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  1. Hello from Hayward, Wisconsin

    Welcome from Hartland, Wi Very happy to see something like this in my neck of the woods! :thumb:
  2. Installing vehicle emblems

    i wouldnt bother with the individual letters, i would just do the logo.
  3. Nascar wraps

    thedecalsource.com those guys do a ton of race cars and team trucks, their work is awesome. its good to see quality designs and work flying around a track, even if nascar isnt your (or my) thing.
  4. Cutting HDPE Plastic on a CNC Router

    Just as an update, no photos sadly but we did get that job finished, had to do some clean up work but we did do another recently and found that we had the (feed) direction the wrong way. A few tests and we are getting a lot cleaner of a cut. In the end i will end up cleaning it up a little bit...
  5. Take Up Reel Necessary?

    We had a roland without one when i started working here, when we started looking at 2nd printers i INSISTED on one with. we run with our take up on 90% of our jobs, i hated babysitting the roland and god help us if a customer came in mid print i had to talk to... nothing is more frustrating/...
  6. What print media are you using for vehicle graphics?

    Thank you for that link, that was helpful. The fact that sales reps do this is disgusting to me... :banghead:
  7. What print media are you using for vehicle graphics?

    I let all prints out gas 24-48 hours depending on how busy we are in the shop, so im not so much worried about that. My big question is why do sales reps at multiple companies tell us to use 3651 and ij35c if its not intended for that? asfar as the 3551 what do they justify as no/ minimal...
  8. What print media are you using for vehicle graphics?

    Sadly, no joke here. What is it exactly about full bleed that makes things go (for lack of a better term) "wonky" on graphics? Now that you say it, all of these were full bleed.
  9. What print media are you using for vehicle graphics?

    For the longest time we have used oracal 3651 with 210 lam for vehicle graphics, about 1.5 years ago a rep from one of our suppliers suggested we switch to 3Mij35c as a comparable product, we switched and had a few failures within months. So we switched right back to the 3651, now this winter i...
  10. Cheapest place to buy sign standoffs?

    we get ours from Metomic Corp.
  11. email Etiquette

    99.9% :banghead:
  12. Buying scrap from competing shops. Is this ok?

    I guess it depends on your area and the kind of business people you all are in your area. Around here we all know each other and all have a common goal, make a good product and make money. We often do work for our "competitors" that they cant do or sell vinyl back and forth. We have also gotten...
  13. Illustrator vs. Gimp

    I actually learned Flexi before getting into AI. Flexi has a lot of tools that i still use today. Im sure he will be fine in flexi but to me gimp =/= ai gimp is more photoshop than ai
  14. Fellers Catalog

    did you count the cover photo in this years as well? my count was 78... but math has never been my strong suit. :ROFLMAO:
  15. Fellers Catalog

    i counted 78... but i was just skimming. could have missed a few
  16. Wow it's cold out!

    Milwaukee Wi area -20 actual temp, -45 with windchill.... Im staying inside today as much as possible
  17. How do you guys heat your shops in the winter time?

    i wear thick socks and a hoody all winter, its very hard to keep our shop heated, the goal is 70* by the printers. This winter has been tough, we are in a new space and as you are aware, its been cold in WI this year. We have a bunch of small space heaters to help with the 2 large heaters in the...
  18. What would you charge?

    yup, we would charge in the 175-200 range for that all day long.
  19. What would you charge?

    both are low... would be in the same range as JHill, depending on time spent
  20. Advice on Size of Plotter to Purchase

    we only have a 24" plotter here and its rare that i really need anything larger. When i do i load it on our roland or mimaki printers since they will also print and cut. To me having a 54" plotter and a 54" printer plotter is a little redundant. the 24" plotter is fine for 99% of what we need...
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