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Dan Sawatzky
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Eight years ago we built this welded steel sign for my steel supplier. It won a Sign of the Times competition shortly after.

Late last year the business was shut down and my client offered me the sign back, with a single condition that I not resell it. We loaded the large steel sign onto the trailer and I hauled it home.

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The next day I decided the perfect place to display it would be on top of my steel rack. I measured it up and found it would fit perfectly if we cut off the mountain topper. The plasma cutter made short work of the task. I found a clamp trapped inside when we had built it. Despite some rainwater having collected inside the clamp still works.

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I used my neighbor Gord's forklift to hoist it into position, then welded it firmly into place. There is no doubt where the steel rack is now.

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I believe samples are so important to help our customers see the things we can do and in the process sell the biggest and fanciest signs possible. Now there is one more cool sample on display.

-grampa dan

[ February 12, 2012, 03:20 AM: Message edited by: Dan Sawatzky ]

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Dan Sawatzky
Imagination Corporation
Yarrow, British Columbia
dan@imaginationcorporation.com
http://www.imaginationcorporation.com

Being a grampa is one of the the most wonderful things in the world!!!

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Michael Clanton
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so the big question is... what happened to the top part of mountains?

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Michael Clanton
Clanton Graphics/ Blackberry 19 Studio
1933 Blackberry
Conway AR 72034
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clantongraphics@yahoo.com

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Dan Sawatzky
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That part will be recycled. [Smile]

-grampa dan

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Dan Sawatzky
Imagination Corporation
Yarrow, British Columbia
dan@imaginationcorporation.com
http://www.imaginationcorporation.com

Being a grampa is one of the the most wonderful things in the world!!!

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Ian Stewart-Koster
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...into amother mountain, or a golf course, or a train...
[Wink]

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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull

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Michael Gene Adkins
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don't you hate it when you do an awesome sign and pour all yer heart and soul into it and then the business goes under?

sigggghhhhhhhhh

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Michael Gene Adkins
The Fontry
1576 S Hwy 59
Watts OK 74964

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That has been one of my favorite signs ever since I first saw it. The Chill Air sign next door with the polar bear is another.

Years ago, I made a glue chipped and angel gilded glass sign with custom frame for a property management company. When they shut down the office, they asked me to remove and dispose of it. It got "disposed" onto the wall over my desk.

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David Harding
A Sign of Excellence
Carrollton, TX

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I have a sandblasted attorney sign on my wall which was acquired when one of the two partners left the firm after just a few months. The remaining attorney was so angry with him, she was going to burn it [Eek!] When Waste Management Inc., changed their logo, I was given the old one I had sandblasted, which was still in great shape as well. The last one was a double sided sandblasted sign for a sports clinic (Tallahassee Orthopedic) because they changed their name after only a few months to "Marianna Orhtoipedic". Fortunately, in those cases, none of these businesses were going belly up and we got to do the old and the new signs for all three. [Smile]

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Wayne Webb
Webb Signworks
Chipley, FL
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Rusty Bradley
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One of favorites signs as well...and what a perfect application you have converted it to.

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Rusty Bradley
Bradley Sign Studio
100 Creekview Road
Summertown, Tn. 38483

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It will look really nice as soon as you sand it down and paint it.

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Chapman Sign Studio
Temple, Texas
chapmanstudio@sbcglobal.net

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Dan Sawatzky
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I did wipe some bird poop off it Raymond but thankfully the rust underneath was not damaged.

-grampa dan

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Dan Sawatzky
Imagination Corporation
Yarrow, British Columbia
dan@imaginationcorporation.com
http://www.imaginationcorporation.com

Being a grampa is one of the the most wonderful things in the world!!!

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'Rust Never Sleeps'...... and neither does Dan. :-)

Very nice Dan... you probably outlined the construction as it was built, but curious what gauge steel you used and how you 'conformed' the smooth curves around the 'S.'

Love the natural 'rust'.... seems so organic and fits perfectly.

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Todd Gill
Outside The Lines
Potterville, MI

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Dan Sawatzky
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It's been a while but as I recall the tight inside curves were pieces of pipe with the letter size and style chosen with this size pipe in mind. The big curve on the outside was custom bent at a local machine shop in a set of hand powered rollers. I remember because I cranked them.

The steel plate was 0.125' ( 1/8" ) wall thickness.

-grampa dan

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Dan Sawatzky
Imagination Corporation
Yarrow, British Columbia
dan@imaginationcorporation.com
http://www.imaginationcorporation.com

Being a grampa is one of the the most wonderful things in the world!!!

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Chris D Sullivan
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Great sign and reuse of the sign.

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Chris D Sullivan
Whitby, ON

I Like That!

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