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I finally did some cutting worth posting about!

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Well, I bought my LP24 last fall. I made some decals, took them to a couple of shows and made $60. Then I spent the winter figuring out the software and the cutter. Last weekend I went to a new "event"  I have not attended before as a vendor and to get more interesting product for them to buy I cut out a whole bunch of 1" phrases in white and navy flock. I already had some nice silhouettes cutout, but I thought the phrases might be a hit with this bunch. Oh my goodness! It was a feeding frenzy. I made enough to pay for the cutter AND all of the vinyl I have purchased for testing etc. It was great. I was able to heat press a hoody on site in 15 seconds! I sold 20 hoodies in a day and a half, not including all the other products I sell. I was sooo tired sunday night. It was a very good tired.

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So this weekend I had a minor setback. While preparing flock vinyl for the next eventI tried to do the same thing, but alas my cutter kept stalling out mid cut... constantly. So, by sunday night I was pulling my hair out and I read up on this issue on the boards. I use a USB port on my laptop so I wanted to try the easier fix first, I made my poor (commercial electrician) husband, ground my cutter to the outlet. What a difference! Where I could not get through more than 2 cuts of a design if I was lucky (very small like 4 x 13") I was able to tackle my next big chore, my business BANNER! Last fall I had picked up the 2' x 6' blank gussetted banner (at USCutter of course), and just today I put in a Will Call order for more flock and thought to snag some black for the banner. I picked it up in the afternoon, got home by 5pm, setup the LP to cut out the HUGE graphics (huge by my standards anyways). My LP finished the 2 color job in like 5 minutes total. Since I've never tackled anything large, I watched a video on sign making and went to work. I see lots of flaws for my first job, I tore the vinyl a tiny bit in a couple of places, there are still some air bubbles, etc, but the deed is done! Now I get to have a sign up in the arena like the big time sponsors:)

I have one more cutter success story. Last week when I presented a client his design for 50 t-shirts, I had cutout the design in white vinyl as a sample and he liked it so well, I am making him 4 navy hoodies in addition to the 50 T-shirts (I am not cutting those, they will be plastisol transfers). Had I not had the cutter to make up the sample, I would not have had the opportunity to upsell $80 more product for him to buy.

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Thank you all who post in this forum and to US Cutter for all the help. I am sure there will be many more bumps in the road and tons more to learn, but it sure is a fun ride along the way.

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Guest kenya

Wow, you've got it going now....... congrats !

Great work.  :thumbsup:

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Congrats on your success! Persistance does pay off! I noticed you said you were having cutter issues so you came HERE for a resolution...KUDOS to you, and this shows that this board is the bomb ( as my kids would say!) LOL!

Renee

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I have to give another quick update. Yes Virginia, over the weekend with my problems of the cutter sitting at "waiting" mid cut, I came to these forums. I read all the "resolutions" for my problem. I picked the easiest (for me) to implement, which was to ground to remove static and I have been madly cutting ever since. I have not had a single failed cut since grounding my unit. I had my doubts, but I am a believer! I read some posts where the customer wants to return their unit and Ken says sure we will give you a new one but typically that problem will persist as it is not a faulty unit. He is soooo right. Cut on!

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I was sent an email asking some details about my vending arrangement and I thought they might be helpful for others.

I get my flock from various sources because certain brands have colors I need. I buy "decoflock" in pink and brown from an online store, and now I get white and navy from UScutter, they are local to me so I can pick it up:) The Siser Splitflock from USCutter is priced well, and I save on shipping fees by using will call.

I press the flock using a 15" press. I bought the press for travelling as it is light. I started with a 9 x 12 but it was too small, it made me a mint, but I had to give it up for something bigger. I find the 15" is perfect. quick to layout a T-shirt or Sweatshirt.

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Thank you for all this information.  It is especially helpful to someone new (me).

What brand of press are you using?

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Nice work. What kind of cutter are you using and how did you do the shirts, did you use some kind of heat-transfer vinyl?

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