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It may be as simple as the knife is not installed into the machines holder correctly. Not that I have ever been in a hurry and missed the slot for it...
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Welcome aboard deadtree, glad to have you here. What is your boss trying to achieve by doing this? Avoiding the expense of the transfer tape?
Slice gave you the correct answer to your question, but if we knew the goal there might be some suggestion for getting there. What type of work is planned for the cutter?
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Welcome aboard to both of the newbies. New York is a big place, are you both in NY, NY; or elsewhere in the state?
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On 1/30/2021 at 10:19 AM, slice&dice said:We have to see this end result. As the saying goes -- It never happened if there aren't photos! (or videos, even).
Here you go Slice. The wife ironed them on today and we are both pretty happy with the results. After this pic I attached the carpet to the backer board with some contact cement and it is airing out the rest of today and overnight before I mount it in the truck.
Maybe it was beginners luck, but it was a pretty neat little project. Unfortunately, wifey is now stoked about doing some T shirts for her nephews! Oh well, they will be cheap birthday presents this year, there is that
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I've not been doing a whole lot of vinyl as other demands have taken my time and energies. But, I did do this custom mirror for our son and his girlfriend.
They moved to Ohio and bought a house a couple years ago. On one of our trips we toured the Ohio State Supreme Court building. A really fine piece of 1930's art deco architecture and a lot to see inside, and it is open to visit! On the top floor is the law library. On the ends of the shelving were the index signs for that row. I really liked the "Ohio" that was used in the sign.
So I asked if I could do a mirror for the young one's in a sort of art deco style for them. They are trying to keep to a mid-century modern style in the house so they jumped on it.
My results:
Late edit. Should have added that it is reverse etched and painted. As it turned out, it really didn't need the reversing!
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6 hours ago, darcshadow said:I don’t know about speaker carpet, but normal carpet will melt pretty easily, made the mistake of trying to iron something on the floor once.
since this is a fixed install, won’t be washed and wrinkled like normal clothes, you could probably het away with normal vinyl even.
I can speak to this already I think. The way the carpet comes, for some strange reason it is folded and then rolled up... so it had a very noticeable crease down the middle. SWMBO was able to iron it out Even though the carpet is 100% poly, she ironed it on cotton! But it's all good, no damage done.
I've watched a couple Siser youtubes, I think we are going to try a few scraps tonight to check for technique and how it actually looks. I've also got a cutting mat (borrowed) coming tonight. I will have to watch a couple you tubes on that too as I've never used a mat yet.
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10 hours ago, slice&dice said:Speaking of trucks, I wanted to do some heat-transfers onto hats for truckers (ball caps) :
If You Can Read This, You're Standing Too Damn CloseI picked up some Siser HTV today and will hopefully practice with a few scraps to get the hang of it tomorrow.
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Why can't you put a pen in your SC2 and hit the cut button?
How big is the image you want printed/cut out?
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13 hours ago, Wildgoose said:Siser SAYS it can be applied with a hand iron, at least the regular non stretch version. If you it's in a non wear location you might get it to stay. You wouldn't be out much. I would never recommend using Siser on any garment with a hand iron regardless of what they say though.
Thanks Goose. Since it's not a garmet and washing won't apply to it, it might hold up. Reckon we will try it on some scrap first to see what it looks like.
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Thanks Slice, I appreciate it!
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Hello Friends - been quite awhile since I've been on. Life and other priorities, but I hope to get back to doing some vinyl work.
Anyhow, I have a project going on with my truck that I would like some input. I am putting up a carpeted sound barrier on the rear wall of the cab. The carpet is a very thin polyester made for doing speaker enclosures and such. Would something like Siser Easy Weed work on this? How about using an iron to apply it with? This is just a one off project for myself and I do not have a heat press. If the iron will not work, would the Siser work if applied with a heat press?
TIA,
Cal
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Welcome back Hat
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Welcome aboard, glad to have you here.
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On 6/12/2019 at 8:31 PM, pawdell said:Hello! New myself.
And welcome to you pawdell.
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Hello Rocky, welcome aboard.
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On 6/17/2019 at 5:39 PM, darcshadow said:I have a little treasure box for my boy that I put a map decal then polyurethane over. It has held up well.
Hey darc, is that used/stored outside? Not many polys will hold up to water & sun. What type of poly did you use?
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Very cool
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Cool project!
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Welcome aboard, glad to have you join us.
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Cool shirt Hawk.
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Welcome aboard Karo, you have found the best place on the interwebs for help and tips.
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Welcome aboard. Nice work!
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3 hours ago, cjs said:I know this is an old topic, but if you look at the grain on the Becker it does not match the back panel. It’s layered, and I’d say was cut on a laser.
That is a good observation
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