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  1. 4Over Closed Canadian Facility

    Damn, that sucks! I used them quite a bit. Guess I'm using Sina lite now
  2. Question New epson s40600 owner needs help

    We have a s80600 and it does eventually go into sleep mode on its own, takes about 30 minutes some times.
  3. Question Anyone used a WOOD CHIPPER to grind up coroplast drops?

    How big are your offcuts? If they are large enough there are a few things you can do. 1) donate them to a local art school or summer camp 2) some animal shelters use them to line cages for some of the smaller animals. 3) use them for packaging filler when shipping out orders. 4) make small...
  4. Taking delivery of our new Summa F1612 next week, what else should I know?

    That's exciting Pat! Let me know how it goes, we were told ours will be coming in July.
  5. Anyone have a removable curtain/divider in their shop?

    That's really cool, do you have any pics of the inside of that room?
  6. Shop your wholesalers

    Might be different in the states, but in Canada, Grimco is the only supplier who has true online ordering, I can log in at midnight and order something and it will be delivered next day. The pricing is all in line with the others give or take 2-3%. My issue with them is when I have to call in...
  7. Anyone have a removable curtain/divider in their shop?

    Hey Pat, I'm going to be facing the same question in a few weeks, we pulled the trigger on the summa as well. When I did the demo on the summa, I tested the router with dibond and acrylic, and there really wasn't any airborne particles, the dust boot really seemed to work well at sucking it...
  8. Maybe real business advice

    I don't hand out my cell number, I've had a few clients abuse it by calling or texting me at 5 pm on a Sunday to " just get an update on my order I placed on Friday afternoon"
  9. Deciding on a flatbed Laminator

    Ask the rollover dealer to send you the contact info of some of their installations, give them a call and see what they say, most shops are happy to shoot the shit with another shop owner.
  10. Roland TrueVIS SG2-540

    Epson 100% unless you absolutely need the print/cut machine We had one of the dud Tru-vis printers about 3 years ago, ditched it and got a Epson S80600 and havn't looked back
  11. Anyone install letters on this surface and live to tell about it?

    Yeah the one we did was just plaster, very easy to drill
  12. Anyone install letters on this surface and live to tell about it?

    We've done it before, Install wasn't as bad as I thought, however this perticular one has spotlights overhead that cast shadows that made it almost impossible to read the sign after, the client had to redirect the lighting after we finished.
  13. Question Onyx, Summa and Roll to Roll

    Here;s how I would do this: -Set the 8.5"x11" files in your design program -Bring it into onyx rip -in onyx, on the right side, click the gear icon beside your materials, this will open your material manager, there is a list of various roll and sheet sizes, click the add new. -set your new...
  14. Wanted subcontract work I focus on vinyl , flat window tint , and signs trouble shooting

    If you show up when say say you do, preform the work in a professional manner and be upfront with pricing, you will be better than 90% of contract installers and be very busy.
  15. Deciding on a flatbed Laminator

    Everyone I've spoken to has the entry model, so no idea.
  16. Deciding on a flatbed Laminator

    We have the rolls roller entry model, while it is great for mounting, it's very tricky to mask cut graphics with and avoid the Mask wrinkling. I've spoken to other shops with the same issue.
  17. Where can I get this room ID plaque?

    We have 2 trotec lasers a speedy 300 and a speedy 400, both run for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week and have yet to give us any issues in 5+ years
  18. Where can I get this room ID plaque?

    They would be ADA with raised tactile & braille Tactile lettering is super easy with our laser cutter and is actually the fastest way for us to put lettering on a sign, so we usually default to it and the clients like it. Braille is done with the raster method, we've got our settings pretty...
  19. Where can I get this room ID plaque?

    Whenever we do these, I always make up 5-10 blanks up at the same time, the client always forgets a few, and this way they are already 75% made when they call needing 2 more. For a good client our price would be less, probably around $65-75 for a 1 off
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