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PROBLEM SOLVED: Figured I'd post this in case someone looks for an answer later. We ended up taking off the head cover and the cap over the carriage rail to give us access to the roller wheels on top of the head. Loosen those, hold the head up, tighten the screws back....problem solved. Took...

You can do it with a jigsaw, the stuff cuts nicely. Bob's suggestion of a Cutawl is better. Mine is so old it had a thread wrapped power cord to it and is still rock solid. You'll be amazed at how easy it is to cut intricate stuff with one. Painting it isn't really an issue. Cut it, deburr...

The font is two different weights of Quadon. I whined buying it for a job but the family has become a workhorse for me. I think we've found the problem. There is the slightest amount of movement in the cutting head. I didn't think it was abnormal and from my description the Graphtec tech...

Our Graphtec FC-8600 plotter has started acting weird. Cutting lettering around 1", which has never been a problem, has started giving us bad results. It's almost like there are plotted points being skipped. The type of vinyl or the condition choice doesn't matter. Also, no matter what we do...

It's an Avery problem. It's ALWAYS an Avery problem.

Why not laminate the face? We do it all the time for backlit signs and non-backlit signs on acrylic. Acrylic is a damn good substrate that isn't as prone to warping as 3mm ACM or PVC and routs to shape beautifully. ...and $700 on a new .177 acrylic face covered with laminated IJ40.

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No, the first thing they are going to ask is if they returned the signs. When the answer is no any judge will pick the rest of this apart really quickly.

Can you show up at WalMart with a photo of a broken television and get a refund? Can you go to Lowes and tell them the dish washer you bought was defective so you tossed it out, they need to give you a refund? No. Virtually nobody does business that way. You can bow down and discount it if...

I quit using Fellers BECAUSE of being able to call them and get lower pricing. Basically that just screamed "WE'RE GOING TO SCREW YOU ON EVERY PRICE POSSIBLE UNLESS YOU HAGGLE WITH US" to me.

Sign guy: "We are going to remove the badges from the back of the car because the vinyl will fail if we wrap over them. We'll save the lettering and give it back to you so when you remove the wrap it can be reinstalled." Customer: "You're going to take parts off the car? We don't like that...

That Clipstep grommet machine is a great paperweight, grommet setter not so much. We have both in the shop. Before we added the Fasnap we would choose using a mallet and hand setting the grommets over trying to make that Clipstep work. The Fasnap is expensive but the damn thing is...

His options are having it repainted or having you wraps over what is there even though you'll see the impression through the front

Stud mounting styrofoam letters of any size is the wrong way to do it. How are you planning on holding the studs in the styrofoam? Standard studs will pull right out of the foam. Glue on pads? Okay, now you're back to using silicone but you're only using little dollops of it behind the pads...

Yeah, wait until the insurance guy tells you that any cutting devices must have yellow caution tape around them, lock out devices, proper safety gear and the like....even after you show him the tiny little blade out of your Summa plotter. Shop every independent agent you can find, eventually...

Yeah, but how many people here are making a whole lot less than that for a whole lot more hours as a business owner?

On a positive note you'd have as many boom lifts and scissor lifts as you'd ever need at your disposal.

National Banner. Link below goes to the page in their catalog. NABCO 2017

At that kind of quantity you could probably buy them directly from Plasticade at near wholesale.

We have an HP L26500 that prints beautifully but has become a beast to keep connected to the RIP computer. Currently it will print a couple of jobs, then minutes later we'll send another job, the RIP queue will say the job is printing, but the little gauge that tells you what percentage is...