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  1. effect

    Extrude tool and then envelope tool. Or vice versa. Either way.
  2. Which plotter would you choose and Why?

    If a machine is well designed and well made and you are not sufficiently inept to be unable do perform simple mechanical tasks and you are in possession of rudimentary cognitive tackle that allows you to perform simple deductive reasoning, why would you be calling the manufacturer's technical...
  3. Bleeding Cowboys PSA

    That type face puts the 'G' into ghastly. It's a typographical collision at sea all by itself.
  4. Ideas for family reunion banner?

    I should think a surfboard would be more recognizable as such if it's show in use. Just sitting there it more resembles a Flash Gordon era spaceship landing on its tail.
  5. Ideas for family reunion banner?

    Is that green thing an ear of corn, a cucumber, what?
  6. Union/Political Print Shop?

    Create your own bug. I have one, the Brotherhood of Independent Signwriters. I am its only member. A friend has something similar, he's the only member. It will satisfy any requirement for work to feature a union bug.
  7. Duty of care information

    It's a sign ferchrisakes. Don't shoot at it, stab it with barbecue implements, drive over it with tracked vehicles, point a sandblaster at it, thinks like that. If it's a wrap, it's a sheet of vinyl glued on something ergo it will come off. It's .002" of vinyl with a microscopic coating of...
  8. Are big names over rated ?

    You have used a variety of name brand cutters as well? Or have you only used models made in Cathay? If the former then your experience has been somewhat different than that of many others. If the latter then you haven't sufficient information and/or experience to have a valid opinion. I...
  9. Are big names over rated ?

    It's not so much anecdotal as it is inferential. It is perfectly reasonable to presume that if someone cannot do X then they cannot do X' as well. The general consensus from those, myself included, that have experienced Chinese cutting tackle that this sort of gear created, as in designed...
  10. Installation Bubbles

    Bubbles are almost always the result of bad application technique. Not dirty substrate although reasonably clean is required, not less than pristine squeegees, not cheap vinyl. Do not give undue reverence to your tools and supplies. If you have the proper technique should be able to squeegee...
  11. remove rivets... how?

    Philips is auto-centering and in any semi-automated application is superior to most any drive into which the bit must be precisely located. The problem with Philips is that you must assert down pressure sufficient to overcome any turning resistance. In other words, as long as you're pushing...
  12. remove rivets... how?

    A rivet is a one time use fastener. It works by deforming one end to clinch the pieces being fastened and must be destroyed to be removed. A screw is merely an application on of the fundamental machines the inclined plane and the wedge. It does not have to be destroyed in order to remove it...
  13. Outline

    I do this all the time... Put the outline on the text and separate it before you add the effects. Make sure the the resulting bitmap is transparent. That way the outline will sit behind the bitmap and any gaps on the edges will be filled in by the outline behind the text.
  14. I think I will be a vegetarian...

    We are in agreement as to most things horse but... What you call 'bumper' spurs I assume to be spurs called 'knobby' or 'Prince of Wales'. These are the most innocent looking spurs extant and, at the same time, the cruelest. They don't roll over the animal, instead they push a bow-wave of...
  15. I think I will be a vegetarian...

    A twitch is far from cruel. Any one who thinks so is operating on how it looks and not any understanding of horses or twitches. Au contraire about the spurs. The spurs with he biggest rowels are, all things being equal, the kindest spurs. It has to do with surface area and ability to roll...
  16. Opinions please

    Why? They ordered a product, they set the rush conditions on that order, they get to pay for it. Whether or not their situation changed during the process that they themselves demanded is not germane. They ordered, you delivered, pay up.
  17. I think I will be a vegetarian...

    Scratch a philosophical vegetarian and you'll find a hypocrite more often than not. Mutant meat may be someone's idea of fine dining, but not my own. I shudder at the thought at sitting down to a couple of braised mutant-chops. Why is it that vegetarians strive so hard to make whatever it is...
  18. Did I violate Copyright or Fair use?

    Show them your original photo and tell them to pound sand. Most of all pre-action legal threatening is huffing and puffing. The law is what you can convince a court it is.
  19. Falcon Jr. ink pump conversion

    It's not the sort of thing you replace every day. I wrangled a Falcon 46 for 5 years and replace the pump exactly one time. Price shouldn't be a player. As far as availability, again you shouldn't have to replace it all that often for it to be an issue either. These machines, any and all...
  20. Three week Update

    No bellybutton? Does that elevate you to some sort of divine status among the credulous?
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