Signs of the Times - October 2020 - 30
A REFRESHED DESIGN
The pandemic has been a busy time
for banks as millions of Americans
and companies struggle to manage
finances. While trying to keep up
with the financial demands of the
moment, American National Bank
recently acquired a new channel letter
main ID sign for a branch in Nisswa,
MN, part of a project of signage for the
bank ordered from Ross Lewis Sign Co.
(RLS; Bemidji, MN). The eagle and
typestyle featured in the sign were
part of American National Bank's
corporate logo, so RLS took the client
files and sized them using CADlink
SignLab to create EPS files.
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Like many sign companies that take
on a certain level of channel-letter
work, owner Ross Lewis prefers that
his shop handle the sales and installations, and sends the production
files for fabrication to ESCO Manufacturing (Watertown, SD). While
providing the manufacturing of the
sign for RLS, ESCO also installed the
LEDs in the lettering and logo using
Principal LED Qwik Mod 2 LED
modules and drivers.
"We used ESCO on this project
because of the quality workmanship
and timely delivery," Lewis said. ESCO
manufactured the eagle, channel
letters and the raceway using RLS's art-
work. Delivery of the sign took around
three weeks, according to Lewis.
The sign was designed to be
mounted on one of many naturalcolored dark wood beams across the
front of the bank. RLS created a 3M
IJ180Cv3 vinyl wrap for the raceway,
so they could get an exact match to
the wood beam. Using the shop's
Roland VersaCAMM VS-540, the team
printed the vinyl wrap and applied
3M Scotchcal Gloss Overlaminate
8519 by way of their Seal laminator.
RLS completed the printing in-house
to assure a correct color match. "We've
had issues with print files that were
emailed [ for] matching, so this eliminates that possibility," Lewis said.
To install the sign, RLS used its
85-ft. Elliott boom truck and a 65-ft.
Phoenix crane/basket. The installation
was smooth and took about three
hours. "The eagle is remote-wired,
so that added to the install time,"
Lewis said.
One trend Lewis has noticed is
that with the LED costs coming down,
channel letters are more affordable
than ever. And working with a wholesaler such as ESCO assures his company
a fixed cost, he said.
So, whether your shop just has its
toe in the water or you've decided to
take the plunge, come on in to the
channel letter pool. The water's fine.
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