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I'm "un-hijacking" this thread, please see my reply here: https://signs101.com/threads/brick-stone-engraving.154616/

We do thousands of engraved paver bricks so we pull only the letters instead of the background. Being left handed, I turn the stencil upside down and weed from right to left, pulling toward me as I go. I use a Fiskars knife like the one shown below. Done correctly, I don't even need a...

Around here, that's code for marijuana growing stuff...soil, fertilizer, etc. You know...the whole shee-bang. JB

Forgot to ask....will it take a DXF file from AutoCAD? If so, I could send you something to try. JB

That's too bad. I see a lot of new gadgets coming to market (ie laser cutters such as the Glow Forge), and I'm very skeptical. I've worked as a tool and die maker and CAD designer for a good number of years and these companies are making very little of the fact that it takes a considerable...

I've been officially educated. It's definitely worth watching until the end.... JB

Quite a few gal barbers around here, as well. But over the past 20 years or so, I have noticed a few young...very young...guys opening barber shops,and that is encouraging. Having a good barber is like having a good auto mechanic. You tell all your friends about them because you want them...

Call me sexist if you'd like, but dudes (with the least bit of testosterone) won't be digging the word "Studio"....just sayin'. Take a look at what the competition is doing to draw the younger set. JB

This little guy pretty much summarizes every emotion of wanting to go into business for yourself.... JB

Ditto to the above. Do you have access to AutoCAD? JB

ME: "Why are you being so cheap that you don't want to pay for it?" ME (after viewing Shelby): "NO FRICKIN' WONDER YOU DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR IT!" JB I had surely hoped for the other....

I buy my Roetguen plotter blades from a guy on eBay and they come in a similar plastic container. Contact him to see if has any leads. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Roetguen-Gerber-GSX-60-Vinyl-Cutter-Plotter-Blades/143219509961?hash=item21588c4ac9:g:Ne4AAOSwNdBZcnaX JB

I assumed he was referring to himself here.... JB

Typically, the average person's definition of work/life balance is...."Work like hell....play like hell". Being self-employed, I think of life as a piece of cloth...where the threads of work and the threads of free time are woven together, and there aren't the extreme swings of fatigue and...

Fourteen years into this wild ride and, ironically, money still isn't my main motivator. I refuse to shackle my happiness to a balance sheet. JB

I often think the same when I see a little child getting disciplined for their childish, ignorant ways. I'm sure there are octogenarians out there thinking "Damn...I wouldn't want to go back and re-learn what a fifty-year old has to learn. But here I am....53 years old...and learning...not...

I essentially did the same, and I'm totally in agreement with the OP. I'm guessing the investment in equipment (and personal growth) will pay a damn-sight better than the typical savings account does these days. A lot of people "jump the fence" into endeavors well beyond their areas of...

Dear Santa....

Our reputation precedes us..... JB