I am about to make a free standing sign for a friend. I will weld or bolt a vertical support to the back. Would you sugges 10 ga or 3/16 for the material? I feel like 10 ga will be enough. The sign is mostly solid. It is a cowboy on a bucking horse. Thanks for your input.
Wind is going to be your biggest issue.
What kind of area is this sign in? Is it exposed to high winds?
Are you bolting it to the ground?
Really depending on how robust your frame that you either bolting or welding to it is is going to determine the thickness of the sheet you could use.
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I am sure you already know this, but this is the weight per square foot.
I have worked with quite a bit of 10 gauge. Not much flex in 3 foot x 3 foot size, but 4 foot by 8 foot will really need some additional support. As with any sign, you don’t want your support structure to overwhelm your image.
I think you could make some 4 foot x 5 foot work with 10 gauge but all of Tin’s questions are good ones.
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I plan to put a rectangular base on it with holes to allow staking it to the ground. It will most likely be under his carport with his chuck wagon and wood burning stove. I am going to have a single vertical support in the middle to support it and not interfere too much with the design.
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