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OCTOBER 2008 52 Making a Monster BY JEFF WOOTEN A forty-six-foot-tall monster monument is a combination of fiberglass ingenuity and a wrapped vehicle. Wide Format Opportunities, Page 102 60 A Custom Built Sign Shop BY JEFF WOOTEN A small sign shop in New Hampshire takes on some large projects. Plus Jeff Barton shows how Dairy Queen and Orange Julius used LED lighting to change their image. 78 The Evolution of Architectural and ADA Signage BY LORI ANDREOZZI The key to creating an indentity for your sign shop in ADA and architectural signage is to know the rules and stay on the “cutting edge” of product lines. 86 Finishing That Makes the Cut BY MARGUERITE HIGGINS Making a Monster, Page 52 A closer look at specialty imagers’ attraction to routers, cutters, and other finishing solutions. Plus a preview of SGIA Expo ’08 and a look at new mininum standards for traffic signs. 96 Maximizing In-store Signage and P-O-P Displays BY LORI ANDREOZZI Point-of-purchase sign design can be challenging work, but there are “POP”-ular pointers that can help you out. 102 Wide Format Opportunities BY BRUCE AMARO Lower prices and improved equipment and inks are leading to “wider” adoption of wide format technology. 110 Panel Saws: A Precise Cut BY JEFF WOOTEN Accuracy and economy are behind panel saws’ cut of the sign making industry. Finishing That Makes the Cut, Page 86 Sign Builder Illustrated is published monthly by Simmons-Boardman, 345 Hudson Street, 12th floor, New York, NY 10014. Copyright © 2008 Simmons-Boardman. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. No part of this magazine may be reproduced in any fashion without the expressed written consent of Simmons-Boardman. Qualified U.S. and Canadian sign makers may request a subscription. Non-qualified U.S. subscriptions print or digital version: 1 year US $85.00; foreign $160.00; foreign, air mail $260.00. 2 years US $122.00; foreign $225.00; foreign, air mail $425.00. BOTH Print and Digital Versions: 1 year US $127.50; foreign $240.00; foreign, air mail $340.00. 2 years US $183.00; foreign $337.50; foreign, air mail $537.50. Single copies are $25 each. Subscriptions must be paid for in U.S. funds only. Canada Post Cust. #7204564; Bleuchip Int’l, PO Box 25542, London, ON N6C 6B2; Agreement #41094515. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY, ISSN 0895-0555, and at additional mailing offices. For subscriptions, address changes, and adjustments, write to: Sign Builder Illustrated, PO Box 10, Omaha, NE 68101-0010. Instructional information provided in this magazine should only be performed by skilled crafts people with the proper equipment. The publisher and authors of information provided herein advise all readers to exercise care when engaging in any of the how-to activities published in the magazine. Further, the publisher and authors assume no liability for damages or injuries resulting from projects contained herein. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Sign Builder Illustrated, PO Box 10, Omaha, NE 68101-0010. © 2008 Simmons-Boardman. All rights reserved. USPS 0015-805 2 Sign Builder Illustrated October 2008

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Sign Builder Illustrated - October 2008 Contents SBI Agenda Quotes & Comments Contributors Revving Up for WrapQuest Dispatches Sign Show Sandblasted and Dimensional Sign Rescue, Part Three UV Ink and Printer Update, Part One Black is Black! Makin' Money With Molded Letters Making a Monster A Custom Built Sign Shop The Evolution of Architectural and ADA�Signage Finishing That Makes the Cut Maximizing In-store Signage and P-O-P Displays Wide Format Opportunities Panel Saws: A Precise Cut SBI Marketplace Q&A

Sign Builder Illustrated - October 2008

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