Author Topic: anyone made their own number plate? (Read 1864 times)

griff · « **on:** February 16, 2011, 01:04 AM »

evening all

while lying awake and thinking about bmx it occurred to me that a number plate might be a useful thing to put on my haro for the london-brighton run (we'll be issued with 'race' numbers after all and I thought I could maybe put sponsors' names on it

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as flo panels etc seem to go for silly money and I'm only likely to use it a handful of times tops I wondered whether I could put something together that would do the job any better than a cardboard cut-out...then I thought it would be cool to find out if anyone's got any pics of their own creations, love to see what you might have codged together

let's see some pics of your marvellous creations, prize for the winner

brettypeeps · « **Reply #1 on:** February 16, 2011, 01:25 AM »

They are generally made before an event for a small charity donation

griff · « **Reply #2 on:** February 16, 2011, 01:30 AM »

Quote from: brettypeeps on February 16, 2011, 01:25 AM

They are generally made before an event for a small charity donation

what, custom jobs? now that's

who makes those then?

in any case would still like to see any home-made creations done by the radsters

brettypeeps · « **Reply #3 on:** February 16, 2011, 01:33 AM »

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=109532.0

CAZBO made them for London

pickle · « **Reply #4 on:** February 16, 2011, 03:47 PM »

Cazbo makes em for the London rides but john, just get a cheap one off the bay and get them to buy space on it

griff · « **Reply #5 on:** February 16, 2011, 04:12 PM »

Quote from: pickle on February 16, 2011, 03:47 PM

Cazbo makes em for the London rides but john, just get a cheap one off the bay and get them to buy space on it

will have a look later -

anyway I still want to see other people's home-made specials - found a thread on some other site at lunchtime showing people how to do this
just need some flexible plastic, cardboard for template, scissors and a craft knife (hang on starting to sound like blue peter)

bet someone's got some pics

diesel · « **Reply #6 on:** February 16, 2011, 04:44 PM »

Here's a couple I'll be making at some point soon

griff · « **Reply #7 on:** February 16, 2011, 05:16 PM »

Quote from: diesel on February 16, 2011, 04:44 PM

Here's a couple I'll be making at some point soon

bloody showoff !

was expecting to see some homespun cardboard project but that looks proper

top one looks like my old zeronine plate
how are you going to make those?

diesel · « **Reply #8 on:** February 16, 2011, 11:15 PM »

I'm going to send the cutter guides off to a plastics manufaturer, they'll pop it on the cnc machine overnight and it should be back within a couple of days. Just need to get my act together and send the drawings off.

Plastics companies are all over the place and there not that expensive to use

katau · « **Reply #9 on:** February 16, 2011, 11:29 PM »

I saw today on burnerworld,sale section, a nice race plate for 15 quid

Betty · « **Reply #10 on:** February 16, 2011, 11:32 PM »

Paper plate, marker pen and 2 zip ties....

griff · « **Reply #11 on:** February 16, 2011, 11:59 PM »

Quote from: Batty on February 16, 2011, 11:32 PM

Paper plate, marker pen and 2 zip ties....

pics please!

griff · « **Reply #12 on:** February 18, 2011, 10:28 PM »

I think I'm going to have a bash at making a plate myself, need a big one if I'm going to put sponsor names on it so have knocked up a rough version in photoshop to see what it might look like. will try and make something like a haro series 1b without the holes & slots and take it from there

anyone know the dimensions of these plates? top to bottom of panel or width of panel would be very handy

oldtired · « **Reply #13 on:** February 18, 2011, 10:48 PM »

Quote from: Batty on February 16, 2011, 11:32 PM

Paper plate, marker pen and 2 zip ties....

used to use ice cream tub lids bitd

posh kids had Walls Cornish us lot had Spar

griff · « **Reply #14 on:** February 18, 2011, 10:58 PM »

Quote from: oldtired on February 18, 2011, 10:48 PM

used to use ice cream tub lids bitd posh kids had Walls Cornish us lot had Spar

that's proper old school

oldtired · « **Reply #15 on:** February 18, 2011, 11:07 PM »

my race plate is colored in by me

sharpie magic

old habbits

(see avatart)

griff · « **Reply #16 on:** February 18, 2011, 11:11 PM »

Quote from: oldtired on February 18, 2011, 11:07 PM

my race plate is colored in by me sharpie magic old habbits (see avatart)

already clocked it

by the looks of that handwriting I reckon 'someone' used to be a tagger....

oldtired · « **Reply #17 on:** February 18, 2011, 11:14 PM »

don't know what you mean

griff · « **Reply #18 on:** February 18, 2011, 11:18 PM »

Quote from: oldtired on February 18, 2011, 11:14 PM

don't know what you mean

easy to spot ppl into graff = the neat handwriting gives it away

Gary72 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 20, 2011, 08:54 PM »

Why make your own, Buy one off me. The back of it is plain so you could get your crayons out

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=121994.0
Gary

baldbmxer · « **Reply #20 on:** February 21, 2011, 09:32 AM »

griff · « **Reply #21 on:** February 21, 2011, 09:54 AM »

Quote from: baldbmxer on February 21, 2011, 09:32 AM

that's the winner so far! great effort sir

Gary let me know if you think that fox stuff will peel off. might be a good starting point for my crayons

ozone · « **Reply #22 on:** February 21, 2011, 11:15 AM »

Quote from: griff on February 21, 2011, 09:54 AM

Quote from: baldbmxer on February 21, 2011, 09:32 AM

that's the winner so far! great effort sir

Gary let me know if you think that fox stuff will peel off. might be a good starting point for my crayons

Even if the fox logo can't be removed, there is nothing stopping you sticking a sheet of vinyl (in the colour of your choice) on there.

These A4 sheets would work.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/A4-VINYL-SHEET-CHOICE-18-GLOSS-COLOURS-/260665332269?pt=UK_Crafts_StickersScraps_Decoupage_SM&hash=item3cb0dd522d