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nice dragon! good weeding practice

Sorry guys! It's been a long day.

One week from today I will be picking up my new Graphtec CE6000-60 I haven't been this excited in a long time guys!!! Been researching like crazy and I have a pretty good idea of which products to purchase while I am there so I will be ready to get started. I will be focusing on some wall art for my wife as I learn but hope to get into signs, banners, reg #'s, vehicle advertising, and storefront vinyl. Hoping you guys might take some time in the next week to toss some advice my way in regards to start up products and brands. Novice here so go easy. Thanks My List: Cutter Software Oracal Vinyl App tape Squeegees Weeding tools Ruler/Straight edge Cutting mat Marking pencils Coraplast Banners .....

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="mabscotthandyman" data-cid="354867" data-time="1397961786"><p> Your statement started out a friend of a friend.....sorry but friends, kin and even neighbors and business is not a good match most friends and family take what ever service you provide for granted and usally does not value your time. Anything I do for family I do not even try to charge because most likely whatever you charge will be to much to them.</p></blockquote> So true handyman. I am currently working on my first job which is for a friend who just started a concrete business. Two trucks with 32"x22" vinyl on each door and four 2"x18" DOT #'s. I'm not asking for any money. Only asking him to spread the word if he likes my work. It's good practice for me and hey he does concrete and future trade outs are better than cash IMO.

I would also replace it. Send detailed installation instructions and a reminder of your policies. Be polite and move on. Negative attention could far out weigh the replacement costs.

Lucky kid has the invisible Mario Cart! He's going to win the cup for sure

Working with mr300s. Thanks

have no unmask or uncompound

Looking for something simple and ready to cut. I have tried to trace a few with poor results. The designs are too busy and end up blotchy. Thanks

Thanks but it is solid black when I open it in Graphtec Studio. It shows normal detail in the preview folder but all black when opened. I have had this issue with a few others as well. What causes it? Is there a remedy?

apron looks good GC! I get the " treat her good up front " and gain the return business down the road thing but don't sell yourself too short, too often. I trust you know what you are doing but the aprons are worth more. Glad you're seeing some action though!

Thanks!

I am working on my first vinyl job for a concrete mason. I know the LLC should be in caps but shouldn't there be a comma and space before it? I say yes but some disagree. Also is it alright to have it quite a bit smaller than the business name?

DONE.........Thank you!

I am new to the vinyl world so I probably won't be much help. What I can tell you is that the guys/gals who can help you are going to need more information. Right now all we have is the window width and you need help with something. It looks like a nice clean slate to work with. Good luck!

Anyone willing to share some cute puppies? I have searched this forum and the share sites (dafont etc). I grabbed a few but just thought I'd see what you all might have. It's my nieces 3rd birthday tomorrow and she has pink and purple walls in her bedroom. I have white and black in 631 to work with. Thanks

Ok bust me up if you want but I have been trying to do this for days now! I am using graphtec studio and snell roundhand text. I can not figure out how to edit the text so the cutter does't cut into the letters where they overlap. I have tried zooming in and erasing the lines, editing points, manually separating the letters etc with zero luck. I'm sure it is something simple but....... Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks I got it now. I was selecting the area I wanted to edit and then clicking weld which of course didn't have much effect. Then I began to delete points which worked on the first letter and quickly went down hill. But I do have it now. Thanks for the lesson Mz SKEETER!!

My wife wants me to make one of these for her. Can someone tell me what font this is? Thanks

AHHH yes......weld and then delete points! I'm making progress.......we'll see if I can complete it..... Thanks .....................NOPE not getting it

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Thanks mb20! I wish I had that one when I did the work but I grabbed it for future use. This is what we ended up with. The only wall we had to work with has suffered the wrath of crayons and nail polish Not perfect but the girls had fun with the placement. My niece just loves her new "poopies"

Thank you

I usually visit the site on my lunch hour...........oh well I spent the 30 minutes looking for vectors ........time to head over to the sharing thread........

I put myself through a little weed camp the other day. Forcing myself to cut and weed graphics with a lot of detail for practice. Trying to work on techniques and experimenting with various tools. I'm liking the pointed tweezers for most weeding. Did three of these 6"x14" eagles. The banner has some 1/4" and 1/8" fine font which was great fun......