I have been asked to make a new marquee to replace the old one.
What material would you use?
Sides are 1 1/2 x 5 3/4 and top is 1 1/2 x 8.
Overall is about 3′ x 5′
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Aluminum storefront, dark bronze anodized.
"Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
That was my first thought when I looked at it.
Maybe I can sell them on that but I think they want a wood replacement
Two stone tablets, chiseled (well, the originals probably weren't actually chiseled, but....).
Moses, wasn't that god's work? I am just a carpenter.
Be tough to change the words every week.
Anybody Cedar, Doug Fir, Plastic ?
Soapstone, marble, limestone, graite?
. . . or brimstone, whatever the heck that is !Greg
No, I think brimstone would be a bad idea. It's sulfur.
I'm thinking something harder than cedar. Something like black locust. Then a good soaking coat of Woodlife, followed by 100% acrylic primer and several 100% acrylic topcoats.
MDO for the back.
The stanchions appear to be metal. How about copper pipe for the stanchions and copper flashing covering the "roof"?
I kinda like the old one, why do they want to replace it? If they're really set on wood, maybe order some redwood? It's pretty easy to work, and ages pretty nicely.http://www.tvwsolar.com
Now I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill
I would set him in chains at the top of the hill
Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B. DeMille
He could die happily ever after"
It is all rotted out and I changed the roof on it 3 years ago.
They want a copy of the original design but didn't specify material.
I had planned on using all the old metal parts and the glass and etc.