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And a quick forum search finds the thread, the search button is your friend.

Google something like font viewer. I posted a word macro on the forums some place that will generate a word document with all your fonts.

Doesn't take much time, took me about 30 min. SplitFont.svg

Actually after closer looking what I found was just individual letters. That being said, creating your own split font isn't too difficult and here is the flourish that is used in the image you posted. Split Floruish.svg

just google split fonts and you'll find several, including the one you posted. There are also some youtube vids on how to create your own split font.

Are you wanting the history transferred, or the actual cut files? As I posted above, the history files are nothing more than shortcuts to the actual file that was used. To find the cut files, open your history menu and pick a file, you'll see the full file name below the preview image. Then search your computer for that file name.

Buddy just sent me this link. https://www.glowforge.com Looks like a pretty cool system with a seeming very easy to use interface. There are several videos on YouTube that show off even more capabilities of the thing.

That cutter will do what you want, although small intricate designs will be a challenge with any value cutter. That starter kit is a decent price, but there are several items included in it that you don't need for what you plan to do. The included vinyl and transfer tape will work well for sandblasting but it's the wrong type of vinyl/tape for walls. Wall designs are usually rather large so you'll want to also buy some 24" wall vinyl, as well as some application tape for said wall vinyl. For the shirts, are you wanting to put the vinyl on the shirt and then paint it some how? Don't know how well that would work, but the included vinyl might be able to do that. Typically people use heat transfer vinyl and a heat press to apply vinyl designs to clothing. The extra cutting blades, hobby knife, and squeegee are all handy to have, the magnetic blanks, InkJet Paper and printable inkjet vinyl are not necessary for the projects you mentioned but could be fun to play around with a little. You will want to get the stand for the cutter, it's only an extra $30 on that kit package and well worth it. Are you familiar with vector graphics? If not you'll want to research that a little first. Inkscape is a free program you can download and play around with to get your feet wet in the vector graphics world before buying anything. Vectors are pretty easy to work with once you get the hang of it, but it can be a bit confusing at first as most people are not use to thinking of things in terms of vectors.

Ok, I never looked at the history thing before so I just opened SB and took a look. The history is simply short cuts to the .sbd files. The actual .history file is only 1KB and is simply a text file containing the addresses of the various files. To answer your original post, on my computer anyway my history folder is located C:\Program Files (x86)\Cutting Technologies\SignBlazer Elements\history But if you're wanting the actual files moved from one computer to another they are located where ever you saved them. If you saved them in SB they will have a .sbd file extension and you can search your computer for them. If they were imported files (eps, ps, pdf, etc) you'll have to search for them that way. when you open the history thing in SB, it will show you the full name of the file so you can search for individual files as well. My guess is once you find one file, all the others will be in the same place.

By history, are you referring to listing under file->open? If so, that is just a shortcut to the file. The actual file has a .SBD extension. Search your computer for .SBD and you should find all your files.

I've put 631 on knock down texture with no problems.

It would be possible I guess if you are comfortable with splicing wires but I wouldn't recommend it. If someone were to trip over the cord and it was hardwired who knows what kind of damage you could do vs it simply coming unplugged. I'm not near the machine right now, but I believe so. I remember when I did it, it was pretty simple and obvious.

yes, take the side off and it's pretty easy to see what you'll need to do.

Tracing is never ideal, but if you can take a high enough resolution photo or scan it shouldn't be too difficult to get a good trace.

Might look ok during the day, but when the light is on behind it you'd still see the shadow. Probably not worth the time, but you might be able to sand it down to remove the shadows, would be a lot of work though.

I'm not familiar with VM LTR, does it not have a tool for drawing simple lines, or boxes? If it does, just use that to add what ever weed lines you like.

Sister-in-law is a huge Snoopy fan and asked if I'd make her a bookshelf that looked like his dog house. Went a step further and used the vinyl cutter to create stencils to cut out a Snoopy and then paint him. I'm really pleased with how it turned out and know she is going to love it.

To play devils advocate, what if your cutting PC is not online, how do you get the updated drivers? Personally I hate automated updates. I want to be able to download a file once and use it to update as many PCs as I like.

From the screen shots you posted it is cutting absolute, the catch is the bottom right of the preview screen is your 0,0 point and on your design screen, the 0,0 point is the top left. If the cutter preview image was rotated 180 degree things would like up and you'd cut what you see. Personally I'd turn off the absolute position and just position the cutter head to start where you want.

Just a shot in the dark. Does your MH have the dual holder, one for a pin and one for a blade? If so, are you using the correct position for the blade? Don't know why it would work with one type of vinyl and not the other though.

Till they make the software change, you just need to change your thinking in the way you look at the image. In your design space, the left edge is the bottom. Rotate your design in your design space with that in mind and it will come out on the plotter they way you want. Or change the way you think of top and bottom on the cutter. Personally I think the cutter preview image shown should be rotated to the right 90 degrees. The height of your design space would then be the width of the vinyl and the width of your design space would be the length of vinyl.

If it was just copyright infringement, they might be able to get away with it, but it's trademark infringement which is taken quite a bit more serious.

This was just way too cool not to share.

Trademarks are a big deal. If the company doesn't protect them, they can actually be lost. And in the case I 100% agree with HD. HD was the first thing that comes to mind when you see that logo from a distance.

That's pretty cool. Wonder if it works as well as it seems to in the video.