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    clearly you haven't been listening sharply enough
  2. Yeti SmartBench

    Looking good man! Excited to start using ours for similar projects. Do you have a tool for notching ACM?
  3. Yeti SmartBench

    did you buy this in the end RJ? We just got one
  4. new question

    We're a big Avery 1105 shop here. Works great for vehicles and other long term signs
  5. Complaint Department...

    Huge red flag when someone namedrops like that! I bought my shop years ago and anyone who comes in namedropping an old owner gets pay before production treatment
  6. Foam Lettering Supplier (in Canada)

    Does anyone have a good supplier for foam letters 1/2" thick? I haven't sold them in years because i don't like how they degrade, but i have a grocery store client that wants them. Any recommendations?
  7. What was the smallest change you made in your business that had the biggest impact?

    really curious how good this thing is. Do you find Spike Ike is good enough to use for lightbox faces?
  8. A new hire for Gino...

    I think it'd be pretty cool to have an animorph on the payroll
  9. Inflatable Sign/Archway Vendor

    instent has done an inflatable for me before. Not sure if they do gateways!
  10. Suggestions Cutting Polyethylene Foam Sheets for packaging?

    https://www.troteclaser.com/en-ca/laserable-materials/laser-cutting-foam?source_campaign=70158000000Y8LJ&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2MWVBhCQARIsAIjbwoPr9tPXx4W9bGvE-V1MuyXBodG8rbPs-PYbM7aLu-xSZDXtKHtdlk4aAnX7EALw_wcB
  11. Suggestions Cutting Polyethylene Foam Sheets for packaging?

    yep can confirm that it's laser cut foam!
  12. Question Lease or Buy

    There's also how these look on your books. If you're looking to sell your shop anytime in the next couple years, then buying outright, or with a loan is MUCH better than leasing. A lease shows up as a regular expense, where buying the machine outright won't affect your income. Since shops are...
  13. School me on ACM please?

    glantz or grimco will be fine. You'll need to pay shipping which is kind of annoying. I think most of us here wait till we have $1000 orders to ship and then they'll include shipping.
  14. School me on ACM please?

    How is the ACM attached to the angle on the wall with this one? Do you glue more angle to the back of the ACP? curious which adhesive
  15. Small Sign Business Owners - You still doing ok in these times?

    I dont think your missing anything. A business loan for me was 3.12% 2 years ago and is now 6.8%. That's a serious change in my opinion
  16. Small Sign Business Owners - You still doing ok in these times?

    We're still pretty busy. I do feel a bit of nervousness in the air. Our housing market is starting to get a little scary
  17. Client refusing payment

    I would say that it's our policy to send outstanding installation bills to collections after X number of days. That's always worked for me. then you really can sell it to collections if you want, but nobody wants to get hounded by those guys so usually they just pay.
  18. How To question - Metal Sign ??

    wow you guys have some gear in your two person shop! I'm super tempted to get one of those if we can move ACP to the flatbed. At the moment we probably do like 600k per year of ACP sales and it'd be incredible to not need to print on vinyl. What got you guys to switch? and do you do all your...
  19. How To question - Metal Sign ??

    Which Flatbed do you guys have? At the moment we only use our HP 750 for Coroplast
  20. How To question - Metal Sign ??

    Do you laminate afterwards? or do you deal with scratching on the panels at all?
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