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  1. UNRESOLVED WORST TEST PRINT EXPERIENCED - ROLAND RF640

    Sure looks electrical to me- is the machine well grounded? I don't imagine you have static electricity problems in the Philippines but the electronics can be sensitive to static and power fluctuations. I feel your panic, our RF has been making us a lot of money for 4.5 years and we would be in...
  2. Emblem reattachment rally stripes

    Stacy- we are in Minnesota and I would be willing to send you all of our stripe installs:D
  3. Wazer

    James- I have no illusions of a desktop machine being a capable production machine. I make a lot of stuff and as I now have time to do things right instead of in a hurry and care about how this look, this will be an good tool to help out my laser and CNC [I hope].
  4. Wazer

    We have one preordered- should come to fruition Nov-Dec. I have high hopes for it [not necessarily for the signshop].
  5. Health Insurance

    Obamacare?
  6. Looking for 18" x 24" Steel Sign Blanks/MAG Receptive

    It is not ACM- uses very thin steel sheeting. I cannot find the sample that the purty Grimco saleslady brought in right now. It was black on one side [I thought is was a sticky sheet we buy from one of the mag supply companies for that purpose]. MOD EDIT Image had banking information visible
  7. Looking for new ways to bend Aluminum Composite

    Safety Speed Cut has an new attachment for their panel saws that carves out a groove in ACM with a blade. Works quite well. Probably more that a grand tho.
  8. Community Partnership

    I am afraid in today's America [USA version anyway] you would be hard pressed to get two people to agree on anything. It make me sad. Not SAD!
  9. best sign related injury :)

    Many years ago my boss' father-in-law stepped off a platform by mistake and a piece of lath went up his bum. He said when he got to the doc that all the nurses and doctors had to come in and look and chuckle at him before he was treated. Still makes me pucker.
  10. Branching out into the consumer market

    We do more gifts [spiffs- I orginally wrote spliffs, but that is a different thing altogether?] for good customers than anything else. Otherwise it is what I want to do for me.
  11. Need Help Need help with this shopbot

    I always buy a refurb Dell laptop for a couple hundred dollars [Win 7... not W10, especially for old software] and mount it on the machine. Keep trying on the SB forum- these people are very knowledgeable and helpful. I just shipping in a used SB Buddy Alpha which had the spindle driver crap out...
  12. Need Help Need help with this shopbot

    This is on the SB forum- Forum Registration Send your request by email to tsbforum@shopbottools.com. Include the following User Name (This will appear on posts so some version of your real name or company name is suggested: Email: Your name: Location: Company: What you make (or plan to...
  13. Need Help Need help with this shopbot

    This is for a PRT, the next generation in the ShopBot models. The PR was the first model. I think this will provide a lot of info for you. I have a lot of experience with the PRS machines but have never seen a PR or PRT. I am on the SB forum so I may be able to get answers as there are a lot oft...
  14. Why are vehicle templates used vs photos and measurements?

    When I started [cold, never had been in a sign shop before Sign-a-rama tried to sell me a franchise and let me tour a half dozen of their shops in the TwinCities], I bought the equipment I thought I needed from a local dealer [he actually was very truthful and sold me good equipment that I still...
  15. How to vectorize a vehicle to look like clipart?

    Yes, I am that old.
  16. How to vectorize a vehicle to look like clipart?

    Print it from the picture [grayscale]? Or... I am sure the Chicoms can do it, if you can get to the right Chicom, probably for $15US.
  17. How does a signmaker take a vacation?

    You are responsible for planning your life, your business, your time off. No one else is going to make it happen for you. No! Try not! Do or do not, there is no try. Master Yoda
  18. Employee Retention and new applicants

    I have always tried to make this a fun place to work, pizza at noon on Fridays, treat people like... you would like your boss to treat you. I try to always have something that is interesting for the employees to play with like a 3D printer they can use [the customers like it too, shows we love...
  19. If you had to...

    I have made a lot of hard money in my life... and this is easy money!
  20. Box Truck Removal

    We got a postcard advertising high pressure hot water vinyl removal onsite. That is my plan going forward.
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