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Lightning graphics v-carved into the expanded PVC
sheet used for the base.
Chris Lovelady from Vital Signs (Thomasville, GA)
helped Sign Pro make the deadline by chipping in with
some painting.
The lower tier would function as
both a stand and a crate, but also as
support for our story. Composed of
PVC, it would showcase the use
of v-carving on our CNC router. We
hand-drew the vectors from the
historical letterhead reference in
Adobe Illustrator. A pocket in the top
Reverse-painted acrylic provided the face for the
illuminated portion.
of the lower tier was routed to allow
the middle tier to nest within it.
The middle tier itself housed the
levitation device and provided a rise
in elevation to help present the upper
(floating) tier at a more desirable
height. We carved 3D watermarks of
Tesla's patent drawings for induction
EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS
SOFTWARE: Vectric Aspire, vectric.com; Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop,
adobe.com
SUBSTRATES: DUNA USA CORAFOAM, dunagroup.com; Palram Palight
PVC Trimboard, palighttrimboard.com; Piedmont Plastics Acrylic,
piedmontplastics.com
ROUTING/CUTTING: CAMaster CNC router, camaster.com; Safety Speed
panel saw, safetyspeed.com; Bosch table saw, boschtools.com
PAINTING: NovaColor, novacolor.com; Krylon, krylon.com
GOLD LEAF: Golden Leaf Products, goldenleafproducts.com; Luco gold size,
uhlfelder-goldleaf.com.
LIGHTING: HanleyLED Solutions, hanleyledsolutions.com
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lighting and A/C electromagnets into
the four sides of the middle.
The upper tier - our levitating sign -
would be our showcase. We envisioned
reverse-lit acrylic letters with prismatic
HDU overlays gilded with 23k
double goldleaf. The background
of the sign had a 3D texture derived
from a photo reference of leather
and organic pebbles. The upper tier
would also have an internally lit
portion that was reverse painted
acrylic to mimic alabaster, a popular
design element of Tesla's era.
MAGNETIC POWER
As we started to design our CNC
files, we thought we might have
bitten off more than we could chew.
The upper portion went through
three redesigns to arrive at the final
design. The main issue we had failed
to identify was how crucial the center
of gravity was to the success of a
stable levitation of the sign.
http://www.vectric.com
http://www.adobe.com
http://www.dunagroup.com
http://www.palighttrimboard.com
http://www.piedmontplastics.com
http://www.camaster.com
http://www.safetyspeed.com
http://www.boschtools.com
http://www.novacolor.com
http://www.krylon.com
http://www.goldenleafproducts.com
http://www.uhlfelder-goldleaf.com
http://www.hanleyledsolutions.com
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Contents
From the Editor
St Update
At Large
Tech Review
Leds + Lighting
Vehicles + Vinyl
A Monumental Influence
The 2017 State of the Industry Report
Building Safer Signs
Strictly Commercial: Sign Magic
New Products
Advertising Index
Last Look
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