How to make a pillar yourself

Every year more and more people are strivingjoin the patriotic action called "Immortal Regiment." Its essence lies in the fact that on May 9 on the Day of the Great Victory to pass through the streets of the city with a photograph of his relative. Most often, for convenience, the photo is placed in a small frame with a holder called a pillar.

Where to get this design and whether it is possible to make a pillar for the "Immortal Regiment" with their own hands? We will tell you what it will take to work and how the pillar can look like.

What it is?

The word "pillar" refers to the light andinexpensive advertising design, designed to draw the attention of a person to a particular subject. Quite often we meet them on the thresholds of shops or inside retail premises. The simplest version looks like a small picture on a stick. More complex designs can be frames with an emphasis or small advertising "houses".

Make any pillar your own veryjust. You do not need any special knowledge. If you know how to hold a hammer, screwdriver or glue gun in hand, problems should not arise.

Of course, if there is no desire to fuss, the constructioncan be ordered in any advertising agency. Do it quickly, but, of course, not free. Depending on the size, materials and level of complexity for work can be asked for from 500 to 5000 rubles.

The easiest way to build your own pillar is the "Immortal Regiment". This is the simplest design, so you do not need much effort and money.

Materials

To make a pillar for the "Immortal Regiment" with your own hands, you need to prepare:

• a piece of plastic, thin plywood and fiberboard, measuring approximately 30 x 45 cm;
• a wooden strip about a meter in length or a piece of a similar metal-plastic pipe;
• 2-3 factory fittings for plastic pipes (you can buy for a penny in a construction shop or a plumbing department);
• waterproof adhesive.

Manufacturing process

And now let's talk about how quickly and easily we can make the pillar with our own hands.

• Prepare a solid foundation. Using a hacksaw, you need to cut out a rectangle measuring approximately 300 * 450 mm. In principle, you can stop at a different size, but if you decide to make a pillar for the action "Immortal Regiment", then this option is preferable.
• Photograph of a relative should be scanned,if necessary, eliminate flaws in the program Adobe Photoshop or other graphics editor. Also, you need to frame the photo in a stylized frame, you can download it on the site of the action.
• Now you need to print the image informat A3. It is best to do this in a photo salon on self-adhesive glossy paper. If you do not want to overpay, you can print the photo on a regular printer. But if you plan that the pillar will serve you more than one year - zalaminirovat picture.
• The finished image should be glued to the substrate. It is best to use a waterproof adhesive for this. Although, if the thickness of the base allows, the picture can be nailed with small studs or pinned with a stapler.
• Now let's get down to the pen. If you decide to use an ordinary wooden rail for this purpose, then everything is very simple. Turn the base photo down and using small screws or studs we fix the rail vertically in the center.
• If for the holder you decide to use a metal-plastic pipe, then first you need to attach the clips.
• Take the factory plastic latches andHelp a good adhesive to fix them on a base vertically in the center. Keep track of the clips strictly one by one at a distance of 1-20 cm, otherwise you will not be able to fasten the tube in them.
• When the glue dries, simply snap the length of the metal-plastic pipe into the grooves. You will get a fairly strong, but dismountable design.

By the way, if you do not want to bother with laminating and making the base, you can buy a ready-made frame in the store and just attach the holder to it.

What are the other pillars?

Quite often, at the thresholds of shops, we see mobile structures advertising this or that product. And how to make this kind of pillar with your own hands?

First you need to understand what exactly we want to get in the end. Such structures are usually of three types:

• Direct - it has a single plane on which information can be located from one or both sides.
• House - there are already two planes, located one to the other on the principle of a hut.
• Book - can consist of any number of planes, is set by "accordion".

Manufacturing

The easiest way to make your own pillar in the form of a house or book. For this it is enough to make a frame of the right size from wooden or metal slats.

On it, with the help of rivets or screws, a plane made of PVC, thin sheet metal or plywood is attached. This is where the image will be pasted.

To build a pillar-house by own hands,two frame frames are enough. They are connected at the top with several loops. To ensure that the structure does not move apart, it is necessary to connect the vertical parts at the same level using a cable, chain or short bar.

The pillar-book is mounted in exactly the same way. The only difference is that the hinges are not installed on the top, but on the side of the structure. In this way, you can connect the required number of frame frames to each other. You will get an advertising design on the principle of a children's book-accordion. Information on it can be placed both from one and two sides.