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| Nannuu:
--- Quote from: megashock5 on January 11, 2005, 03:04:39 pm ---Drop ceiling rails? Never thought of that. Are they an L-shape? How would you attach them? Just positioned on top of the wood and in front of the marquee, then screw them into the wood? thanks for the suggestions! --- End quote --- I say go for the drop ceiling rails also. They are L shaped and you put them on just like you said. The L shape is used around the walls. It is $1.69 for 12 feet at my local Home Depot. |
| stevejt:
They also make wooden molding that is "L" shaped. I beleive it is called "outside corner" molding. That might be easier to trim if you aren't happy with the drop ceiling edge. But the drop ceiling edge does come in black. They also make a metal sheetrock edge that is shaped like like a "J". It comes in black and would match the drop ceiling edge. (Both folded edge sheetmetal). It might be easiest for you to use the "J" for the bottom,(with a small spacer to hold the marquee foward), and the "L" to hold in the top. All depends on your cab, and your creative skills. Steve |
| megashock5:
Nannuu, Steve, Thanks a lot for the info. The black drop ceiling edge sounds like a great solution. I will see if I can find it at my local Home Depot. thanks again! |
| DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: stevejt on January 12, 2005, 08:18:58 am ---They also make wooden molding that is "L" shaped. I beleive it is called "outside corner" molding. That might be easier to trim if you aren't happy with the drop ceiling edge. But the drop ceiling edge does come in black. They also make a metal sheetrock edge that is shaped like like a "J". It comes in black and would match the drop ceiling edge. (Both folded edge sheetmetal). It might be easiest for you to use the "J" for the bottom,(with a small spacer to hold the marquee foward), and the "L" to hold in the top. All depends on your cab, and your creative skills. Steve --- End quote --- I'm not following that logic at all. If you have the "L" for the top, why wouldn't you use the "L" for the bottom as well? Or use the "J" for the top and bottom? Why use two separate materials and add a requirement that you fine tune it instead of using identical pieces? |
| rnoonan:
For my marquee I used photo banner paper between two sheets of plexiglass. To mount it I had used a piece of wood on each side with a channel cut about 3/4 of the way down (like you'd do for T-molding). Then I cut a square notch into the bottom 1/4 of the plexiglass. So 3/4 of the marquee sits in the channel and it's supported by the notch. You can slide it in and out very easily. For the top and bottom black framing... no laughing now... I used black electrical tape. Sounds pretty dumb, but it looks better than you'd think. |
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