Thank you all and re-intro

[mikeomatic 0]

I would like to thank the members of this forum. With out the wealth of information here I would have never been able to use our

pcut 630.

My wife and I have a "hobby business" doing custom paint and metal work on motorcycles.I really did not care to do any vinyl work, (last Christmas I did cut some vinyl for my grand kids and wife :-)

I purchased it about a year ago to make air brush paint masks, wow does it work great! I can import flames (or anything for that matter) out line them, make then the size and configuration I want, then cut the mask.Once I have the mask, I spray the entire project with the color of the "pin stripe" apply the mask with the outline still attached to the flame,then peel the flame out of the center, spray the center, cover the center and spray the rest of the part. Then peel the whole thing and walla, perfect flame job with perfect pinstripe.I also cut stencils for my wife's airbrush work.

Last week my next door neighbor asked me if I could help his son out and cut some vinyl signage for his new business. I said sure, thinking a quick easy deal...well it wasn't quick, or easy but it sure was fun and I think it came out great being as I never did anything like it before (my biggest project has been to cut some flames for one of my rc planes) I still have text to apply to both the side and rear so I will post some more pics when I finish next week end.

Again thanks to all the forum for the wealth of info here. It would have been impossible for me to use SBE and my pcut with out you all (lots of time spent reading :-)

Mike in sunny St Augustine FL

[SHOWTYME 0]

GOOD JOB

[john! 1]

Not bad, I hope you charged well for this job.

I'd be around $400

[locknload1 17]

Looks really professional.

[xJoey Dubsx 42]

Great job!

[mikeomatic 0]

I finished the van this morning. Except for the left rear door (I wanted to replace the word cleaner with better spacing and same fontbut the owner would not letme) I am very pleased for my 1st vinyl job. This is not my bussiness, nor do I plan on making money with the cutter, we do use it almost exclusively for air brush masks or spray maske. If I was going to charge for a job like that I would charge 600$. I would not do it for any less. I gaing lots of valuable knowledge about the process and SBE. Any way here is the finished product

Mike

[mikeomatic 0]

woops forgot the rest,

[john! 1]

You seriously did this for NOTHING? Wow, This is why....nvm i'll just raise my head up high and carry on.

[prototype66 20]

looks great but for free!!!

Not me !

[roxanneupnorth 106]

Free jobs just screw things up for folks that are trying to feed their families.......

[prototype66 20]

agreed except for actual charities imo. I am all for a good cause. Still did a bang up job!

[mikeomatic 0]

Free jobs just screw things up for folks that are trying to feed their families.......

Sorry if I ruffeled some feathers, was not my intent.

  I am not in the sign bussiness and don't intend to be. I also do not want to "screw things up" for other sign companies in town.I am friends with 2 of the most sucessful vinyl sign shop owners in town. Both of which have cut paint masks for me in the past. I helped a young man and his family (who also happen to be the children of my next door neighbor) get a business started.

We charge a lot of money for our custom paint work and know the value of a job well done. If I was going to enter the sign business, belive me, we would charge properly to make a profit and cover all costs.

Again thanks to this forum for all the help.

Here is a pic of one of our custom bike paint jobs, price for this runs between 3000$-5000$ depending on how many parts etc.

Mike

[wwpro 1]

You guys should concentrate more on YOUR biz instead of bashing people for not charging someone.

If you take care of YOUR customers they won't hesitate of paying what you charge, if you're scared of others pay more attention on how you conduct business.

I'd rather a guy in my town to do stuff for free instead of charging 10 times less than me, and I don't make money out of this, just a hobby for me at this time.

This guy was just showing what he did using what he learned here, because, STILL, there's people not fearing the other guy and don't mind sharing what they know.

Now you can go keep downloading vectors from the web and selling stickers like they were YOUR creation.

[john! 1]

You guys should concentrate more on YOUR biz instead of bashing people for not charging someone.

If you take care of YOUR customers they won't hesitate of paying what you charge, if you're scared of others pay more attention on how you conduct business.

I'd rather a guy in my town to do stuff for free instead of charging 10 times less than me, and I don't make money out of this, just a hobby for me at this time.

This guy was just showing what he did using what he learned here, because, STILL, there's people not fearing the other guy and don't mind sharing what they know.

Now you can go keep downloading vectors from the web and selling stickers like they were YOUR creation.

lol

[prototype66 20]

no biggie to me mikey! I think it's a great job! Just a lot of work for free but hey ...it's all you buddy!

[locknload1 17]

Great job, love them both. If you don't mind it would be great if you took step buy step photos of your bike customizing process that involves vinyl/paint. I'm sure we could all learn a thing or two. Nevermind the complainers, I give stuff away all the time.

Sometimes the feeling is worth more than money... sometimes.

[mikeomatic 0]

Great job, love them both. If you don't mind it would be great if you took step buy step photos of your bike customizing process that involves vinyl/paint. I'm sure we could all learn a thing or two.

Locknload,

I am in the "mask making/applying" part of a job right now. I will be happy to take some progress pics and post with a short narrative.will have it done in about a week.

Mike