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  1. Advice for shop expansion

    I vote for the extra door. Even if you can't pull a 53' all the way through the door it appears there would be enough room to back at least a straight truck down beside the building for deliveries or loading. The extra door would be useful in the mild season, depending on your location, Could...
  2. Power supply and weep hole location

    Other than the heat sink issue, spot on J.
  3. Power supply and weep hole location

    Check your manufactures mounting instructions for power supplies, transformers and ballasts. They all produce heat and work better & last longer when in contact with a heat sink. Many years ago I lost many dollars on warranties for ballasts which had been double nutted, hence creating a space...
  4. And the bidding starts at $25...................................................................

    How much is it worth in bitcoin? Or maybe beanie babies?
  5. Help please

    Don't know if Illustrator will do it, but in Coral you can auto center trace and then contour 3mm outside. That'll five you 6mm stroke.
  6. Question What's your equipment setup?

    I got a 2" flat and a can of linseed oil. Oh yeah, and a pencil.
  7. How to cut a circle on vinyl 50" in diameter

    Use a wooden yard stick. apply several layers of masking tape in the very center of your vinyl. At the 1" mark on the ruler put a pushpin thru it and into the layered masking tape, then cut a small notch at the 26" mark on the yardstick. Place an exacto in the notch and rotate the yardstick...
  8. When "your" customers get signage elsewhere

    Weed these people out. As several of you have said: Ask. With all the technology, logistics, accounting and so forth that we small businesses deal with most I fell safe to assume most of us haven't read Dale Carnegie, Zig Zigler or Brian Tracy. We must learn to sell. Good salespeople know...
  9. How do I know the size of semi truck door ?

    Just Google Semi Trailer Door Szies.
  10. How do you advertise / promote your business to get more business?

    I am just the best damn signmaker in my area and I don't do quotes. I stay weeks & months behind. Know your shit and ask your price!
  11. Corrugated Trailer - 1 color - Needing Advice

    JQuest, it's been so long, I forgot about the tape.
  12. Corrugated Trailer - 1 color - Needing Advice

    You need to account for the total distance covered vertically and not just overall measurement. In the sample I've shown you will cover 4.18" of surface for every 4" of vertical measurement. In the sample the graphics would need to be 4.18 / 4.00 = 104.5% taller to look the same proportion...
  13. How to make a Graphtec plotter wireless?

    And pictures won't stretch my cord, even wireless pictures.
  14. How to make a Graphtec plotter wireless?

    Sometimes my cord isn't long enough either.
  15. Have you seen this font?

    When I started in the business our Gerber 4B had six fonts and the boss had 15 in his head and another 30 or so he could do out of the book. Today I have 1900 and counting. How the hell am I supposed to memorize them all? Fred, you're a master.
  16. So.............................................................................

    All I got is wild onions, wild strawberries clover and dandelions. But, I mow them every 6-8 days. There is a farmer's market about a mile from me and I do frequent often.
  17. 2023: A Century of Neon in America

    My and Harold went up on the mountain to retrieve a few sticks of glass about seven feet long with turn-backs. It was real cold and flickering snow, too wet for tape to stick. We laid each tube down in the grooves of the old Chevy truck bed and carefully sprinkled on log chain over the top...
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