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    2/42 August 2013 S I G N & D I G I T A L G R A P H I C S

    Youth memorialized in Joplin, Mo.

    B Y M A T T C H A R B O N E A U

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    Matt Charboneau owns and

    operates Drake, Colo.-basedCharboneau Signs, an over-the-Web sign design service.Matt has 23 years o experi-ence in hand lettering, com-

    mercial graphic design, sign design, sales,abrication, project management and instal-lation. He can be reached through his web-site atwww.mattcharboneau.com [email protected].

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    inancial gain these re theopportutes we urture thes dustry. We seek out the

    hees d oer soutos tht pro-vde our ustomers wth hope d opt-msm tht ther busess w ow hvebetter vsbty tht w hopeuy ttrtmore ustomers (d tur, buy moress rom us).

    However, some stes, theopportuty to provde dvertsmedum s ompetey deret sope,orm d uto th the typ sprojets we seek. Sometmes, ts ot

    bout se yth. Sometmes tsbout ret someth mfet sope d orm tht ot oy provdes tte hope to devstted ommuty,but so hoors you m whose eeded try.

    Ive desed or Joh Hppe (owero S Dess Jop, Mo.) ormy yers. O ths prtur osohe ed d sked me I woud hvetme to ssst wth spe projet ththe ws voved , d o ourse I sd

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    It Happened So Fast

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    Ws body ws oud ew dys ter pod ose to where the vehe meto rest.

    New Sense of Purpose

    At tht momet I rezed ths projetws muh more th just s, d I hdbee ve opportuty to be prt o

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    ths rom Joh d hs temd Ihd ot o work to do o t.

    I pprohed the moumet shopdrws wth ew oud ous dsese o ethussm tht heped me

    trsorm the or 3-D des tetustrto (reted by Jore Leyv oJop) to set o brto drwsor produto. The frst hee toddress ws the hub ssemby d howI ws o to des ths key eture order to pss eeer. Ths hubssemby s wht keeps the e dhe etter struture bed o the23' o, (2,500 bs. eh) bseb bts.(See IllustrationA)

    Next up ws the e d the btssembes. I expermeted wth oedes de or the ssos d bt edstht uded mutpe ter ussetsd du ssos or eh bt bse. (SeeIllustrationB) Um, we ets just syths tured out to be ompete over-e-eer o my prt, however, t dd rete opportuty or expor smper,smer set o ussets (s reommededby the eeer) tht were utmteymuh eser to st, more eetve dmuh ess expesve to produe.

    The Fabrication Process

    Oe my shop drws reevedf pprov by eeer, the b-rto proess be t Johs shop Jop. The e d hub ssemby wetsmoothy the shop whe the posts dssos were set to the roud per theeeer speftos. It ws dededtht the prts woud be dry ftted theshop pror to f wed. I ths wythey were be to esure smooth st-to wthout errors the fed. Oe o

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    wth ee o extreme ompsh-met or job we doe.

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    You red more bout ths mzprojet tacebook.com/willnortonmiracle-feldor you o toyoutube.com/willorvdeos d stores bout ths mzyou m d the ey tht ws but hs hoor.

    Ss te ustomers who, where,whe, wht d why, but they rrey tethe bk story. Hts o to everyoe who

    mde ths projet rety d reted memor tht speks voumes beyodthe 10 reverse p he etters thtdor the struture. Ths memor ss so tht everyoe her trbuteto you m who shred hs uh-ter, hs ove d hs kdess wth yoewho eeded t. Ws sprt or hepothers ws the tyst or the MreFed, d ts sh trbute to youm who ote put the eeds o othersbeore hs ow.

    As or me, I ee prveed to be prto ths projet. I sh ever oret thempt tht Ws story mde o my e.Its motvted me to hu my kds tteoer, tte thter d hersh them tte more th usu; ts esso mortty tht I hope I ever oret.

    See, sometmes the s busessdoes hve some wrm d uzzy beeftsbeyod the typ ommets we her,ke Hey, e s msterbut youspeed prtmets wro. Oh we, tme

    to dry the eyes d et bk to busesss usu I uess.

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