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  1. 3D sign in metal laminate

    Cadillac tastes on a Volkswagon budget. Hi end look and cheap is an oxymoron At least at my shop Maybe show him some Gemini samples and prices if he's not happy I don't think there is an answer.
  2. Sandblasting Mugs

    Done lot's of sandblast etch glass. I prefer to use cheap paint mask for it. It is a little thicker and is easier to remove especially in intricate designs. We use a cheap handheld gravity fed blaster filled with fine aluminum oxide Blast at about 35 psi no problem. hope this helps
  3. Is Flexi Sign compatable with Roland GX-24?

    I have downloaded the driver and used before.Did not like it. Too many things that you can't do like ,show me,test drive,read the media width and length,can't adjust the speed,doesn't sort the drawing etc. Yes it does work and I am sure there are ways to workaround its ineptness but why...
  4. Hiring professional installer in Middle TN area

    McDonalds is going to be paying 15 bucks an hr
  5. Daige Solo Laminator

    Yup What he said
  6. Daige Solo Laminator

    I had a Diage. I pitched it in the garbage.Yes pitched it in the garbage. It was taking up space and not making me money. Did not use it that much because could not figure out how to make it work and did not want go through the hassle of concocting cockamamie ways to make it work like others...
  7. Is Flexi Sign compatable with Roland GX-24?

    I am a sign software rebel I don't believe in sign software. I've tried most that have come down the pike and have had the the same problems that you can read about here if you search the threads about flexi and all the other high priced bs software that is marketed and sold to people who...
  8. Looking for real world experienced opinions of quality laminator

    The eagle has finally landed The machine arrived and since we are only 45 minutes away from the port and have a fork lift we picked the machine up ourselves. It's their first one delivered to the united states. Dealing with China was scary because we had to pay in advance and we never saw...
  9. Love these kind of jobs

    Careful with what you wish. Trying to be everything to everybody is a tough nut to crack. My advice for anyone new is try to be different and find your niche whatever that may be.
  10. Love these kind of jobs

    Yup it's the best part for me also. I love designing dimensional signs and cutting them on the router. I have some good help here that do most of the routine fabrication but when it comes to these kind of signs I'm out in the shop assembling. Makes me feel like I am a ten year old with an...
  11. Critique welcomed. Franky design.

    Looks like your pretty handy with the wacom. Nice !
  12. Fire Rated Vinyl

    I thought I heard it all Why does the vinyl have to be fire rated ? Who is the genius requesting this and why ? Anybody ever hear of a vinyl film on a window kill anybody or trap anybody in a burning building. Like Visual says this sound dumb.:banghead:
  13. Stained glass

    There is a tool in Corel photo paint that works pretty good
  14. Love these kind of jobs

    Here are some before and afters. They sent us the copy which we could not edit. We put it into a shape made a box out of it to sleeve over the old existing posts. We used 1" 15lb sign foam. We painted it ,masked it ,v carved it ,glued it up , gilded it and installed it.
  15. Organization Help

    You need sign vox only if Tracking software like sign vox is great if your are a producer or broker of commodities.Sorta the way they keep track of things at home depot. If you are a sign artist that creates and produces unique one of a kind custom signage that caters to the discerning I don't...
  16. SP300V need a little more encoder help please

    and yeah make sure the machine is not plugged in when you work on it. Ask me how I know
  17. SP300V need a little more encoder help please

    It's not the encoder strip that is the problem. It's likely the carriage cable. This is a known problem for that machine, Search around the threads on this forum and you find it.
  18. Organization Help

    That's my operating procedure too except I don't yell at anyone. There can be 20 different jobs going on all at the same time all in different stages of completion for different reasons. When we go to work we know what needs to be done. I keep a note pad just to keep tabs on the important...
  19. Probably the youngest Kid in the Industry

    I am the youngest I stopped having birthdays at age 12 Being 12 years old and refusing to grow old has had it pitfalls though. The smell of 3m hp vinyl is my favorite.
  20. Urgent: Roland RE-640 Head Leaking Magenta everywhere!

    Maybe its a virus Seems like there is a lot of leaking magenta going on around here lately.
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