jskwarek

How long is your cable? I wasn’t successful able to run even an active cable over 10’ even fully grounded. Anything over 12’ was intermittent at best.

I recently switched from a Mac to a PC with Windows 10. Is the LaserPoint II supported on Windows 10? When I plug the USB cable into the machine, it recognizes the printer then immediately drops it, again. It goes through this process over and over again. It never stays long enough for me to troubleshoot the issue. TIA, JS

I've got a few 48" rolls of vinyl that I'd like to cut into 2 x 24" rolls. Is there an easy way to split a roll without completely tearing up the vinyl? Or, am I better off pulling off what I want to use and cutting it off the roll? TIA, Jason

I was given an AI file that when I import into SCALP it comes across but it's all blank. I can only see the item outlines if I click on it to select it. I have tried to add fill color as well as stroke color but it doesn't fill or show, still. Any thoughts to what I'm doing incorrectly? Attached is the AI file. 86txtroop.ai

I'm using Illustrator 6 as I don't use it much so I didn't buy it with my cloud service. I've tried exporting as PDF and even then it comes across the same way. It's very strange.

Thank you DCBevins. That's got me closer. The lines now show up but when I do a color fill, still not allowing me to fill. Guess that's not a huge deal as I can at least see the lines to cut and know the colors of vinyl. Thanks again for the help. I've been working with the Texas Department of Public Safety to get permission to run their logo on my restored Texas Highway Patrol Mustang. Now that I've gotten permission, I can recreate the graphic. Jason

I've got a request for some TACOMA bumper insert letters. Before I drive to a dealership and get yelled at for tracing their letters, has anyone created this graphic, yet? Wouldn't mind trading graphics or throwing a few bucks someones way for saving me some time. TIA, Jason

Thanks Darcshadow. Just found the post, digging around in the forums. Appreciate the feedback.

Wasn't sure if I should put this post in the hardware forum or software but figured I'd start here as I think it might be settings on the software. I have an LPII and use SCALP to send my files to cut. I've noticed since day one that if I send a cut, say a circle that the circle does not get cut completely. There's always a little "tag" where the cut wasn't complete causing weeding to be a nightmare. I recently did a large job that was a lot of letters and it was a nightmare to weed because the letters were small and these little "tags" were causing me to lift the letters while weeding. Is there a setting in the SCALP software that I can look at to try and attempt to resolve this issue? Thanks in advance, for any advice. Jason

That's what I was looking for. I'll take a look as soon as I'm back in front of my machine. I think I saw that setting. I tried messing with Offset and just made things worse. HA! Thank you! JS

Don't suppose anyone's got a vector file for vinyl to cover the factory FORD letters in the grille... Picked up a '14 Raptor yesterday and the vinyl that's on there is in horrible condition. Would like to replace them. TIA, JS

If all else fails, that's exactly what I'll do. Very basic design. As popular as this vinyl seems to be, thought someone would already have the file readily available. Just being lazy in a Saturday morning. HA!

Yea but there's a slight curve to the letters that's throwing off my proportions. I should have measured the vinyl before I stripped them

Thanks! Here's what I'm looking for. Then need to start working on a nice tattered flag for bed side graphics.

To all, not near my software at the moment and would like to see if anyone would be gracious enough to help me curve some text, quickly. The attached SVG file is a circle with "Another Skwareks Creation" above it. What I need is someone to curve the text centered between the two circles with Skwareks centered at the top. I hate to push work off on you generous folks but my powder coater is awaiting this file and I won't be back in front of a machine with decent software for a few days. Thank you in advance for the help, Jason Skwareks Caps.svg

You know, that's why I sold the Boss. Was too afraid to rub bumpers in a $45K car I was still paying for. Stepped back down to one I could park if I blew up or wrecked. LOL

Oh, it will be out there eventually, just not right now. Have to get the Shelby buttoned up. You're right, the thrill of the twisties out lives the thrill of the 1320' at a time. I got addicted to the twisties when I had my Boss.

LOL, she is slow but she handles like a champ. This one isn't my track duty car, this is my daily. Here's the track duty car. She's on jack stands right now while I'm installing a rollbar. Hoping to have her in the 9's this season.

All done. Planning on doing a photoshoot, this weekend.

What software did you guys graduate to from SCALP? Frustrated with a cut that keeps pausing. Want to load software on laptop to confirm it's not the USB cable length. The last time I had this issue, that was the problem. Problem is I don't want to go through the process of de-registering, waiting for CraftsEdge to respond, registering on my laptop just to test. Always like trying out different software. With that said, give me a recommendation. THX, Jason

Here's a sneak peak. The center cap is all that's left. Cap will be same anthracite matte color with a very flaky blue metallic logo. Same color as the bolts.

I bow at your feet, darcshadow. Exactly what I needed. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to do this for me. Off to the PC guy it goes. Hopefully I can get the rims back, soon. Jason

Thank you Soren. I had been hunting for even something like above that I could trace. This will get me started and I can size from there. Jason

Sorry guys, I always seem to get the most random requests when I'm not near my vinyl computer. Can someone run this through Find My Font and help me identify, if you don't mind? JS

Good morning all, I'm not at my computer with Find my Font. Would someone be gracious enough to run this for me and see what fonts come up that are similar? Thank you in advance, JS