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  1. Need Help need advice/anyone know about A3 UV Flatbed printer

    This looks to be a Chinese flatbed printer, unless you are extremely familiar with how to service these types of machines I would avoid, keep in mind a domestic brand machine is around $40,000 so what shortcuts were taken? If you do a search on this forum for Chinese printers there should be...
  2. Oodles of requests for trim wraps and chrome wraps

    I've noticed a big increase in "personal" type projects since covid, I guess people are home more and looking to improve their house/car. We have gotten a ton of requests for fancy cast house address plaques and such, where before covid we only got 1 or 2 requests a year. I have a buddy who...
  3. Post holes with a drill...

    Much like the phone at the shop, the cord helps me find where I put it...
  4. painting the edge of ACM?

    we paint the edges of brushed silver ACM all the time to give the look of solid aluminum, we jut give the edges a quick sand and hit it with a can of krylon
  5. Downsaving

    Can anyone downsave a .cdr file from version 22 to version 18 for me? Client did a layout with the free trial but it's expired and they can't open it. I would install the trial myself but I've had issues in the past when uninstalling causes issues with my older version. I can email the file...
  6. Review Great Air Scrubber for Solvent Printers

    Also worth looking at air filters sold as "growroom air filters" they use activated charcoal and work quite well, the filters are inexpensive and readily available. If it can keep the smell of weed out of your basement, it can keep the smell of ink solvents out of your shop!
  7. He called me for help with his sign

    8 posts to go from a joke post about sign design to a political thread, I wish I could say I thought that was a new record but I know it's not. In the words of Donald Trump SAD!
  8. He called me for help with his sign

    ? Wtf are you on about?
  9. He called me for help with his sign

    When you redo it, change it from "30 minute repairs" to " fixed by the time you finish 3 darts"
  10. Need Help Perf Cut Woes (Graphtec 8600)

    are you putting the knife into position 3 before sending the perf cut?
  11. Creating a contour cut file

    In corel, grab the leaves and go Object>Shaping>Boundry this will create an outline around the leaves, then you can do a negative contour from that line to give you a bit of bleed.
  12. Sign Blanks

    Pretty much every sign supply company will cut 0.051" think white painted aluminum for you, or at least will point you to someone who will. Have you tried calling your current supplier and asking?
  13. Zund polishing bit

    I assume he means a gloss clear coat rattle can, something like an automotive clear coat.
  14. Question How Do They Do It? Acrylic bonding

    Look into 3M 468MP adhesive. Or we use MEK in a small syringe and it creates a perfect invisible glue line.
  15. Onyx 12.2 Quickset question

    Thank you guys!! I knew there had to be a way. Onyx is fickle sometimes!
  16. SG2-300 Nightmare for Diecut Stickers! Help

    We had a ton of issues with our Roland print cut machine, but I never has an issue with the cut quality, the accuracy was horrible but the quality was good. Can you post a pic? Are the cuts very complex,.or are we talking basic squares, circles etc? What's your experience level with vinyl cutting?
  17. SG2-300 Nightmare for Diecut Stickers! Help

    Can you clarify what the issue is, is it not cutting accurately, or is the cut quality poor?
  18. Onyx 12.2 Quickset question

    Hopefully someone with more knowledge of Onyx can help me out with this one. We just bought a Summa F1612 flatbed cutter, and one of the features it has is the ability to cut out files without needing cutlines, to do this you need to add a 5mm thick black border around your file, the cutter...
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