Located in Moore (just south of Oklahoma City and in the middle of Tornado Alley) my wife and I do vinyl signs, wide format prints, decals/stickers, and embroidery.
I got into business by being involved with SCCA Solo 2 (or Autocross) competition and had a bad experience with a local sign maker who made my set of magnets. So, I invested some money and bought a vinyl cutter. (I'm not going to mention the brand, because I'm now embarrased to have any financial dealings with a company after visiting for a wide format printer demo that blew up. Very Impressive!)
So fast forward a couple of years and I find myself invested with two embroidery machines (boy do they make a racket), a Roland VP-540, a 54" cold roll laminator, and two friends who happen to be graphic artists. So we now have the ability to put a custom design on fabric as well as any printable media.
I tend to use alot of different types of media since I cater to my clientele so it seems I'm always experimenting with something new. I like the challanges that I've managed to overcome, but the next big hurdle that I want to cross is vehicle wraps. I'd like to wrap my race car, trailer, and truck for practice before taking on a paying project.
Hopefully, I can have some helpful advice as well as learn a lot more about signmaking.
I got into business by being involved with SCCA Solo 2 (or Autocross) competition and had a bad experience with a local sign maker who made my set of magnets. So, I invested some money and bought a vinyl cutter. (I'm not going to mention the brand, because I'm now embarrased to have any financial dealings with a company after visiting for a wide format printer demo that blew up. Very Impressive!)
So fast forward a couple of years and I find myself invested with two embroidery machines (boy do they make a racket), a Roland VP-540, a 54" cold roll laminator, and two friends who happen to be graphic artists. So we now have the ability to put a custom design on fabric as well as any printable media.
I tend to use alot of different types of media since I cater to my clientele so it seems I'm always experimenting with something new. I like the challanges that I've managed to overcome, but the next big hurdle that I want to cross is vehicle wraps. I'd like to wrap my race car, trailer, and truck for practice before taking on a paying project.
Hopefully, I can have some helpful advice as well as learn a lot more about signmaking.
