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    We are in the process of having to move not by choice.Our landlord has decided to sell since there is a huge drug house which also deals in stolen vehicles as well. And since the laws have no real punishment here anymore they keep doing it.All they get is a citation for having stolen property..Soooooo With me being Disabled from a job injury many years ago prevents me from having a normal daily hard working job like i used to,I have my good days and bad,Some days i can work my ass off but then need a break the next day. I do things i shouldnt but its in my blood to not ever give up even when it hurts but even tho i suffer the consequence the next day or so.. , Business hasnt been busy enough to consider livable income yet ,but it is slowly gaining ground , and we were not able to find a place to live, We have to move to a relatives house with plenty of room until we find a place .Business is coming with of course ,its what helps with bills and My girlfriend is in the medical field ( Medical Assistant) and has much more opportunities for work as for where we live there is none... . So we will be just east of Bakersfield,Ca. I hope something good happens for us. I guess im just looking for some prayers , cause if this falls thru then we have nothing to fall back on after this, and from there?, i dont even want to think about what that will be.. I hope nobody has to go thru what we are dealing with,Im trying to keep my headup and i regret getting injured but it wasnt my fault,I miss the hard work i did and miss.
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    more that likely if you traced the image with your software you have 2 images on top of one another - you would select one and delete it - I am also seeing you have way too much blade exposure from that last picture
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    I just do this as a hobby, but for the most part I don't think in terms of cost per quantity of vinyl used. I think in terms of time. If something takes me an hour to do vs something that takes 15 min. I'm going to charge more for the hour one even though it maybe smaller than the one that takes 15min. I will admit though, customers don't think this way. They think the bigger something is, the more it will cost, when in reality, bigger items are often times cheaper to produce in terms of time, and time is the real cost of vinyl decals.
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    Welcome, I used to do a lot of RC bodies in the past. For the small quantity T shirts, you can use your cutter you already plan to buy, and get a heat press and do Heat Transfer Vinyl. For the RC car stuff, I assume you will be using single color vinyl , right? I HIGHLY recommend a servo cutter and Cast vinyl ( Oracal 751) for the small detail needed for tiny decals.
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    first make sure those old dx2 heads are still available and that it has the heaters etc in a eco sol conversion - haven't even heard about one of those in about 3-4 years. if it hasn't been converted to solvent make sure you can still get the heater kit and all the other stuff that had to be replaced to solvent- 10 years ago a lot of those were being converted and parts were easily available but with the printer being about 12+ years since it came out it may be tougher now as much faster better resolution printers are readily available now - PS make sure you see a head test print first as if it has sat at all (even a few weeks) will almost guarantee you will need new solvent heads ***** update looks like heads are available on ebay for around $430 each - beware of the ones that say seller refurbished I have to call BS on that as they NEVER come back to good function after clogs or deflections
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    Agree with Dakota, rock solid choices you won't regret for the cutter and press. As for printing, get yourself some durabrite ink for your printer and you can do transfers. If you can only print 8.5"x11" you will find that you want to upsize later but you can get some designs to fit. If your printer is something that can handle bigger sheets you can look into aftermarket ink and save a lot of money. I do a little shirt work with Jet Pro Soft Stretch (JPSS) now and then. Works great on pure white cotton or cotton/poly. I keep some 3G transfer paper for dark fabrics on hand for the occasional need but I really don't like the feel of ANY of the offerings for dark fabrics so I try to steer people toward HTV if at all possible. I am a die hard Siser Easyweed user. I have tried out several other brands without complaints but prefer the Siser overall. Especially the Siser Stretch. I do a LOT of HTV work. Just found that most of the other brands have varied application temps and dwell times and cold/warm or hot peel variations and Siser is more uniform as a hot peel (much faster production) and pretty well universal lower temperature. By keeping it all the same I don't have to pay attention too closely unless I have a special need that changes the set-up.
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    actually you have made a very solid choice on equipment - lots of people move up to those after years of messing with lower quality equipment
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    Just sayin' hello to everyone. Pretty new to all this and learning by the day. Started up a side business to hopefully make a few bucks. GCC Expert 24LX, Epson Artisan Printer, and a heat press Is what's currently in my arsenal. Thanks to Primal Decals for the invite.