bradsc1954

Nice Job, Hope the ducks fell out of the sky saying take me take me. Brad

That's my son, the sign is for his grandfather

I'm somewhat mew to this still. What is knifeless tape and where do you get it? Thanks

Did you look on Brands of the World website?

Thanks guys, I need to do 1.5 foot by 3 foot banner.

I am thinking about hemming a banner with hem tape. This is the first time I am doing it. How much should I leave to hem? Thanks Brad

I found this on craigslist and was curious. Vinyl cutter ROLAND!!!! Giving away basically - $800 (seacoast, nh) I have a nice CX300 Roland 36" vinyl cutter. Have tons of vinyl to go with it , extra tips, basically everything I bought with it. I will even through my computer in which has Flexi 8.1 program in it. $3000.00 program. Don't use it anymore. Works great no issues. Will trade for kids dirt bike, go cart, etc. try me i'm open to all trades. other than that $800.00 firm. Have probably 500.00 in just vinyl! Thoughts please Brad

What is a USB Dongle?

This is my first time doing a magnet job. So I'm curious what others would charge. Here is what I have 14x33 magnet, two color using Oracal 651 black and Oracal 751Middle Blue . Using the 751 for color matching purposes. Figuring an hour to an hour 15 min do everything. need to do 2 magnets for car doors. Looking for some thoughts. Thanks Brad

I use a halogen light on the floor under an old storm window as my light table

Nice

I have a design that was create in Adobe Illustrator. One line of text I warpped. When I send the document to the cutter that text that is warped in Illustrator is straight when sent to cut master. Any suggestions on how make the warp so it doesn't get effected when being sent to the plotter? Brad

I did this truck for a co-worker. First time I have stacked 3 colors. Did the stacking on my homemade light table with help from my wife.

I never thought about the dealership's sticker. Figured he paid me to put his logo and info on the truck. Not strip other items off.

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Hi Everyone, I am trying to take text that I have warped in CS6 and cut it with my Graphtec plotter. Whenever I send it to cutting master the preview shows the test on a straight line and not warped. Can some please tell me what I am doing wrong.

Don't remember if he heated it. I doubt it though.

My father put vinyl on a couple of his Perception kayaks with out any issues.

Slice I appreciate you starting the thread. One of the biggest issues I am having currently is quoting jobs.

You guys are giving me hope. I helped out a friends shop on and off till he closed the doors this year. I decided I still wanted to do my own stuff so got my Graphtec. Things are slowly picking up. Hopefully some day I can take the leap of faith and walk away from working for some else and go out on my own. Thanks to all who come on here and share advice with us newbies. Brad

I have a roll of black 651. It isn't cutting or weeding easily. Plus when I do try to weed it. The vinyl is stiff and sounds like aluminum foil as you take it up. I am not sure how old the roll as it was given to me. Is this a sign that it is to old to use? Thanks Brad

Thanks for the responses guys. I am leaning towards the roll being bad. I tried re-cutting with higher blade pressure and the results weren't much different. So I am going to pitch the roll. At least it didn't cost me anything other than time and a little frustration. And a lesson learned. Brad

Wouldn't be hard to take into photoshop or illustrator and make a path to copy it. Brad

I am in the process of working on a quote for lettering a box van. I am curious how much people mark up materials. I don't want to see myself short. Thanks Brad

Thanks...it helps.