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  1. A starting point...

    OLD ENGLISH..REALLY? lose it!!!!! to busy for the 3rd word in a logo. YOU do want people to read it, dontcha?
  2. Cordless tool combo, what you like?

    i got this RYOBI love affair goin on. 18v LITHIUM .........HOLDS CHARGE AND LASTS!!!!!!! also the extent of RYOBI TOOLS that you can buy that either use 18V lithium or 24V lithium....ARE MANY!!!!!! i got drill, flashlight, 5" circular saw, recip saw. my next purchase will be a 24V chain...
  3. 8859 avery business card template

    tanks.....for tellin em what i knew......now DOES COREL x6 have the 8859 template in it???? that would be helpful. the guy actually had me go to GOTPRINT....500 cards $8.50. i asked him why not just got there..he wanted them TODAY...
  4. 8859 avery business card template

    i have COREL X3. guy brought me some business card sheets from AVERY. well, i figured it was just like mine 8171 template. BUT NOOOOO these are something new.........AVERY 8859. COREL X3dont have it. i went to AVERY SITE D/L it, but can only use it in WORD!!!!! i got the cards printed, and saved...
  5. Roland GX 24 not cutting all the way..

    i have had a similar problem...with CHEAP DOWNLOADED FONTS........these arent built like real fontry fonts.
  6. Home Based Business

    HEY GUMBA....was just sayin how i did with home base....for most of sign makin years)))) ill call addy and tell him youre given me poo poo))))
  7. New Building Construction

    with 170 foot long building, and as you have with the showroom/offices on one end.......makes for a lot of walking. i see this drawing an rendering from the builder............have him do one with showroom/offices in the middle, and a 10 foot connecting hall way to each side at the back of the...
  8. MS Word not a graphics program -Oh really?

    SORRY BUT I THINK ADDY........ took something that was nothing more then a general statment........AND FELT IT WAS DIRECTED AT HIM ONLY.... addy............YOU AINT THAT IMPORTANT, that everything is about you........you went overboard on this one.....take you meds...
  9. MS Word not a graphics program -Oh really?

    works great for a BITMAP graphic))))) in the panels to the right, i see only 3 choices as to LINE....either none, solid or gradient....and none of them will work as a VECTOR....
  10. Home Based Business

    when i started SIGN PAINTING full time, 1986, i was home based, you could say. most of that kinda work took me TO THE JOB LOCATION rather then doing stuff at home. the only things i did at home was some board signs, and some vehicles, if they could leave them a day or 2. all other work was store...
  11. cutting stencils for painting

    with the dark blue background.....process blue shadow white lettering. the picture is recent, like may/june 2013............the actual job was done in 2008-2009!!!! so the brightness of the process blue has faded.........i know what your saying about shadows....but we took a little "artistic...
  12. cutting stencils for painting

    you may not like "the old ways".....BUT a pounce pattern is lot cheaper then VINYL MASK working at 40 FEET LONG))))) i love paint masks for small projects where it would be hard to paint or cut vinyl at small size. the god given or artist talent....most doing this today DONT HAVE ANY....sorry...
  13. On the way home from walmart............

    created designs, YES, i still have the original brake shoes on the rear.....i got the vehicle with 63,000 MILES ON IT. now it has 99,000. now someone may have changed them before.............i cant say. but rear brake shoes do only about 30% of the braking on newer vehicles due to front/rear...
  14. cutting stencils for painting

    i honestly have to say..........you may not like it, BUT this is the kinda job us old SIGNPAINTERS are used to doing. something like this and some "natural art talent," this is what we considered a KNOCKOUT JOB.... because of its size, nothing has to be perfectly placed, or perfectly laid...
  15. cutting stencils for painting

    i have done 10 foot tall, 40 foot long painted lettering on the sides of buildings......i have done it with a POUNCE PATTERN, OPAQUE PROJECTION, and just using a straight edge and measurements..........less time: involved if you just straight edge it and measure.!!!!! here is the latest one we...
  16. cutting stencils for painting

    at that size.........why do you need a stencil? would be cheaper and quicker to do a quick layout to scale in any sign program, take measurements on each letter, and just draw them on the wall.............big stuff like that is roller work and you can even cut in with 3" rollers.
  17. On the way home from walmart............

    this truck is virtually "rust free." for a 1999, and 99k on it. i do all the maintenance as needed before stuff brakes. have original rotors, same rear brake shoes as when i bought it with 63k on it. replaced pitman arm, idler arm & ball joints with in the last 2 years. so i keep up with...
  18. Briteline vinyl?

    been a SHINE-RITE user for last 5-6 years..........BRITELINE is the same as SHINE RITE...... these are GMI calendared vinyl. i have stuff out there 4-5 years old....NO PROBLEM. like pats says....DO NO LET YOUR WEEDED VINYL TOUCH WHAT YOU WANT TO USE.....stuff sticks!!!!!
  19. On the way home from walmart............

    i got the TITANIUM PLAN... iam A VETERAN........... best health care available. my mechanic friend came by a little while ago to diagnose the problem with the brakes. i was right MECHANICAL FAILURE!!!!! the whit thing to the left is the master cyl. it is BOLTED TO 2 BOLTS that are...
  20. Any AutoCAD users?

    as a trained draftsman(1960-1965)and worked as a draftsman(1969-75) i have a old copy of autocad 2000i ........got all the shortcuts and am still BEFUDDLED when i open it))))))) i also have PUNCH PRO HOME & GARDEN, and IMSA TURBOCAD.......and still wind up doing mostly everything in corel.
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