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I've been playin' CoD4 on-line for a while with some of my old team mates from Sun... most Tuesdays and Thursday nights, but on the PS3 though.

As I recall (it's searchable) Banner John's solution recipe is for a gallon, but I cut it in half based on the size of the size of the alcohol bottle I had available. Banner John's solution: 3 parts water 1 part alcohol 4 drops dishwashing liquid My reduced recipe: 1/2 gallon 16 oz, alcohol (1 bottle) 44 oz water (3 alcohol bottles full) 2 drops dishwashing liquid

Yup, better with the tweak. Nice- K

DITTO! Awesome indeed! K

Excellent Stormy, Two thumbs up!

Not real fancy, but the customer is very happy with it, and I made enough off of the job to nearly pay for my cutter! I used Avery vinyl, cut and applied the same lettering set to both the front and back doors of the business. I had to reshape a combination of Garamond and Goudy Bold fonts to work out he logo from their sign. Pricing: I charged a buck for each letter larger than an inch, and fifty cents for each letter smaller than an inch. Thanks everyone for all the help, directly- and for all the information you've put into this forum for reference so dummies like me can make some sense of it all. By the way, that PDF on cutter/knofe set up saved my arss with this job (and future jobs too)... well worth the read. Now to figure out how to build the business and keep work in the pipes. -Kev

Thanks all- It's very gratifying to have some work out there now I can point to, I hope I can develop some of the great "chops" you guys have in time. SynFX- I didn't do the sign over the door, I included the sign in the picture to illustrate the customer's logo which I worked to match in my design. The sign appears to be wood, probably exterior ply, or marine MDF, which was then "carved" using a cnc guided router. It could be reproduced in a similar manner by applying a vinyl mask design and sandblasting. Thanks again folks, Kev

Great job! I really like the chrome ubder layer. Whay did you use for you wet app. solution?> I used Banner John's recipe and it worked really well, and for my first wet app. too. Really nice- keep it up! -K

Yes-

John has a good point with the virus concern. That's a big reason I use a Mac for everything but SignBlazer, and I use Firefox on my Thinkpad for very specific things (not casual surfing). I haven't tried Opera in years, maybe it's time I give it another try. I like Firefox though, and I use it on my Mac in preference to Apple's Safari. Either way it does not "take over" and does not alter anything on your system, so it doesn't interfere with Outlook, and can be un-installed easily. - K

Five, Sorry to interject here... But is that plastic film on the cutter strip supposed to come off? Kev

Hmm...

Hey- Thanks Five... there are 30 doors I could do now, with the other 6 this fall. There will be another 36 in the next calendar year as well (they gotta build 'em first though). I had told him general stuff, like $1 a letter plus $35/ hour labor. He didn't blink and just sais: "Oh, well sure, you've gotta charge labor. Just draw it up and drop it by my leasing office." So, 3 letters each door plus installation time? Waddya think? K

Nice job Ken! Way to go!!

Yeah, me too Regis- you're not alone there. I have my domain and am building it, but needs lot 'o fleshing out: - more examples of my work (they're coming!) - opening schpiel about the business, and what I do, etc.. - a working order form Stuff like that. It's a process, we'll get there. K

Heh- None taken! From my front door, I just take I-25 south- I can be in Lo-Do, parked, and in Coors field within 30 minutes (it helps when I can ride my two-wheeler in though).

Hi Troy, Sorry for the delay- I live in Erie... you know, driving north from Denver, it's a little past Odd, but not quite to Creepy? Fort Collins is up north of that... - K

Hey- I am working a store front lettering job where the customer wants the Papyrus font. I downloaded the font, graciously posted by BannerJohn, and worked out the layout, but don't want the "raggedy" edges of the characters. I've tried adding an inline and / or an outline, but that doesn't do the trick to make nice, clean, smooth letter edges. Any ideas/suggestions/cures/incantations? Thanks-

Thanks- I understand the "charm" of the quasi-ancient look of this font, however; the customer already has a website, brochures and a sandblasted, wooden sign over the door using a "clean" version of this font and the two don't match, especially when cutting 3 inch letters. So is there some way to straighten the outlines of the font without editing nodes for hours?

Uh- let's see.. Kev in Colorado 'nuff said? - K

You want to manipulate the outline. In the Expand / Outline pop up window, check the box that says "save original", then set the thickness (in tenths of an inch say) for the width of the "border" of vinyl you want to show around the outside your original text, and the offset to zero. When you place the original on top of, and centered on the expanded version of the text, this expanded value given in the pop up window for the border is what will show. If you want an example of the offset value setting, click on the help button in the pop up and refer to the black outline on the bottom example. The white space between the original text and the black outline is the offset. Hope that helps- Kev

I likes it! Nice layout and flow. Coincidentally, regarding Jenny's pink comment, here is an interesting article about a shade of pink very similar to the one you chose. Evidently it makes people calmer and/or less aggressive. Not that it would make any difference on a business card, but I thought I'd share the link for fun anyway. http://bacweb.the-bac.edu/~michael.b.williams/baker-miller.html Kev

Very nice! I don't have a clue 'bout what to charge, but I'm on a competitive tactical paintball team out here myself. It's great fun. Most of us run with modded Tippmann A-5s. That's one of the reasons I got my cutter in the first place (gosh, I almost forgot!) was to make banners for our team and cammo applications for our markers. Play on! - K

Thanks to FF-extreme, Rynecoop and Neron for the inspiration, and thanks to Ken for the new cutter! It's not perfect, but maybe a good start.

Yup! those things can be quite dangerous. Folks fill them too full, turn them up too hot and drop the bird in from about 3 feet away ('cause it's ot you know). Splashed oil over an open flame can become an explosive event. Lots of homes have been lost to turkeys, if you will.