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How thick are the letters? Most wayfinding signs with raised letters call for 1/32" thick, which is why ADA applique material was created. Gemini Duets has tons of colors as well as clear, if they don't have a close enough colour, get the clear and paint it from the backside, then apply 3M 467...

Looks very similar to the Nexus System

I've always cut them from 0.25" thick acrylic. But I think some people use those plastic grids used in fluorescent light fixtures as a diffuser.

Summa has been kiss cutting vinyl for 30 years, they are very good at it. Their flatbed cutters are pretty good for an entry level machine, we've been happy with ours. A friend of mine had a brand new zund cutter and it makes ours look like a toy, but at the end of the day they both do the...

You can also purchase acrylic honeycomb instead of the metal, this will eliminate the issue.

As others have said, this is a photopolymer sign, and a very old one at that. I think you will find when you get pricing that ordering 1 photo polymer sign is extremely expensive, that is because they are very set up intensive, similar to screen printing. I would also give your customer...

This is what I don't understand, if you're having cash flow issues, tell me, I'm a business owner too, I get it. I would much rather a client tell me they can't pay in full and we can work out a payment plan vs. Dodging my calls/emails and wasting my time.

Yup, I had a client who owned an indian restaurant, this was his MO, i would install something and he would have me "take a look" at something else he wanted, and would say to just add it to the same invoice, this dragged out for about 9 months before I got paid finally.

Lol, I have a client who never pays until they need the next job done, could be 6 days or 6 months, but I know when the cheque shows up they will call in a few days with a new job.

Yup, you need to control your cash flow and plan on waiting 30-90 days to get paid if you want to do business with any larger companies. Larger companies are very good at delaying payment as much as possible, just part of the game. Usually they will wait until the invoice is past due and you...

This is not uncommon at all, but I would look at increasing your exhaust CFM if possible, ideally the smoke should be sucked out of the cabinet immediately and not have a chance to settle on the nozzle. We run with the air assist off when engraving rowmark on our trotec and epilog machines...

Quite often my vinyl will drift a bit during the first few feet, then settle and be consistently. 0.5" off of the laminate for the rest of the roll, a slitter would help cut the overhanging laminate off the roll, I've had the overhang cause issues in the past where it can actually tear the vinyl...

I've been trying to wrap my head around the same thing for our royal sovereign laminator, I'm sure I could 3D print something that would hold an olfa blade, but I don't have the 3D modeling skills.

At that size, we would laser engrave them from either rowmark plastic, or anodized aluminum, it would outlast a digital print and be significantly less labour intensive.

I rule of thumb I always follow, if a sign is large & heavy enough to hurt/kill someone if it were to fall down, never rely on tape or adhesives only! I made this mistake myself about 15 years ago, luckily for me it fell down at 2 am and no one was injured, but it could have killed a kid if the...

It happens less when the cutter has registration marks to read as it will align itself better, but if just doing cut vinyl yes it happens there too

You might be right, I must be thinking of plasma, those cuts look great!

I would think a laser would give you very sloppy edges, anytime I've had metal laser cut there is usually slag and scorch all 9ver the edges that need to be sanded or filed off

Yes this is another issue with a belt fed router, our summa does the same, when it advances the sheet, it never picks up exactly where it left off and will always leave a small nick or divit on the transition point, it would be super noticeable on a small parking sign for sure.

The decals don't usually fall out freely, they are cut all the way through and pop out with a very soft touch, but I think the paper fibers in the backer paper kind of interlock around the cut and hold them in place just enough to not fall out, but not well enough to carry the whole sheet to a...