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  1. Building new Shop. Any Suggestions?

    14 FT DOOR??? now tell me............1st off he is in CANADA!!! its very cold. the higher a building the harder and more expensive to heat. 2ndly..........i been at this a long long time, worked on many tow truck, tree service bucket and boom trucks....and none of them are taller then 11 foot...
  2. Building new Shop. Any Suggestions?

    i agree with gaoc5. wasnt enthralled with doing a 16 foot tall building on residential property but after going 2 stories instead of 1, iam glad now i did that. i got a 10 ft wide 12 ft tall sectional garage door, 200 more sq ft loft above 1/3 of the garage, and tall enough to put a 3 bladed...
  3. Building new Shop. Any Suggestions?

    i like the 28' X 34' but 34 seems like an odd dimension. 32-36 is usually more dividable by 2 ft or 3 ft increments. metal buildings are 3 foot panels...most wood framing is 2 foot increments. IF you do the layout as you have it i would leave the office/printer/etc open. this way you got 33-34...
  4. Building new Shop. Any Suggestions?

    I AM with gino on the depth of the building with 12 ft overhead door. the outside dimension of my commercial metal building was 24 ft X 30. the 10 ft X 12 ft overhead door opens on the 24 ft dimension. and i can tell you i didnt think about INSIDE measurement. with a metal building, i lost a...
  5. Wooden sign for cafe - advice please :-)

    me thinks..........you need to open the kerning on all the letters..........way to close as is, wont show enough separation when painted.
  6. Building new Shop. Any Suggestions?

    yes gino old pics.........the one with the chairs, we do a GARAGE SALE CHRISTMAS PARTY every dec. we actually have it IN THE GARAGE)))))) AS FOR DOOR HEIGHT 12 FOOT is plenty, as you are in a cold climate so the 12 foot would be tall enough and you can seal it pretty well. i also do a lot tree...
  7. Building new Shop. Any Suggestions?

    its a 2 FOOT 8 INCH man door, not 28")))) that makes a 32 inch pass door. 36" X 84" inch is commercial std. which is 4" taller then residential doors. i can see in floor heating where you live. as for finish, i have a paint that is 100% solids, 2 part epoxy, self leveling. its beautiful...
  8. Big thanks fred......

    for getting the page numbers at the bottom of the page..........BIG IMPROVEMENT, THANKS!!!!
  9. Towing Logo

    i put this on a tow truck that was used for repo's.
  10. Looking for Paint suggestions

    you want suggestions??? BUT WILL YOU DO ANY OF THEM???? as an OLD SIGN PAINTER......i found the best paint for any outdoor MDO SIGN to be PRIMED WITH KILZ,0il base, 2 coats. lightly sand with 220-240 sandpaper. wipe it down with a rag lightly coated in 91% alcohol. then go to an AUTOMOTIVE...
  11. Newb question.....Ok, I'm not a VEHICLE GRAPHICS person.

    well........i know i could do a better design, and i have trucks out there with better ones, then yours(and i charged more)......DONE IN PAINT)))))......but since your wittle pride is hurt and you would rather **** and moan........on how great your crappy design is....AND NOT TAKE ANY...
  12. Newb question.....Ok, I'm not a VEHICLE GRAPHICS person.

    your choice of font..SUCKS))))) and in the original post you had that blocked out. the plumbing and electrical looks good......as for me PUTIN UP OR SHUT UP.....iam not going to design a layout for ya.......point was THE CLIP ART WAS NOT THE PRIMARY OBJECT OF THE LAYOUT......you could make it...
  13. Newb question.....Ok, I'm not a VEHICLE GRAPHICS person.

    1st off.........WHY does the graphic have to be that size??? 2ndly..........IT IS NOT that important!!!!!! 3rdly........IF YOU did a better DESIGN OF THE TEXT ...........you wouldnt need to compensate with an overgrown, over used...piece of clip art. NOW THAT SAID. start over work with WHAT IS...
  14. GX 24 not cutting through material

    GX-24 does not have enough down force to cut that thick of material.
  15. Collegiate font

    Varsity ??
  16. vectorizing software

    I LOVE STREAMLINE 4.0!!!!! its an adobe product, might be whats in illy. and i use COREL X3 TRACE. the only problem i have with tracing programs, they dont do FONTS well. but with STREAMLINE i can erase the fonts or parts i dont want traced prior to tracing, corel you have to do that in photo...
  17. 4'x8' .040 ALUMINUM with anodized white

    if you can roll it in your fingers...YOU GOT .O32 or .024!!!
  18. Cut from Illustrator to Graphtec plotter?

    if you have never cut from COREL.........been doing this since 1993))))))))
  19. All this talk all the time about price... price... price.............

    find yourself the customers who want the thing YOU DO, THE WAY THEY WANT IT DONE........and those i have like this .............call me, tell me what they want, i do a layout, email or have them look at it. if the like it, they say WHEN WILL IT BE DONE? and price never is the driving factor...
  20. orange fluorescent vinyl

    same as it would last in the FLORIDA SUN...........NO WHERE NEAR 2 YEARS)))))
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