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Wow. I'm in Illinois. The colleges often have contractural relations with end users. The vocational schools usually do not have the liability coverage to offer services to the general public. They do have contracts with local businesses to develop prototypes and provide sevices in the...

Factor in your weeding time on the quote. If you didn't, well...

Wha...? No school metal shop would touch that with a ten foot pole because of liability concerns! There are professional solutions like the ones you pictured, but you will need to pay for them.

How do you know the engineer will cost $750.00? If he is just "running the numbers" based on your (or the customer's) drawings, it will likely cost considerably less. If you ask him to design a system that will work, it will likely cost more. Most of the time, obtaining a preliminary estimate...

Surveying the site and calling in the JULIE request is going to cost over $50.00 for an insured installer. And of course you would never hire some kid with a pickup to do this kind of work; along with getting injured or killed if he hits a power or gas line, the bill to fix it and all the...

I use artists acrylic (tube) for small dimensional signs (usually Golden brand) and liquid acrylic for larger signs. I'm usually painting over a latex base coat You need to know your colors and make sure you get opaque colors (and/or mix with white or other opaque colors). For flat painted...

1x 1" letter: $74.00 1x 6" letter: $74.00 1x 12" letter: $74.00 6x 1" letters: $74.00 24x 1" letters: $74.00 48x 1" letters: $74.00 144x 1" letters: $74.00 6x 6" letters: $74.00 etc. $74.00 sq. ft. for minimum 1" letters under 1 sq. ft. Add $12.00 sq. ft. for anything over 1 sq. ft...

This stuff works:

Find out who all the General Contrators are and send your bid to all of them. Contact all your suppliers to make sure (as best you can) all your supply chains are intact and give the GCs info regarding timelines. Often that kind of detailed information showing a willingness to work within their...

According to contemporary color standards, Pantone 2748 C is close. I would tend to ignore the WWW Consortium color.

Most of the "free fonts" downloadable from daFont have licensing restrictions for commercial use. Read the fine print.

Figure out your materials cost, then figure out how long it will take to do. Multiply your labor by your shop rate (what you need to make to stay in business), then double everything.

So I need to know HTML, CSS, client portals, CPanels, RHEL, plugins, CRUD, and JS? I suppose once I figure out what all that is it would be "fairly easy to do myself". Uh huh.

It would be poor legal advice to recommend this approach, but maybe good practical advice. I don't walk down the street in fear of a safe falling out of a window and crushing me.

SignCraft was (and still is, in a much more limited way) a great resource for sign artists and crafters. Times, however, have indeed changed, and for most of us signs are now a production commodity. There are still opportunities for creative expression in sign design and sign building (resort...

I use a pencil and paper for design work. Once the details are worked out and I know where I'm going, I build a file using Illustrator/Photoshop. I output file types as needed for production (my vendors will usually specify what the want). For simple cut vinyl jobs that we do in-house, I...

You can route a channel in the back of the HDU to fit a frame for an "invisible" look. Or attach the backs to an ACM panel for a sandwich look. Jay Cook's is a good quality high-build primer that is easy to sand. It's what I use. Top coat with acrylic polyurethane, and if you don't have that...

5 x 10 for $100.00 plus shipping plus added tax (if required). I might discount that a bit for volume customers or if part of a bigger project. Any design work is an extra charge (minimum $35) and installation is priced at market rates (usually $95.00/hour plus equipment charges, but that's...

Production standards vary by industry. Museums demand very high quality printing and careful consideration of media and laminate. They are willing to pay a premium for that level of quality and service (which usually includes multiple consultations, print samples, and design considerations...

I am at market levels. The only difference is that my overhead is lower and my net profits are higher.