Our production experience includes training sign companies to automate their fabrication using SDS Automation metal bending equipment. Those companies include: Yesco, Allen Industries, Pattison Sign Group, Chandler Signs, Direct Sign Wholesale, AGI, Colite, Everbrite and Persona.
We can produce trimless channel letters with narrow strokes- as small as 1/2" and as little as 4" tall. 3/4" stroke is minimum recommended.
Script styled font trimless channel letters.
Routing acrylic for a trimless channel letters requires more attention to detail. The CNC table needs to be perfectly flat and there is very little room for error. Although it slows down production, a router bit of 1/8 inch is used to allow for more detail on the inside corners of letters and logos. High quality cast acrylic with maximum diffusive properties is used. Careful file preparation and a little math insures that there is perfect match between the face and return. We have a custom built jig for our cnc router that allows very small details to be cut out with precision.
There are techniques that make forming the metal returns a lot easier than hand brakes and steel tubes. Utilizing automated equipment capable of scoring the material is a key element in our success as well as years of experience.