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[porterpainter]

What a labour of love. Looks amazing!

[Granturadriver]

Very cool, great work! Love that in the clean garage!

Can you tell which material you used for the panel, and what did you use for cutting out? A blade? You than painted it silver with a spray can? Do you plan any background lighting?

[keynsham]

What tool did you use to cut the hardboard?

[Jurgen Schmidt]

Thanks for the comments. I wondered about back lighting, but didn't fancy the cable cluttering up the clutter free wall :0). I've had 24 spotlights recently fitted in there, so it is pretty bright and the sign reflects the light well

The panel is made of 3 sheets of hardboard, 3mm thick each

1st is the front facia with cut outs - spray painted in silver metallic paint
2nd is the panel upon which the purple vinyl sheeting is placed
3rd was used to pass wire through for the wall fixing

These panels were then all glued together

I cut the sections of the top panel out simply using a Stanley knife, I got through about 5 blades!

I used a metal ruler to help with the first 4/5 scribes and then the ruler wasn't needed and I could apply a bit more force whilst kneeling over it and using both hands, being careful such that if I slipped I wouldn't need an A&E trip

so to cut through the 3mm hardboard probably needed about 10 passes with the knife

I went with the knife because it leaves a crisp edge, anything else, such as a saw would 'fluff' up the edges

It turned out better than I expected if I'm honest and wasn't a costly exercise either

[Stever]

fine job looks great