baldyash
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Does anyone know where I can get stick on stainless lettering to make up the name of our new boat(Transom mount)?
Staineless steel lettering
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sarabande
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if you PM Magnum, he had a lovely set made - but probably more in the heritage line than day to day use.
jfm
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If you google you'll find loads of marine suppliers, at marine prices. But if you just find a local s/s workshop with a laser cutter just tell them the font (find it in microsoft word or wherever) and the height of the letters and they will just CNC laser cut them for you then polish them to mirror finish, at non marine prices.
Then you need to figure out how to attach them. If transom is 100% flat (is it? few are) you could buy a sheet of double sided sticky foam. But a better way is prob to ask the s/s guys to attach M6 studs to the back of the letters (by resistance welding or whatever they recommend), and give you some pieces of 6mm bore tube cut to 10mm long (or whatever dimension you want) to use as stand off posts, then drill the transom and attach them with washers and nuts
Jimmy the builder has found an excellent laser cutter firm who will make letters, in the brighton area. I dont know the name of them but hopefully he will be along soon
Powersalt
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I saw in France last week stainless steel lettering ( or the surface similar) applied as per spastic lettering.. Not quite thew same effect but it was ok and differenty.
If yoy google signwriting there are a couplke of companies that do it in the uk
If yoy google signwriting there are a couplke of companies that do it in the uk
baldyash
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Bounce
oldsaltoz
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Available from most decal suppliers.
petem
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Try Malcolm at Boat Names (aka Graphic Innovation)...
http://www.boat-names.co.uk/Boat_Names_special_effects.html
Cheers, Pete
http://www.boat-names.co.uk/Boat_Names_special_effects.html
Cheers, Pete
Pennpromo
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Stainless Steel Lettering
We waterjet cut stainless lettering. You have to be careful with laser cut lettering as it needs the cut edges to be electro polished after cutting: the heat of the laser changes the property of the stainless and it looses its resistance to salt water and over time it then bleeds around the edges.
As waterjet cutting is a cold process it doesn't affect it; so we only have to mirror polish the front faces afterwards.
We have done many names in the past up to superyacht names of about 600mm high complete with acrylic back plates filled with colour changing LED lighting. Smallest letters down to about 30mm tall on a tender.
As discused they can either be stud mounted, epoxied on or stuck on with double sided tape. We usually do a full size plot to align them on the boat.
SIMON.
We waterjet cut stainless lettering. You have to be careful with laser cut lettering as it needs the cut edges to be electro polished after cutting: the heat of the laser changes the property of the stainless and it looses its resistance to salt water and over time it then bleeds around the edges.
As waterjet cutting is a cold process it doesn't affect it; so we only have to mirror polish the front faces afterwards.
We have done many names in the past up to superyacht names of about 600mm high complete with acrylic back plates filled with colour changing LED lighting. Smallest letters down to about 30mm tall on a tender.
As discused they can either be stud mounted, epoxied on or stuck on with double sided tape. We usually do a full size plot to align them on the boat.
SIMON.
jimmy_the_builder
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Sorry for the delay in jumping on this. I had 150mm high s/s letters laser cut for my boat at a cost of about £20 per letter by Fabricut, which is a subsidiary of About Signs. This was done mail order, they are based in Feltham, Middlesex.
The letters are supplied with raw laser cut edges, so I then had them polished up by Denne Metal Finishers, who are in Cowfold, West Sussex. This cost about £10 per letter and they did a fab job.
To stick them to the back of the boat, use VHB gel tape, which is surprisingly expensive - most cost effective way to do this is to buy the length you need off Ebay (or blag some off Julie at About Signs
).Cheers
Jimmy
