Black Lives Matter stencil for PlasmaCutter/CNC/Printer

A black neighbor kept having their BLM sign vandalized. Literally dozens of times. 

Regardless of your political views, the vandal was at best damaging personal property in an attempt to suppress free speech. Anti-democracy fascist. F— that guy. I mean, peace to all my fellow passengers on spaceship earth! But still, f— that guy.

So… We're making an easy-to-unvandalize sign. The goal being: 2 minutes, and 2 cans of black & white spray paint, to make the sign look as good as new. 

Ours are cut out of thick sheet metal on a plasma cutter… There is an interior hinge on the top, so we can spray the whole sign black, then open the stencil hinge, spray the interior white (for the negative space letters), drop the hinge, and be done. Next time the vandal comes to my friend's house, the sign will be back in business literally within a few minutes. Our hardware is a mix of welded rivets, threaded sheet metal, non-standard fittings, and some decoy nuts as an additional time waster. He'll need to take a lot of time or make a lot of noise to damage this one.

I'm uploading the model to the public domain to use however you want… It's sized to my needs, but you should be able to scale it to fit your 3D print bed, CNC, or cutter of choice. 

If you're 3D printing this, I recommend printing face down on the print bed with a textured or satin sheet for the best quality on the front. The model proportions are big (22"x15" aka 560x380mm) but very thin (2mm), so scale down proportionally to your print capacity, then unlock proportional scaling and increase the z thickness… 

I'd love to see your photos in the Makes section.

Thanks to Kurt Arnlund and MakerNexus for use of the plasma cutter!