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Recent content by Ronda

  1. Vinyl removal

    I've had excellent results with heat gun, plastic razor blade and rapid remover. I'd clean off vinyl. The remaining glue i use the rapid remover and soak towels hold on it for a short bit, it turns the glue into snot balls for lack of a better word. Then do a final clean with denatured alcohol...
  2. How many one man shops are there? How many things do you do?

    My open hours when I had my storefront was 9 to 3 Mon thru Thursday. Fridays I could catch up or have an extra day off. No days off from October to Christmas because that was the embroidery busiest time. Now all my hours are by appointment because my shop is at my house which is AWESOME!
  3. How many one man shops are there? How many things do you do?

    I'll look into sign tracker. I am also dealing with massive price increases as I moved a ton of material with me. Now I am having to buy more and the prices have gone up substantially since 2019. I guess I get frustrated because I'm not making money if the machines aren't running. But at some...
  4. How many one man shops are there? How many things do you do?

    Sounds like me except for the spreadsheet part.
  5. How many one man shops are there? How many things do you do?

    I totally agree with you, until I moved. New customers don't know me or how I do things. So I am having to give a few quotes. Once I do one, they haven't asked for more they just order. In fact before I moved, I had a lot of my customers just tell me what they wanted and " do what you do". I...
  6. How many one man shops are there? How many things do you do?

    Oops, can you give me an example of a system or process with say production of cut vinyl, or something you do. I have a tendency to "put out fires" so I jump from this to that. It all gets done but it could be smoother... Thanks!
  7. How many one man shops are there? How many things do you do?

    Give me an example of a process
  8. How many one man shops are there? How many things do you do?

    I am interested in how other one man shops account for their time on jobs. I do embroidery, screen print (actually heat transfer now, much easier and cleaner) cut vinyl and digital printing. I make signs, banners and offer promo products. I did have a store front from 1999 until 2020, and...
  9. I want to bring Embroidery in house. Need Advice!

    All awesome advise. But I would also look at the Melco machines. I've run brothers for 20 years, a single head, 3 head and a 4 head. They are all still running but 2 years ago I added 3 Melco machines. The brothers are workhorses. But if I lose a motherboard I'll be outta luck and dead in the...
  10. XC-540 in storage for 4 years just brought it back out

    Just to update this post. We changed caps, dampers and further testing decided to replace 4 heads. Had a few hiccups along the way but Jim walked me through it and the printer is now up and running probably better than it ever did!!!
  11. Need Help Old Bank back lit sign to be replaced with new liquor store info

    Thank you all for the replies. Customer is not picky. The substrate supplier suggested Polycarbonate as it is 10x impact resistant. The old sign I'm pulling out is acrylic. Price difference between the two is $63 per sheet. My printer is up and running again. (Thank you Jim) So would that be a...
  12. Need Help Old Bank back lit sign to be replaced with new liquor store info

    My customer has asked me if I can make the new double sided sign for his new store. The old acrylic is in the box still, just turned around so it shows blank. Each sign is 37" tall by 9' long. I found a supplier near me (45 minutes) that can cut it to size, but I have to go pick them up their...
  13. XC-540 in storage for 4 years just brought it back out

    I got all my parts in. I have never done any of this myself. I have some steps for caps printed out from Roland years ago. I did find a copy of the service manual. Is there anything I need to be aware of or tips you have. Is there anything special for the dampers? Other than 1 at a time, unplug...
  14. Removing Decals...anyone use these Brothers chemicals?

    I've always heated the old vinyl with a heat gun peeled off and then used rapid remover to get remaining glue off. I tried the ghost off once but wasn't impressed.
  15. XC-540 in storage for 4 years just brought it back out

    I got the other order cancelled and ordered everything from the guy in Denver. Should have it by Monday from him. Thanks so much!
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