charlie_b CFXPaintworks

Come on now! I swear i answered your PM but i guess it didn't go through....Sorry about that bud. Here is a BIG HELLO from the West Coast! ;D

To "Weld" verticies or anchor points, hit "A" for the direct selection tool(White Arrow on your tool bar), select desired anchorpoints you want welded, right click then hit "JOIN". Now your points are connected.

Gotta love that look getting pierced! BTW...you are a good looking gal! :thumbsup:

Will do Sheila...im gona call you today and harass you...been a while since i bugged ya!

Cool site Rob...you should check out my site as well. www.cfxpaintworks.com

Thankyou everybody! I swear everytime im ready to do something fun, something comes up. THat's a good thing, but damn i miss hanging out here.

Im here guys...thanx for the concern. Gonna post new work after this weekend. And i thought things were gonna slow down a bit...anyway...HAPPY NEW YEAR BTW!

My prayers go out to John. Get well soon bud.

All US Cutter machines are capable of cutting very fine detail. The limit is your design.

Performance is up to par with larger cutters. It has an actual Optical Eye so it actually READS registration marks. Besides it's smaller size, the only other quirk it has is that the servo motors are not as fast as larger cutters. $150 is a steal at that price. If you have not sold it yet, i might already have a couple buyers for you.

Nothing special...i used printable vinyl and clear vinyl to laminate this emblem for the medals i gave out for my 10th Annual Toys 4 Tots Race. I used the simple Contour Cut feature from Signcut X2 and cut with my Us Cutter Laserpoint cutter. Now, i just gained a new account with the trophy shop. They will be ordering from me for now on, only because my turnaround time is a day and they normally wait over a week.

I have read about doming...but...with what i have to deal with..i don't even have the time to have another "skill" hehe

Its with illustrator. Once i make the design in illustrator, i export it to signcut then tell signcut how i want the graphic cut.

Did a quickie for a buddy. We call him Bad Santa because he looks like the skinny evil twin of Santa. He races RC Cars with us so the back was another funny with him stepping on one.. I used my USCUTTER Laserpoint "simple countur cut" feature to cut out the graphic done in both Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Pressed with my Stahl's 16x20 Mighty Press. Enjoy.

Yep...im curious on how people present or much more...REPRESENT themselves as a business. Lets see them peeps! Front Back

Sorry been away so long everyone...this is the busiest time of year for me and it is my 10th annual Toys 4 Tots event coming up this weekend. So, i have 100 tshirts to press and 10 banners to make on top of fliers and sponsors and raffle prizes and of coarse, renting out equipment(lights, generators) for the race. I hope i didn't leave anything out. Oh...about 4 paintjobs for rc cars as well. Anyway, until this event is over, i am hoping to get some free time to have some fun with my cutter again. Otherwise, it is work. Have a special project to make wraps for this one company that build PCs. All in all, i am healthy and miss you all. Anyway, ill be back after my T4T event...maybe hang out here on my Birthday! God bless you all, and take care.

Tory, it is pretty simple. Again, hopefully next week i will do a tutorial on it...i been meaning to, but you know the story....

Thanx everyone. I used Mclogan dark Transfer paper. (http://www.mclogan.com) for Contour Cutting, i used Sign Cut. I been meaning to make that darn tutorial..but it has just been too crazy here. Its just crazy...i have had my Laserpoint a little over 5 mos...and i have learned so much here. This forum rocks!

It is called "Drift Style" graphics, meaning on one side it is the right way and to keep things symmetric, the other side is mirrored.

here is one...all text is done with my usCutter Laserpoint.

Welcome Yogi...im in Orange county as well...good luck with your purchase. You will love these machines!

Welcome Jerry! I mainly use vinyl for masks, but lately i have been lazy about painting and been using vinyl for my cars instead. As soon as i take the pix, ill post. For now, Here are some of the stuff i have done using vinyl masks on my cars.... http://www.cfxpaintworks.com/images/Gallery_Pictures/Car%20Pictures/hotwheelsmodena.jpg[/img] Anyway, if you have any questions...just PM me.

Happy belated Bday Jenny! XXOOO for now...

My hobby is racing Radio Controlled cars and i normally airbrush everything i can get my hands into, including the chargers to charge the batteries for the cars. This time, i wanted to do something different and since i was doing a product review...i decided to do a wrap for one one my new chargers. I originally thought...Hmm...maybe ill put flames on this like my Victor Charger.(wish i still had a pic of it somewhere) but it dawned on me...why not make more use of the Craft Robo cutter and make a "Wrap" for it? So i go over to OOC's headquarters to the R&D Department where John Corseault was testing airflow with his custom built air tunnel. Yes, it actually works to test airflow for his scoops for these little race cars! Anyway, with his help i got started with my little project. I first had to make measurements of all the openings of the charger..and i mean ALL! So i take pix of the charger in ALL angles. I then upload the pictures to Adobe Illustrator and trace all the shapes out with the shape tools for all the regular polygons; rectangles for the display and switches, the plug wires, and the circle tool for all the LED lights as well as all the screw holes and buttons. For the overall shape and the side vents, i used the Pentool to make sure it was accurate. I had to separate the cut file into panels to make the wrap a lot easier to apply.( See Fig.1) Once i was done with the design, I went ahead and used the cutfile in Illustrator as my guide/template to design the look of the charger. Obviously, i went with the CFXPAINTWORKS.COM look for my charger. I also wanted to personalize it more by adding my name and CFX website address. Once i was happy with it..it was ready to be made.(See Fig.2( As you can see, its a pretty simple concept. John then tested the layout by doing a test cut using a ballpoint pen instead of a blade on regular printer paper. What Separates the Craft Robo from the other cutters in it's class is the use of Registration marks. These marks help align your masking materials so you can either do multi-color vinyl or in my case, a graphic plus a clear laminate to protect the artwork. To print the printable vinyl offered with the CFX/OOC Craft Robo kit, all i needed was a regular desktop printer or "inkjet printer".. You want the best quality image for this issue. We printed the Artwork then applied the clear laminate to protect the print work. Now, for the Craft Robo. We inserted the artwork with the clear laminate in the Craft Robo. Because the Craft Robo reads off the registration marks, it was no problem for the Craft Robo to cut all the shapes out accurately and all in the right places. With all the weeding of the shapes done, it was time to apply the designs. Just like putting on stickers or decals for an RC car, this was easily as simple. Now, with a new look, my new Lipo Charger looks KILLER! If you feel the Craft Robo is not worth the investment because it is only used for RC masks, think again. There are several more uses with the Craft Robo, i do believe it is worth every Penny. John even says he uses it to cut .20 lexan so he can make stencils out of them. Now that alone is way cooler then just using it as a vinyl cutter. I will let the results speak for themselves. http://www.cfxpaintworks.com/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/10002/endresult.jpg[/img] II wanted to thank John from OOC for showing how to make more use to the Craft Robo. remember, We here at CFXPAINTWORKS.COM gets a special EXCLUSIVE discount to all CFX members. http://www.cfxpaintworks.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1206Take advantage of this. If you were thinking about getting one...stop thinking and grab one while the price is still good. Ya never know how long the special will run. Thanx for reading guys...happy painting!