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2 Examples of Sign Shop Screen Printing
In this day and time, few modern commercial sign shops are doing in-house screen printing, but our little operation in…
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Shop Talk: Large Letter Project
We do many different sign and graphics projects, from screen-printed pipeline signs and waterjet cut logos to laser engraved tags…
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Shop-Built Monument Sign
Recently we were hired by a local medical clinic to produce a new custom, vertical monument sign to go on…
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A Word on Sign Shop Screen Printing
Last May, during the holiday weekend of Memorial Day, it became clear that I would not see any holiday at…
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The Making of a Wood and Metal Hybrid Sign
A client came into the shop from Tyler, Texas, a city about 45 minutes away from the shop, and told…
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In the Trenches: The Optimist
Well, the shop has been pretty busy lately, and it may be time to consider adding another person to the…
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Shop Talk: Using a Laser for a Wordy Wall Sign Job
Not long ago, we completed one of the wordiest sign projects of individual letters and logos I can remember doing.…
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Salt Water Sanity
All of you “Trenches” readers who are hands-on sign makers and self-employed business people as I am, know how hard…
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In the Trenches: The Widowmaker
I remember cranking that hand crank and swinging the old ladder boom from over the front of the truck to…
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In the Trenches: Paperboy Wonders
I really was a paperboy, at the age of 12, and sold copies of our local daily from a green…
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