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Anyone here offer up their experience on Sign Tracker? Been seeing a lot of grumbling about SignVox/ShopVox and I honestly feel that the price point is a little high for my small shop. Looking at getting a estimating/scheduling/tracking software for our small company. Doesn't need to be...

First, call Summa and see what they say. Their tech guys are great and should be able to solve most issues over the phone with you. Second, take your covers off the ends and make sure nothing has come loos or bolts backing out. I have a friend in Cleveland who discovered this very thing with...

Worked in the offset printing industry since 1994 as a graphic designer/prepress tech and digital print specialist. Lost my job in 2008, and found it hard to find employment as many other print shops had closed, downsized, or if they were hiring it was all based on how little you would take to...

YESSSSSSSS, lol. Look, I didn't say it to justify the OP's price, just a guess for the price difference. And trust me the billable rate is the same for that type of machine no matter what you are cutting on it - just like a CNC router. Look at it this way, you can certainly level out your own...

Good stuff here, keep it coming...

One thing I'd like to mention is that perhaps the shop that is doing the OPs cutting is using a flatbed cutter like a Zund/Esko/Summa and not a roll fed vinyl cutter that most of us are used to. If this is the case I can understand the difference as a $100,000.00+ machine bills out a lot higher...

Been researching these for the past couple of months as well, here are my findings; 1. IMHO - flatbed cutters (Zund, Esko, Summa...etc) are one tool - and CNC routers are another. While both share some similarities and some similar functions each one has their own strengths and weaknesses and...

Anyone know a source where to find a blank kit or generic car top sign with magnets - with or without lights? I am assuming you can buy them somewhere and then print and stick translucent on the faces? Have a local pizza joint looking to start delivery... Thanks!

Gino brings up a good point - telling the customer how you do things can sometimes backfire on you. Had you not mentioned you had to cut the faces out of a new 4x8 sheet (that you didn't have) and just gave him a price for what it was worth, you probably wouldn't have had to deal with that. Or...

Really can't say anything about the 30" specifically, but we've had the 65" AK-600 for about 4 years and it has been a very solid piece of machinery. I would assume the 30" is the same machine with just a shorter set of rollers.

Totally agree 100% - the other drawback on these machines is the 1" clearance limit. Not going to shove 2" HDU under there... but I guess we can always keep sending that work out and if/when the need arises invest in that type of machine later. Please keep in touch if you decide to pull the...

The more I keep digging into this I believe this is the way we will likely go as well. Seems the router companies make more of a router - which is great if that is the focus of your business, but we do so much print and vinyl work it just seems to make better sense to go with something that at...

Yes, understood - but again, was really hoping to stay somewhere in the $40k range... $50k..$60k plus is a bit more of a stretch than just a few thousand dollars, will likely be buying in the next 6 months, just doing my research and trying to find out what options we have and the plus and minus...

Multicam seems the closest to our budget yet, though still slightly on the high side. Wondering if anyone knows anything about the AXYZ trident? Looks similar to the Multicam...

Phil, thanks so much for chiming in. I admit I was wrong and didn't understand you could do larger sheets on the smaller Summa. Believe me, we love Summa - our D-140 has been a workhorse for the last 4 years and we would never part with it. I'll try to email for some more information - would...

What kind of price tag on the Vision?

Saw that one, ad says it needs a whole new belt as it isn't currently working. To me it seems expensive for the age and condition - maybe I'm wrong, honestly, I just don't know. Again, if we had the budget we'd have a Zund ordered today, we just can't afford the price tag. I looked at the...

A ShopBot is really not the same as a digital flatbed cutter - Shopbot is more of an industrial CNC fabrication machine that typically only routes. A digital flatbed cutter can do many functions such as poster trimming/slicing, scoring, perfing, and contour cut printed images, etc - and also can...

Looking for entry level or off-brand options for a Zund or Kongsberg type of digital flatbed cutter that also has light-duty routing capabilities for things like PVC, sign foam, etc. Hoping we can find something in the $40k range that will be able to handle 4x8 sheets and 54" wide print...

If you think its a problem with the Summa, call Summa directly. They are immensely helpful, and have answered every question I have ever asked them with prompt, accurate information. If you think it's a software issue, (more likely) then I suggest downloading WinPlot directly from Summa and...