Vermonster

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  1. Posted

    hmmm...interesting.  Yah the material looks like it started cracking and splitting (much like screen printing after a year or so).  I've never had any issues with Fibron and this was the first time I tried this specific material.  Let down all the way around.  Again, black pressed the same way - zero issues which has me leading to something with the material itself but I guess I won't know because US Cutter doesn't want to fix the issue...so I guess I'll just move on and will stop ordering it from them and I'll replace what I have with Fibron


    Thanks all...

  3. Posted

    well, that was a dead end.  They offered me $15 credit... which is more of an insult honestly

     

    Despite the fact that I have about 10-11 shirts I have to redo (more if the other colors I have done have started this too), and pay for (if I exclude my own that are doing this)

     

    Guess I'll go back to Fibron & Fellers... 

     

    Pretty disappointed in the product and US Cutter at the moment...

  4. Posted

    I have been using a roll of Siser Easy Weed HTV (White) and I'm seeing it cracking on shirts after about 2 months.  The black I got doesn't seem to be doing it, just the white.  I've checked my heat press and temps vary 1-3 degrees but not sure that would cause it to crack after a couple washes (my own personal shirts I know were washed with the recommendations from siser easy weed).

     

    I'm on hold for US Cutter now, but wasn't sure if anyone else had experienced this?  I've used Fibron (Fellers) for the past 8 yrs - in fact, I have the first shirt I ever did from them and it still looks fantastic - I'm a little bothered since I'm having customers come back to me

     

    Thoughts?

  5. Posted

    I realize this is an old thread, and apologize. I was trying to find out if Ow Jones did the test and if so, does anyone have a link to it? I searched but cannot find it (on my phone for a couple hours). Thd

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    sometimes the answer isn't so much forcing your software to do what you want it to do...but teach yourself to do things different.  Sometimes you can't just throw pictures at software and expect it to spit out a finished product. Sometimes you have to fix what you're feeding your software to get a better finished product.  Nobody's software is going to magically pick this image up with the poor resolution it is, and just flip out a good trace or a better one than you can pull.  It's going to require someone to do some manual effort so let it begin with you so you can learn how to do this and get some practice...


    For this, it's a pretty easy process.

    1. blow up the image n the screen (if you have an old glass monitor)
        OR...If you don't, print it out enlarged and you'll need to set up a quick trace table (which you should have if you don't already).  Can be simple (Light under glass coffee table)

    2.  Lay a piece of paper over it and trace it with a medium to small tipped sharpie

    3.  Then you can either take a picture of your sharpied finished product and vector that with your software or scan it in as a vector (if you have the scanner/software to do that)

    Then feed that into your software and let us know what you get.


    </teaching to fish>

  13. Posted

    I have the CE6000-40.  I do pretty well with the 15" machine.  I'd always had 24" or bigger so this is the smallest machine I've ever owned (it's also the most solid followed shortly by my old Roland).  Having said all that, you cannot be a Graphtec.  If you have the money though, I would go bigger.  It's better to have it and not need it than to not have it and need it. 

    40 is a desktop model so no stand. it comes with little 'table top rollers' that kinda hook under the machine. They're "ok" but nothing beats a stand...

     

    You can use scraps on this one.  no issues there

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    You would think.  They are some big panels (7 @ 60" tall x 170" or so long as I understand it) so It's under 2 hours from me. Maybe I'll just toss a price in the ring (one making it well worth my time) and see what happens. It's one of those deals where you start at 9:30 but have to be out before they open....


    Not really sure where to begin on an install price but I'm trying to figure it out... any suggestions?  :)  

  22. Posted

    I'm not much into going into NY, and my plotter isn't large enough but I have a customer that reached out to me for a job involving 7 graphics at 172" x 60".  They need the job installed after 9:30pm and until completed (before the morning when they open for business).
     

    This is a job for a pretty large/prominent business in the area - so please only message me if you're equipped to handle something like this.  Please reach out ASAP.


    Please PM Me.  Since my name is sort of attached, in the form of a recommendation, please ensure you've got the equipment and installation know how before reaching out.


    Thanks

     

  24. Posted

    Before I went and created my own vector, I figured I'd check the group to see if anyone had anything related to flyboarding. It's where you stand on a water propelled platform and water jets lift you up in the lake or ocean.

    Thanks

    So...the answer then, is a resounding no I suppose. I'll just create one...thx