Discussing Custom-Made Signs and Banners: Share Your Ideas and Experiences

[Mariosmith99]

I’ve been exploring options for custom-made signs and banners for my business. I’m curious to hear about your experiences. What materials and designs have worked best for you? Any recommendations for reliable providers? Looking forward to your insights!

[Wsidr1]

Welcome to the forum.

You may want to look through Fireshare for free files and as far as what we’ve made, this thread has a lot of examples.

For signs, in general I use 16 and 18 gauge flat signs. Others have gone 3-D by bending and welding designs with tabs/relief cuts.

You also need to decide if you will paint or powder coat, or sell raw metal. That’s a big decision labor wise.

Based on labor and shipping costs, if I were going to try to make money, I’d be looking at small, 2-D, paint it your self items first to test the water.

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[ChelanJim]

Welcome to the forum.

This has been a topic discussed before but there are always new ideas people have.

Bret gave a reference to a thread with lots of signs. You might also look at this thread:

What are your Tips for an outside business Sign

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And another. Especially look at some of the unique and intricate patterns in this thread:

Multi layer signs

Good evening, A question for the folks who make multi layer and multi color signs. I have a few ideas for things i want to make but im running into a snag. Ideally id like my layered to be tig welded together in multiple places for sturdyness. If i weld first, im going to have an awful lot of masking to do for the second color. If i paint first , everywhere i weld will burn the paint off. I know i could bolt it together but i dont like the look. I could use weld on studs but not crazy about th…

[Wsidr1]

BTW, do you have a plasma CNC setup now?

If so, show us a few pictures and we can get a better idea of your capabilities.