Scratchthejeepguy

Thanks!

Thanks, I've never used that stuff either. I wonder how good it works on wood... This is Oracal 651 and it left a super crisp line on the metal. No bleeding at all. I did have second (and third...) thoughts about scuffing this sign once I finished peeling off all the vinyl. It looked super good, but I was going for an aged look so I did it.

I think it turned out awesome and feel good about making another in full size. I'm even liking the peeled up dots all over the place, so I found a sheet of 16 gauge about that size. Then I tossed the sheet on my plasma table and cut out the shape I cleaned up both sides. It ended up being about 32" wide X 28" tall. Then did the same process that i did on the smaller one. Here's a pic of it after all the painting is done and the vinyl peeled off. I guess waiting a little dry more time helped since the white didn't come up this time. It looked so good, I had a hard time deciding if I should distress it or not. And here it is after all the distressing is done. I'm debating about putting a couple bullet holes in it, and possibly adding some rusted edges... not sure yet. When I decide where it's going, I'll figure out mounting holes. And some detail pics, I love the way it turned out, especially the black letters!

I wanted to create a vintage looking sign for my pole barn. I collect old Jeeps so I found some google images of what I was thinking and customized it to my liking. I have a CNC plasma cutting table as well as a vinyl cutter and thought some of you might like to see my process, maybe it'll spark some idea for someone. Now, I'm no artist by any means, but since I have a vinyl cutter, I thought I could create a stencil, then use spray paint for the color, and finally distress it to my liking. I think I'm going to make my sign about 30" high and about 25" wide and will probably make it out of 16 gauge steel, but before I cut out the shape of the sign, I wanted to make sure that my plan would work. I've had issues with using vinyl as stencils before and I've never distressed a sign either so I wanted to do a test run on a much smaller scale. I found a piece of scrap steel I had. This one is 1/8" thick and about 11" square. I cleaned it up with a wire wheel grinder then sprayed a coat of primer first, then flat white on top of that. I wasn't exactly sure of what I wanted the dealer info to say, so I drew up a few different designs in VM. I picked one, then I cut out the vinyl on my SC2 and weeded it. I used orange vinyl because "orange man bad" right? Next, I applied the transfer paper. This is only to help apply it and gets thrown away like all my hopes and dreams. I peeled off the transfer paper and used Rustoleum 2X satin spray paint for the red, blue and black. In this picture, the paints are all dry but you can see all those black specs in the white are where the vinyl peeled up some of the white exposing the steel below. I waited almost 24 hours to apply the vinyl over the white, but it's possible I didn't wait long enough. I also didn't wait long enough to start peeling off the vinyl on the blue paint at the bottom. According to my wife, I have a problem with finishing things too soon... Finally I used a green scotchbrite pad to remove some of the gloss and distress the paint.

Plus, wasn't it at a pretty severe angle for some weird reason?

FYI, on my SC2 I run my cutter set to 400 speed, and 57 pressure. I go down to like 100-200 on very small or detailed parts.

I've had an SC2 for about 3 years now and have had no problems with it. I don't cut a lot of small stuff with it but here's an anchor that has some pretty small detail and I had no problems with it. I haven't cut anything yet that was too small for my cutter. It sounds like it could be a blade depth issue like Mz Skeeter says.

USCutter finally stepped up and shipped them out with rush shipping.theyre not here yet, but should be tomorrow. I'll check out Grimco though, it's good to have options.

I just checked out their website and while they're site was very unimpressive, they're prices weren't. I asked for 50 each of the blank signs and stakes and they had to call me back on shipping... They called back and said shipping alone would be 85.00-90.00!?!?!?! USCutter charges 11.99? You buy regularly from these guys Dakota?

I ordered a bunch of blank, 18x24, short flute, signs from USCutter last week. They sent me long flutes which I can't use for my order. I called them right when they opened the next day, sent them pictures, and they said they'd send it to their claims department and that I should expect an email with instructions on what will happen next. It's been 3 days now and I hear the same thing from them every time I call. I've had great luck with USCutter in the past but I need these signs and am looking for somewhere else to buy from. Any suggestions?

I made one and I really like the idea, but it's a little pain to use so I went back to my normal method. I may try it again, who knows...

You don't still have pics of your DIY Speedpress do you? The pics in your post are all gone.

Never heard of this! Too bad the pics of his build are all gone. I did watch the video though and I like it! thanks!

I have a whole bunch of yard signs to make. I think I've gotten a pretty good system down but I'm not a professional, and I know there are a bunch of you with some tips that could help me out, so I had a friend record my process and I'm posting the video here so you can critique it. Before you say anything, I'll answer a couple questions: 1. Yes, the camera is annoying, has a very noisy focus, and keeps going out of focus. It's all I had at the time. 2. Yes I'm using clear packing tape at 3:08. I get it for free and have tons of it. Free tape is cheaper than painters tape. 3. Don't say "Don't rip the transfer tape when unrolling it at 1:26". My bad there. 4. Since the vinyl is exactly the same width as the sign, I have to spend the time lining it up at 2:51, then I don't have to trim the ends. 5. I peel off the transfer tape in 2 pieces at 5:05, so it's easier. That's a big chunk of tape! Let me know if you have any tips for me please. https://youtu.be/txCfoDIecwQ

Thanks, what are your thoughts on medium vs high tack?