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  1. SHOES

    KEEN are great. I also love my Reebok & CAT shop shoes. I still call them "steel toes" but they've been making new shoes with carbon fiber toes for a while now.
  2. Need Help CAD Design for P51 Mustang Replica

    welcome to the forum and appreciate your solicitation of free design work that does not pertain to the signage industry. maybe the Canadian Museum of Flight can provide you with the files from their recently completed exhibit using Jurca's artwork?
  3. Need a lighted sign box - where to start

    ezpz 2do outta Racine, WI. even cheaper if you or your GC can pick it up, cause it costs quite a bit to ship something that size. @michaelsigns.com
  4. Vinyl material recommendation on recycled rubber

    niiiice. is it really even a "coating" or did you just give the adhesive some tooth to grab-onto?
  5. Need Help Has anyone ever approached their City Council to review and change a city ordinance for sign placement?

    well that's a horse of a different color! ...put it on cinderblocks and build the cost of replacing the sign & daily $$$penalties into the adspace & repeat as necessary until the city dump fills up.
  6. Question gloss polystyrene?

    OR print on the matte and then clearcoat with gloss?
  7. Vinyl material recommendation on recycled rubber

    gross. i haven't tried it, but if my go-to Arlon DPF8000 wouldn't stick I'd be tempted to see if the thermal-set Tshirt print material might work as it essentially would melt-into the texture of the rubber surface. else, this sounds like a job for a stencil set & spraypaint solution
  8. Windshield graphic

    does it really NEED to be printed on clear? you're not going to see-through the graphic anyways, so why not just commit to the regular print and/or cut methods?
  9. Need Help Has anyone ever approached their City Council to review and change a city ordinance for sign placement?

    most downtown areas won't grant you such a variance nor rewrite code to open the door for such things. If your client is hellbent on having an EMC billboard for selling adspace, then put it on a trailer and park it in the lot. ....or even park it on the street and just build the cost of...
  10. Who wants to help.................................................................

    if this is supposed to last you a decade, then definitely shop/build for ddr5 just built my own for ~<$1200, biggest expense was the 4070gfxcard that i got on sale for $650. huge fan of microcenter as a resource for cheap build parts, or at least baseline price that you can try to shop cheaper...
  11. Terminated graphic designer's revenge..................................................?

    takes effort to hide easter eggs, my best guess is just pure laziness. at scale for website/letterhead logo design, that would only be off by <1/64"
  12. Contour Cut Window Perf

    every cut creates fingers that can&will peel-back. edge seal won't cut it, it may slow the process but every wash&wipe&exposure will eventually start lifting them. contour cut the lettering/shapes AND then sheet laminate before contour cutting a ~.25" outline from original perfcut shape...
  13. For all those we no longer see on S101..................................................................

    Mosh & Artbot although I believe the former has been on earlier this year.
  14. SAi license scam

    i stopped trying to bounce licenses back&forth between computers when I realized that google chrome has a free remote desktop addon. I just log on to my work computer from home if I want to do some file setups on a sick/vacation day, or home computer from work if I wanna watch a movie from my...
  15. Warped PVC Sign

    i'd guess uneven exposures & thermal expansions working against the mounting points and flexing itself around over time ...similiar to cramming an acrylic panel into a tight cabinet retainer. Never had an issue with painted sintra/komatex/expandedfoamPVC lettering. Our main issue has been...
  16. Removing Adhesive Residue from Aluminum

    raw aluminum? or do you need to protect the painted finish beneath? raw: HUGE fan of wetting rags with paint thinner/acetone and leave covered on the surface for 5-10min, then scrape off in sheets/gobs of adhesive then worry about just wiping down everything in a second-step. painted: same...
  17. Need a 3D Model File Created

    fiverr is a great place in a pinch for simple conversions. if you need a specific model designed from scratch, you have to research artists & their portfolios on there, but a simple extrusion from a vector shape is easily a $5-20.
  18. 3D Cube structure need produced

    frame it and skin it. we just did a 10ft version of this out of perforated metal.
  19. VHB tape container

    i just unwind my big rolls into smaller palm-sized rolls when/if I need to take onsite & leave the rest hanging in the install vehicle.
  20. Suggestions Hardware/install method for changeable leasing signs?

    standoff signage outdoors is just asking for wasp nests. just screw or rivot it right to the face.
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