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blade is turning while changing direction, but hasn't turned completely as it starts traveling up the line and skips/drags in the process and doesn't complete the cut. I "dealt" with it for years, weeding vinyl towards the inner corners and completing the cut by-hand with an xacto.... that...

You're in milwaukee? Talk to Specialty Tapes. They slice down our 48" rolls of acrylic bonding tape into various sizes, even down to 1/4". I'm sure they can handle rolls of vinyl laminated with premask, no problem.

why decals anyways? seems silly. whatever the content, i don't really care. everyone has their own "thing", but laser-engraving or direct-UVprint would be the way to go.

doesn't take much for a client to stop calling you.... and a product that looks worn-out/faded/scratched/smeared within months of install, is a sure fire bet to achieve that. Unlaminated product might not be a big deal, currently, because issues won't arise until after the "check has cleared"...

not a fan, but its possible to use regular steel drill bits. used/dull bits are actually better than brand-new ones. since the cracking comes as result of the sharp tip catching the acrylic and wanting to shove itself right-into it... attempting to split it rather than cutting/shearing. So...

yeah, to actually go into snail-mode you have to stop laminating & hit the snail mode button. +1 to the speed-knob being the culprit. you may even be able to remove/disassemble it and the fix might just be a cleaning of the contacts.

if you're dual-layering transluscent prints like most shops do, two layers of black is opaque. if it were me, the grey's in my "base-layer" would be a bit lighter (if not borderline white) so that the toplayer's grey transluces....I might even add a bit of design to either the yellow text or...

the electricals of that machine aren't very complicated. just a few switches, a pair of photoeyes, a heating element, and a motor ....i would just open up the right-side panel and trace the line from the power to the heating element to the switch. Something is most likely jumped along the way...

CADTools plugin by HotDoor is a MUST have for illustrator.

did you see the guy who ate the 3rd banana that was up for sale? called it "performance art" to the crowd on onlookers, and says "see you after jail" to them before being escorted away by event staff. should he be on the hook for $120k, or does he get a pass because of.... "art"?

you lost me at the glossy background texture. lol ....but +1 to making separate pieces for separate colors, whenever possible....without piling-on material costs, of course :) masking-off dimensional pieces is a PITA, and opens the door to misc. failures. individual parts assembled always...

i've never been upcharged additionals for backordered items. Prices listed should reflect prices upon invoicing.

you'll never get it right from a photo, as you only have like a 1/8" tolerance before you're screwed in either direction. trace letters onto acrylic, drill the inner corners with a 1/8" bit before cutting with jigsaw (else chance having shatter-points where jigsaw lines intersect) ...if you're...

runtime.org is great, plus you can download their software as a trial to see if recovery is even possible...and then pay the $$$ to be allowed access to write the files to a new drive. ....saved my ass after my RAID setup somehow was corrupted a few years back, and all data recovery shops I...

there's UV curable liquid laminators out there that will be dry to the touch faster than it can be printed.

most clients will just drive to the open shop across town. Signs are a service industry. ....thus it caters to the clients, not the other way around.

1/4" should be plenty for that scale. a 3ft. square piece barely flexes, but my only concern would it be face-heavy and tip easily as a freestanding @ 90degrees.

does it have to be edge cap? what about edge band? even make your own, its just PVC strip and adhesive.

i know you said no printing, BUT if you have some of the vinyl still handy you could use it to match a color & get spray bombs made & paint some similarly-colored vinyl. you can paint onto any colored vinyl, but I prefer a closely-matched vinyl color so that cut edges & chipped paint don't...

+1 that printer is dead in the water. dreading my 26500 being next on the chopping block. print heads, ink sets, maintenance kits, service parts.... soon to be nonexistent.