Ever use Miller Engineering signs for Dept.56 buildings?

I don’t know, but was wondering the same thing as also would like to mount a Miller sign on one of my buildings.  I was thinking of using a ceramic cutting wheel on a Dremel tool.

 

Hope you get an answer!

If the ceramic roof is too thick you could carefully grind the opening to fit the connector on the ribbon cable. If you did this carefully you could open the cutout just enough to allow a tight fit since you would not want to glue it in just in case you ever need to replace it. I know they make diamond coated grinding attachments for Dremels that should work fine.

I have mounted the signs and wiring successfully using a hot glue gun attaching them pretty much out of site.  Good luck and have fun.

bob

Ken, as far as the heat concern goes, you could replace the incandescent bulb with an LED one.  You have a couple of choices as to bulbs: get one that fits the Dept 56 light socket or do away with the 120 volt system altogether and go with low voltage LEDs powered by a transformer.

 

I found some screw-in LED bulbs (either Lowe's or Home Depot) to use in my wife's Snow Village display.  On my Christmas layout, I use the low voltage ones purchased from Town & Country Hobbies.  In either case, the main issue is the bulb's color temperature.  If the look you want is "nostalgic", get the warm white ones.

 

Bill

I have just hidden the wires which works well for me. Many of the Christmas in the City buildings have flat roof surfaces that are wonderful for placing the Miller signs. I have not tried to drill through their porcelain surfaces. Only the Snow Village collection is done in ceramic. The other villages are all porcelain.

 

I just used double sided tape.

Another application on a Marx Glendale station which I found NIB on eBay. It has the station sounds activated be turning a knob on the roof. It actually works - after you figure out the proper "RPM". No cutting involved.