jeff g 0 Posted December 20, 2007 I have a pretty good eye for centering things up, but I decided that since I'm going to be making some club license plates for some of the motorcycle groups that I belong to, it would make things easier with a template. The template also helps with the placement of the graphics so I don't put a sticker over the holes in the plate blank. So, I spent a half hour with signblazer, a ruler, a license plate blank, a real license plate, and my Pcut. Would have been 15 minutes, but I don't have a spare mouse to use with my laptop and the touchpad is a pain for any kind of fine work...lots of deleting went on. A mouse for the laptop is on my list of things to buy tonight at Wal-mart when I stop by to get my car battery warrantied. Anyway, I came up with a template for cutting graphics for license plates. The overall measurements are that of a blank plastic license plate and the hole spacing is matched to a real Pennsylvania license plate. The hole spacing isn't 100% perfect, but when matched to the PA plate, it's only off by a few thousandths of an inch. Good enough for a sticker template. http://www.3cyl.com/jeff/license_template.SBD One word of caution about using the template. Match it up to your blanks before you design and place stuff close to the holes. I bought 5 blanks and they apparently came from 2 different lots or sources. The hole spacing is drastically different among the 5. That is the reason I used a PA plate instead of a blank plate to determine the hole spacing. Ken, put this in the appropriate place if this is not the appropriate forum for it. license_template.SBD license_template.SBD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SmallSigns 23 Posted December 20, 2007 Thanks - this will come in handy in the coming months!!! :you rock: :well done: Maybe -- in the near future I will learn enough about this stuff so I can contribute more! In the mean time -- Merry Christmas to all !!! :snow: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tservice 3 Posted December 20, 2007 Thanks Jeff :thanks: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenimes 42 Posted December 20, 2007 I have a pretty good eye for centering things up, but I decided that since I'm going to be making some club license plates for some of the motorcycle groups that I belong to, it would make things easier with a template. The template also helps with the placement of the graphics so I don't put a sticker over the holes in the plate blank. So, I spent a half hour with signblazer, a ruler, a license plate blank, a real license plate, and my Pcut. Would have been 15 minutes, but I don't have a spare mouse to use with my laptop and the touchpad is a pain for any kind of fine work...lots of deleting went on. A mouse for the laptop is on my list of things to buy tonight at Wal-mart when I stop by to get my car battery warrantied. Anyway, I came up with a template for cutting graphics for license plates. The overall measurements are that of a blank plastic license plate and the hole spacing is matched to a real Pennsylvania license plate. The hole spacing isn't 100% perfect, but when matched to the PA plate, it's only off by a few thousandths of an inch. Good enough for a sticker template. http://www.3cyl.com/jeff/license_template.SBD One word of caution about using the template. Match it up to your blanks before you design and place stuff close to the holes. I bought 5 blanks and they apparently came from 2 different lots or sources. The hole spacing is drastically different among the 5. That is the reason I used a PA plate instead of a blank plate to determine the hole spacing. Ken, put this in the appropriate place if this is not the appropriate forum for it. This looks good. I will leave it here for now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jerry Bonham 1 Posted December 21, 2007 Impressive, great work let see some more of most wanted stuff posted for others. Jerry from SignBlazer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites