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Are you talking gaussian surfaces (compound curves) that need to have distortion in order to flatten? There are many solutions out there and most CAD packages have some functionality built in. Fusion360 has decent surface flattening abilities including deformation plots.

Pretty vague question, can you give an example of what you want to flatten? What software you have, what format the models are and the models geometry will have a huge impact...

First thing I would try is to add contours in illustrator and send directly to PM and see if it prints the same.

With the price of import welders, it would be well worth it to get a small setup and learn (either spoolgun(mig) or tig) if you do any volume, its a great skill to learn. It will take a couple thousand in tools/materials and a few nights of practice to get the hang of it. Generally speaking...

But what are the signs manufacturing?

Just did some compliance window decals this way except for black text white background. We don't have white ink in house either so I reverse printed the black text on clear media and backed/laminated with white vinyl (clear adhesive obviously). They turned out great. Another option I was...

Just something to consider, keep in mind the changes from flexi 12 to 19....

A quick hint if you decide to go with an application table: RS sells the rollover tables, however, Rollover also sells direct in the US and at the SGIA show their price was a few thousand less than what RS told me. They look like they are built well but I have no experience using them.

Never hurts to get quotes, sometimes you would be surprised.

One in Russelville: https://taberextrusions.com/ and one over in Mississippi: https://aeialuminum.com/capabilities/aluminum-extrusions/

I ran into the same problem last year, and found these guys make and sell them direct. Great to work with and about half the price elsewhere that I found. http://www.magnetsource.com/Solutions_Pages/popchannelletter.html

I may just be fortunate to have one close. If i recall it was the cost of making the die PLUS 500 pounds of product, and I believe you then own the die.

There are plenty of regional extrusion places that will work with you to design an extrusion and have a die made, but the quantity required is usually prohibitive. I think my local extruder requires cost of die plus 500 lb minimum of finished goods. Although that might work out to your benefit...

As others have mentioned it looks like over saturation, I would play around with other profiles, or for sake of verifying you are on the right track, reduce the saturation of all channels and see if you can get it to look any better with the same profile. We are not using onyx so Im not sure...

A friend of mine has a small VOIP service and can set you up with whatever you need (or get you pricing). PM me if interested. I also picked up a lot of Polycom vvx500 Phones off a local auction and have a bunch of extras, would be willing to sell some cheap to any of you guys if interested...

Why not contact the offending tenants and let them know what is going on, offer to consult on relocation or replacement of signage that aligns with lease and local codes. In the process, if you get consent from all parties you can get paid by the property manager to remove and get paid by the...

Completely agree on the deadlines, I try to have at least 3-4 days wiggle room if plan to outsource and like to be upfront to the customer if their job is not being produced in house. I think rossmosh is onto something with the "you get what you pay for" mentality. I just hope things move the...

Potentially, but there is almost always a good use case for wholesalers. Take Gemini for example, they specialize in harder to produce items that most small shops and some large shops do not have the equipment to produce, and they have done a great job mastering this market. Another case is...

I agree that some of them must be using very cheap labor in order to offer the prices they do. Just doesn't seem sustainable to me, especially if the economy take a dip. In most cases competition drives better pricing or quality, from what i have seen lately it is better pricing at the expense...

The last month or so I have been disappointed with several of our usual wholesalers. Now I am not one that likes to slander so I will withhold names, but these are companies we have worked before (some for many years) without any issues. I am just looking to start a general discussion to see...