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My guess is you're going to be best off cutting and then mounting. The issue with cutting without a camera is the build up of error. Let's say you have a 4x8 sheet with 24 items on it. Now imagine how if the material is just slightly out of square, the mount is slightly off, and your mounting...

I'd use 3M VHB tape & silicone adhesive. It's a combination that is known to work well and failure rates are very low. Make sure you get exterior grade PVC.

In general, there is no excuse not to have a "simple" 5 page Word Press website. In less than 30 hours you should be able to put something up that looks relatively professional. Home Page: Basic text of what you do with SEO in mind and some pretty pictures of your best work. Products/Services...

Just a few opinions: 1. For the individual panels think cut vinyl rather than carved wood. There's a reason why you don't see many carved signs with letters sub 1" and most of the time those types of signs are vinyl. It just works better. 2. Your bolting is massively under engineered. If...

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Via Quickbooks you can generate PO's which will allow you to maintain order. Another option is a calendar program. Thunderbird should be able to offer you quite a bit of options, especially with their various add-ons. It has the potential to do what you need and give you various reminders to...

I cut my teeth in the trade show world and haven't been involved in that industry in the last 7 years. Here's what I'm pretty sure we would have done. Built the headers out of 3/4" plywood wrapped in Formica. Routed a channel roughly 1/8" wide, 3/8" deep, and roughly 1/2" in from the edge on...

It's always a combination of management & production. Based on what I'm reading, management is pushing for FAST turnaround. When you want 24 hr turnaround, you better have a kick *** system in place to handle it. Not only does the system need to be spot on, you also need the employees...

First and foremost, no one is perfect so mistakes happen. The idea that everything should leave the facility 100% perfect every time is a pipe dream at best or pure ignorance at worst. That said, there are ways to minimize mistakes, but this often increases production time. The best way is to...

Shopbot is probably going to be one of your best options. Especially if you find a used one that's in decent shape. Any other brand will likely be too expensive. I strongly recommend you get a vacuum setup. You can do your own that will be pretty darn good for under $2000 and it will "only"...

Leasing equipment is a terrible financial investment and should only be done if you have no other way to pay for the equipment. Even a "bad" loan at 10% interest will likely be better in the long run.

Dispute the charge. Simple.

Here's an old trick: Tell them you need it for your due date and do whatever they need to. Then when the bill comes, pay everything but the $170 shipping.

If they want it to be wood grained. Also PVC doesn't cut faster than plywood. At least not in my experience.

I agree with the 30-40 minutes. Could be longer if a 3/8" bit doesn't fit and a 1/4" bit is needed. Could be faster if you have a good machine that can crank out work. On top of the cutting time, you have probably around 5-10 minutes to swap sheets. All told, you're probably looking at 10.5...

For a pure sign shop, a router is going to be more versatile and less expensive than a laser. With a router, you can almost cut anything. A laser, you're far more limited. That said, if you do a ton of acrylic, a laser is the best machine. It sounds like you're looking to do a bit of...

Our primary business is engraving/awards and we're expanding out into dimensional signs. One job was for 70 crystal awards and 40% were scratched or had serious enough surface imperfections to make them unacceptable. The second was a 250 pc sublimation acrylic award job where one supplier had...

We're not a pure sign shop by any means but I'd say our biggest daily problems are the following: 1. Defective/Poor quality products. I've done two big jobs within the last 2 months where I had incredibly high rejection rates (40%) 2. Employee communication issues. Family business. Enough...

I actually agree for charging more with customer provided materials. It's not because of the loss of profit but the risk involved in handling any sheet good. If you scratch, dent, bend, break, or tarnish the 4x8 sheet in any way, you're on the hook to replace it. When you provide the...

I'd imagine offering a no dig post option is where you could make some money. I can't imagine there is much margin offering 2x4 frames considering these signs are only up a few months and can be fab'd and assembled easily with a $80 miter saw and a $150 impactor.