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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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Shop Talk: Working with Large Logos and Letters
Of all the sign jobs we’ve done in the past, there is a type of work that is probably my…
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In the Trenches: The Great Escape
The way they flew, it was a more a gaggle of small aircraft than an actual formation. Some of the…
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Shop Talk: An Inside Job
One thing about the commercial sign business is that there are many different things to do, and many ways to…
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In the Trenches: Paint, Lead and Mellorine
Just the other day, there was a notice in our local paper about the leaded paint still present and easily…
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In the Trenches: And the Pursuit of…
Little grandson Cole, having just turned 4, found himself pleasantly alone at our house a few evenings ago while his…
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Shop Talk: One-Man Billboard, Part II
A couple of years ago, one of these “Shop Talk” articles was about a small billboard-type sign erected at the…
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In the Trenches: The Gift
I must have been 10 or 11 and my brother less than two years younger, and though we shared a…
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Shop Talk: Project Teamwork
My sons and I, and good friend, Tyston Stuart, teamed together to open a start-up tire and auto accessory business…
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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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In the Trenches: Plane Ride Back to the Future
My two sons are co-owners in our CNC cutting and powder coating services company, across from the sign shop here…
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Shop Talk: Using a Laser for a Wordy Wall Job
Not long ago, we completed one of the wordiest projects of individual letters and logos I can remember doing. It…
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In the Trenches: Signs, Scissors & Boney Fingers
About a week ago, Colton – who is one of our young guys at the powder coating shop, and my…
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