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  1. What is your weekend/2nd car?

    The Miata is my daily, for MPG and fun reasons. The CTS Vsport is my 420hp family sedan that's my wife's daily, and when I'm feeling manly, I take the gas guzzling GL450. A little bit of everything in our fleet.
  2. braille signs

    I was surprised to learn that our Colex flatbed cutter can do actual braille signs. Not sure if this applies to other makers, too.
  3. 3 d printing is anybody doing it and how are u making money

    https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiHpb217PXhAhVEF6wKHWZzBFkQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etsy.com%2Flisting%2F494585313%2Fbatman-cardboard-mask-on-the-wall-3d&psig=AOvVaw1IylaElY5lM6KgBnldcw4e&ust=1556646010089471 Only doing it at home as a hobby...
  4. Employees Are The Worst

    You will be better off if you follow the maxim: Hire hard, fire easy. It goes it hand with getting the right people on the bus on the wrong people off the bus as quickly as possible. There are some folks who need to get off our bus, and the managers kick themselves for allowing the behavior to...
  5. french cleat & second surface acrylic signs?

    FastCap Speedtape for a french cleat. https://www.fastcap.com/product/speedtape Check out the video for how strong it is.
  6. Our Original Promo Video

    How'd you have this video created? Was there a budget? How'd you find the vendor who created it? I need some brainstorming for making use of our YouTube channel to promote our own business.
  7. COLEX Sharpcut vs MULTICAM Digital Express

    We have had our Colex for about 4 years, and would definitely buy again. It handles kiss cutting and routing, although we don't stress the machine. The price was right, versus the others named here. I -will- chime in that there is a learning curve with the software. Support, however has been...
  8. Flatbed Projects

    Instructables.com is a good resource. I'm always looking for ways we can make things to sell to clients: door wraps, or printing onto doors. Elevator wraps, stacked 3d models are fun https://www.facebook.com/abcoinc/photos/a.585405848205541/1290631451016307/?type=3 and even furniture like stools...
  9. Bright Ideas Lamp

    This is one of my favorite projects so far. It was for internal use, with an idea I found on Instructables.com We printed this on white dibond, and used our Colex cutter to route it to the desired shape. Then we used our Colex to route out the wood frame and we applied color changing LEDs. It...
  10. Unusual CNC projects?

    Does anyone search out projects like https://www.slicedtodutch.com/ with their flatbed cutters? Being a car nut, I'm excited to find some art and play with slicing on my Colex. Just curious if anyone chases down this type of work or experiments with what their capabilities are.
  11. New neighbors are high end residential. Best marketing angle?

    Our shop is just south of downtown Dallas. The neighborhood is becoming gentrified, with $400,000 townhomes just outside our front door Also high end rentals are going up nearby. Obviously the folks buying and leasing nearby have money and likely are decision makers or owners wherever they...
  12. Need Help Replacement roll or core holder? What's this called?

    Thanks. My purchasing manager was able to get me the part number. I appreciate you for posting also.
  13. I need some advertising sugestions

    How many are advertising on their own building? We are in a mixed commercial/residential area. We have very expensive townhomes going up all around our shop and a Light rail station just next door. I believe we should put up signage saying who we are and what we do. We are very diverse in...
  14. Best Way to get new customers?

    I manage wide format for our company and I'm always thinking of ways to get our name and capabilities out there without relying solely on our salespeople. Can you elaborate on what you mean by Free Google? For advertising your own business?
  15. What kind of work vehicle do you use?

    There Is Such A Thing As The Ultimate Work Truck | PowerNation Here's some food for thought. Different industry, but hope the insight helps. Also, organization, or LEAN, examples in a work truck.
  16. Need Help Replacement roll or core holder? What's this called?

    We run an EFI H1625 LED, which is effectively a smaller Vutek printer. The core holder or roll holders are stripped, and I don't know how to find replacements. I've included photos. How can you help?
  17. Maximize prints per roll?

    Right after that I posted a link to the material that we're currently using so you'd see if you're offering something comparable. How does your media compare? I'd be happy to try a sample roll. We're interested in continuous improvement.
  18. Maximize prints per roll?

    We are using our Colex Flatbed cutter to trim these. I linked to the cut template above that we use on our 60x42" prints.
  19. Maximize prints per roll?

    So we determined that we may be doing our best already on the 60" media. Attached is the cutfile we're actually using. I had a flawed understanding of how we were cutting earlier. I'd still welcome any feedback on this layout. Dropbox - 337511 H800A_Clientart--4up_CUT.pdf
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