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Question What's your equipment setup?
- Thread starter bdw99
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WinGraphics
Premium Subscriber
I started the sign business 38 years ago with a Chevy Luv Pickup and $500 worth of fluorescent watercolor window paint and foam brushes.
Now:
126" wide Stratojet Falcon UV roll to roll
4x8 Stratojet Flatbed
Canon Colorado 1650 UV
Seiko M-64s solvent printer
Summa 1832 6'x10' Flatbed Cutter
Summa S plotter
Seiko 62" laminator
panel saw
Fletcher cutter
I think I liked painting the windows the best! No computers lol..
I've been in this business for so long I remember when customers were surprised I could make a banner in a week!
Now:
126" wide Stratojet Falcon UV roll to roll
4x8 Stratojet Flatbed
Canon Colorado 1650 UV
Seiko M-64s solvent printer
Summa 1832 6'x10' Flatbed Cutter
Summa S plotter
Seiko 62" laminator
panel saw
Fletcher cutter
I think I liked painting the windows the best! No computers lol..
I've been in this business for so long I remember when customers were surprised I could make a banner in a week!
WinGraphics
Premium Subscriber
Perfect! Painting by hand was the best part of my sign career.
ProColorGraphics
New Member
Epson S80600
Epson V7000
US Tech Laminator
Summa S140T
Summa F1612
Aeon Nova14 Laser
Formart 2 Vacuum Former
Bambulab X1 Carbon 3d Printer (plus several other 3d printers)
Keencut
Other various tools: Punches, HD Sewing Machine, Saws, Sanders, etc.
Epson V7000
US Tech Laminator
Summa S140T
Summa F1612
Aeon Nova14 Laser
Formart 2 Vacuum Former
Bambulab X1 Carbon 3d Printer (plus several other 3d printers)
Keencut
Other various tools: Punches, HD Sewing Machine, Saws, Sanders, etc.
ProColorGraphics
New Member
Do you like your Trotec or Epilog better?
CanuckSigns
Active Member
It depends on what you are trying to do, both have their pros and cons, but on the whole I prefer the trotec.
Sometimes painting by hand can be quicker than digital.
I've got a guy in the shop next door who races bangers/demolition derby cars who is always asking me to 'make some stickers' for his cars - usually on a Friday afternoon. He can never understand why I say it takes too long to set everything up for a different job ever few week at short notice. Now he is getting a guy with an airbrush to do his cars. He can finish the job in less time than it takes me to create the files.
Home:
Graphtec fc9000
Graphtec FC8600
Epson r5070
Royal sovereign laminator
Omtech 100w 24/40 laser.
Work:
Epson s40
Hp 570
HP 700w
Fc8000
Fc9000
Cetq1000 flatbed
Royal sovereign laminator / seal 54 laminator
Multicam digital express CNC
2 automatic screen pressed and 3 manual
Few hydraulic sheets, presses, corner rounders, etc.
My want list is bigger than my have list though!
Graphtec fc9000
Graphtec FC8600
Epson r5070
Royal sovereign laminator
Omtech 100w 24/40 laser.
Work:
Epson s40
Hp 570
HP 700w
Fc8000
Fc9000
Cetq1000 flatbed
Royal sovereign laminator / seal 54 laminator
Multicam digital express CNC
2 automatic screen pressed and 3 manual
Few hydraulic sheets, presses, corner rounders, etc.
My want list is bigger than my have list though!
johnnysigns
New Member
3ft of water flooded the machine. Other wise, it was a good printer. We had issues with white ink dropout, but overall it was a good machine given the price point. We moved on to an HP R2000 recently.
