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I think you'd have to shrink dramatically to make that work. I can give you some numbers if you want to dm, but we're one of the big players in engraving/trophies in my market and there just isn't enough money in it for you to make it a longer term play.

You'll run into trouble with that most likely. We do lots of smaller decal/sign orders, but it still takes more time than any other type of job. The good customers are sports teams and schools, the rest are individuals and small organizations. I would not say that engraving and trophies bring in...

I would want to see the numbers. If it's profitable and you have someone that can do it at your shop then you would be in a good spot. We started out with awards and I consider dropping it once a year or so. Look at the average sale price for his jobs and decide if smaller jobs are something...

I used to work in enterprise software and the more customized someone's setup the worse it was. You're relying on the person implementing to create perfect rules, which is a pretty hard job. The other big downside is that when it's custom often there's only one developer you can rely on to...

We use trello, basically in the same layout as shopvox. The flexibility is really nice since we work with so many different materials.

do you laminate it afterwards? We've done it, we just get complaints that it doesn't look as nice as our vinyl wrapped ACM. Really the only downside is how easily it scratches. What applications are you guys doing?

Is anyone using theirs for ACM? We mostly use it for coroplast right now but would like to shift more of our print load over. We have an HP scitex500

We're also looking at doing this. My local university runs a 1 month night class that teaches it so I'll likely take that.

I am interested in purchasing something with a 5+ employees already. I've made purchases in our industry before, so I know the process, and am willing to pay a fair price for a well run shop. Feel free to DM and I can give you my name and more info about me, as well as answer any questions...

Hi All, We've been working at doing cold weather window installs for a few of our clients. We've settled on 3500C on the recommendation of 3M. My client is looking for permanent window graphics at their locations. Temperatures in winter in these locations will be around freezing or lower Does...

What are some sign making capabilities that you wish you had in your shop? CNC? Laser? Crane? Bucket truck? What am I missing

This will only work if the lights are off.. it can shine right through flatbed coro and some coro's with vinyl

Hi all, I've seen this kind of letter before, but I can't say I understand how they are made: Does anyone know a supplier that does these? And does anyone know how they're produced? Thanks! r

Interesting. So you'd use any vinyl, laminate the back side in 8518 and then stick 3m VHB on the back?

Hi all, I've seen lots of jobs recently with clear acrylic and a vinyl backer. It looks great for interior signs, but I'm curious about mounting methods. Does anyone use tape to mount these succesfully without shrinkage or the tape sucking the vinyl? And what tape / vinyl / lam combinations do...

Basic stuff like coro and sintra, cutting decals to remove weeding from our workflow, and then ACM with graphics and lam already applied

How do you like the usability of the Sharpcut? Does your operator have an easy time using the software?

Thanks for your reply. Those are great points, and actually the things we're most focused on. In particular we would save a lot of time routing ACM signs if we could nail down that mounting then trimming process. Are there any things you can't do that you wish you could? Ie: routing acrylics...

Hi all, I'm looking at getting a flatbed cutter for the shop. My main priority is increasing efficiency. We already have a 40" laser cutter, so it won't add too much to our capabilities. I'm thinking a Summa Flatbed Cutter. Does anyone have experience with the summa F or another flatbed and...