying here in Mazeppa....we cannot re-create what we have here....not in another lifetime! SO Here we are!!!!!!!
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If I make it to Pat's in Melbourne I'll do a seminar on cold weather installs from the meat locker at WinnDixie, in fact that's where I'll be bunking fur the night...y'all.
-------------------- Mike Meyer Sign Painter 189 1st Ave n P.O. Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956
We are not selling, we are staying here in Mazeppa....we cannot re-create what we have here....not in another lifetime! SO Here we are!!!!!!!
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A true signguy.... salesman, designer, fabricator, painter, engineer, installer, quality control, all wrapped up in thermal coveralls. Good on ya Mike! Thanks for taking the time to share your experience.
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16 degrees and the sun shining-without wind is actually a pretty great winter day. Yeah, it takes a bit longer to use anything with your fingers, but that's a GREAT day to install! First spotting of sun here in 6 days. Might have some Gemini letters to install this month, so maybe I'll post one too!
-------------------- Nikki Goral Image Advantage Signs 4050 Champeau Road New Franken, WI 54229 920-465-4500 "Finish every day and be done with it. Tomorrow is a new day."-Ralph Waldo Emerson Posts: 928 | From: New Franken, WI (East Green Bay) | Registered: Jun 2007
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16 degrees damn, way to cold for me to be installing . But that is bold to get up on that roof to install under those conditions, but then again it's Mike Meyer to the pizza rescue, you the man Mike!!
oh yeah that is a slick trick to set your camera on the timer and run back up the ladder to pose, you are fast man...
-------------------- aka:Cisco the "Traveling Millennium Sign Artist" http://www.franciscovargas.com Fresno, CA 93703 559 252-0935 "to live life, is to love life, a sign of no life, is a sign of no love"...Cisco 12'98 Posts: 3576 | From: Fresno, Ca, the great USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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Did Radical Bob engineer that? FYI for future installs, since this was a single faced sign, one could have just had a angle bracket on the backside of the sign angling down from the top of the vertical angle bracket to the roof surface (replacing the backside cable) to avoid the obstucting cable on the front side of the sign. Just sharing an idea on a different way of skinning this chicken
-------------------- Dave Correll Posts: 283 | From: Faribault, MN | Registered: Jan 1999
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Thanks Dave! Yes "Raducal Bob" the in-house engineer was the man behind that...He's the guy in th carhardt's, I'm just trying to take all the glory, I'm so ashamed... hahaha I like chicken in fact I'm going to get me some fur lunch...I got my wife a DQ cake yesterday for Valentine's and it's almost all gone already! (we don't have to refrigerate it here in Minnesota but we keep it in a refrigerator to keep the critters from lapping it up.) Cold is good. Come to the Winter Muster and see what I'm talking about....right Cisco? haha
-------------------- Mike Meyer Sign Painter 189 1st Ave n P.O. Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956
We are not selling, we are staying here in Mazeppa....we cannot re-create what we have here....not in another lifetime! SO Here we are!!!!!!!
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Donatella me dat's a Ninja Turtle sign.... Looks like-a pizza nice work... Michaelangelo bracket installer... Raphael to da ground... Leonardo makes for da besta crusty pizza pie...
When da moon heets yer eye like-a bigga pizza pie, dat's amore.......
Whoopin' it up in Ham Lake, donchaknow.
Seriously, very cool job.
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
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that would never pass FLORIDA CODE of 140 MPH WINDLOAD....but then we dont work outside below 50))))))))))
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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I've said it before I'll say it again..You take the Hurricanes Old Mullett, I'll take the cold...
This system is the same one they use in Caribou Maine, where it's 100 below zero and the wind blows like the hot air coming out of any Steeler fan! did I say 100 below? I meant 1000 below..Right OP?
hahahaha
-------------------- Mike Meyer Sign Painter 189 1st Ave n P.O. Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956
We are not selling, we are staying here in Mazeppa....we cannot re-create what we have here....not in another lifetime! SO Here we are!!!!!!!
quote:Originally posted by mike meyer: I've said it before I'll say it again..You take the Hurricanes Old Mullett, I'll take the cold...
This system is the same one they use in Caribou Maine, where it's 100 below zero and the wind blows like the hot air coming out of any Steeler fan! did I say 100 below? I meant 1000 below..Right OP?
hahahaha
I've always said " I would rather shovel snow instead of debris and personal belongings " Nice Job Mike
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-------------------- Bob Rochon Creative Signworks Millbury, MA 508-865-7330
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I haven't owned a pair of Carhart's in so long that I would probably be in rehab after just wearing them for an hour. So solly Mikey, Can't do da blues on a cold harp.
CrazyJack
-------------------- Jack Wills Studio Design Works 1465 E.Hidalgo Circle Nye Beach / Newport, OR Posts: 2914 | From: Rocklin, CA. USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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