workshop/sign

[Dave Nereson]

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From: pianolover 88 <pianolover88@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 7:55 PM
Subject: workshop/sign


> Just moved into my new home, and I want to put a sign out in the front
yard
> to advertise my business. I was thinking of something like a Real Estate
> type sign post, then hang my sign from it. It would be double-sided. Any
> ideas regarding this? My street is a high traffic area and I'm sure it
would
> generate some axtra business if done right.
>
> Also, I need a good, solid table for my workshop, but I haven't really
found
> anything ready made. I wonder if i should just build it myself. It should
be
> sturdy and long enough for an action; upright or grand. I would appreciate
> feedback on this subject as well. Thanks!
>
> Terry

    Depends on zoning laws.  You might not be allowed to have a business
sign in the yard.  Maybe it could be combined with a mailbox?  or a front
yard piano "sculpture" or planter ?

    As someone else suggested, I have also used a solid core door and built
my own frame with 4 x 4 legs and 2 x 4 diagonal braces.  Also fastened it to
the wall with brackets so it won't wobble and shake when doing heavy sawing,
hammering, filing, rasping.  Mounted a power strip vertically on one of the
legs.  Shelf underneath for power tools, bins and jars of hardware, screws,
etc.  And room underneath that for more stuff -- canister vacuum, tool
boxes, scrap wood, whatever.   Big vise bolted to one end.  Small vise on
the other.  Tool rack along the back edge.  I use a higher flatter table for
pre-regulating grands, however.        --David Nereson, RPT, Denver