sprint99

Live and work in Hartford myself. Where does your sis work?

Nice work and welcome from a fellow Wisconsinite! Greetings from Hartford.

Greetings from Wisconsin and Welcome to your new hobby! You're wife will appreciate it as much as mine does. And yes, you'll soon be cutting stuff for her.

Hello from Wisconsin!

Nice stuff. Good work!

Welcome sprinter#5 from sprint99! Yup, another sprint car guy here.

The printed style graphics are getting very popular. Most companies producing them are using a thicker material which stands up to the abuse better. An example:

I replace anything that gets scraped, marked by contact, or cut by virtue of contact. I'm a little drastic on keeping things looking good- and probably only one of a few that dare to run white bodywork. We probably go through two to three sets a year. My son, who races in a division of 5-7 year olds will probably go through a few this year as well. When we run national races, sometimes I have to run a different number, so that means even another set of numbers. When we raced at Daytona my number was 103. So off came the 9's and we had to scrounge up someplace/somebody for four 1's, 0's and 3's.

I'll probably start off with basic stuff at first and then progress as I learn the software and cutter more. Race wise- we run a few local series up here in Wisconsin and do a little traveling Nationaly- we just ran at Daytona (yup, that Daytona ) in December. I had meetings lastnight, so tonight will be the first big night getting to sit down and start learning. Very excited! A pic from last year: The number "9"'s are layered red with silver outline and are our primary number for all our karts. So the cutter will be doing a bunch of those. lol Thanks to all for the warm welcome.

After a year of research, lurking, comparing, saving, learning, asking, and waiting for the right moment- I finally took the leap and purchased my first cutter. I am the proud owner of a Pcut w/ of course the SignBlazer software. Took my first night of ownership to setup the equipment, read included papers, and to get familiar with the cutter and software. I will get started on reading the guide on the cd tommorow and then begin to really try this thing out. I however, did a "test run" tonight to check everything out and see if my blade install abilities were up to par- and all worked and cut well. I now have my first vinyl cut item, a 3" black circle. I'll appreciate all the fine knowledge I've already read on this forum. There are plenty of mature professional people on here to make one feel welcome and to gain knowledge on this exciting trade, and hobby for some. Let me quickly tell You that my reasoning to purchase this machine is for personal use, primarily to do lettering, logos and various graphics for our kart racing endeavours- however I will take all your input and valued professional skills into account while I learn this. Thanks for the great forum of both USCutter workers, the moderators and the vast amount of members whom make this a place to teach, learn, and share. I won't let You down. A big hello and smile from S.E. Wisconsin. Jeff