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We haven't had any PM issues with the new build, but we are running Windows 10. As for tiling a contour cut, as mentioned above I have always paneled manually in flexi before sending. Let us know if you figure it out!

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We have a royal sovereign banner welder, the original design rbw-1500 and I have NOT been impressed with it. Supposedly they fixed some issues with the newer model. We would like to upgrade to a leister or miller but have been seeing lower volume lately and we outsource anything grand format...

Either full template or spacer jig like moze said, one this to remember is to always check what you are measuring from. Ceiling to floor spacing can be pretty inconsistent even in new construction. Another little tip is to use a laser transit or laser line on a tripod if you have room. Mark your...

Roosmosh is right, simple calc says that the plate weighs 42 lbs without any material removed, I would be more concerned about wind loading and the spacing of anchors then the weight of the sign.

Welcome, I have already enjoyed a couple of your posts and look forward to learning from your experience.

I have run into this on occasion with files. Usually the fix has been to close flexi and reopen again and then it will work. One thing I have found is that it is usually when combining raster and vector elements on a single proof. My default mode for sending proofs has become this: 1. Draw a...

Thanks for the tip! I thought that they were "for dry outdoor areas" but it appears as though they are actually weatherproof, good find. Now if we can find a wholesaler that can compete with pricing that would be great! I actually looked into making some of my own from stock extrusions.

We have an accucutter 080 cornermate, a bit spendy but works great for aluminum plastic and acm/acp. We have a couple different radius dies and a slot die for real estate signs.

Completely agree if that is the case for your shop. But for many shops, including mine, the overhead of equipment for building channel letters in house (efficiently) would put me way below the margin I have on outsourcing them. This of course is dependent on volume. Any shop selling channel...

Then you take care of it, and expect your vendor to work with you just like anything else. If you work with people you trust you have less problems and the problems you do run into are easy to solve. If a supplier starts to cheap out and use no name components or cuts corners with quality they...

That brings up another point, what wholesale channel letter manufacturers do you use and what has your experience been like? I am always looking for new/alternatives for supply.

I have run into this as well, but for the most part these are the customers that go with the cheapest option they can find. Some of the larger area shops are selling channel letters way too cheap in my opinion. The customers that are not as focused on getting the cheapest possible option tend to...

From Direct Sign Wholesale, we have used them quite a bit and they are reasonable, fast, and good to work with.

Showdown displays maybe https://www.showdowndisplays.com/

For a simple option why not a channel letter box? Attached is one we did a few weeks ago, subbed out to direct sign wholesale. Easy cheap and the customer is thrilled with it. Unless the customer wants to spend more, then I would look at push through style as others mentioned.

I would be interested in any examples as well. I doubt there are any sign examples out there as it is more likely used for mock ups of print items like product packaging. It would really be hard to justify spending the time to make a sign mock up (or at least get paid to). Coming from an...

https://mutoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/VJ1624-QuickReferenceManual.pdf Page 3-47 says this, I am guessing you will have to adjust on the printer and should be good to go.

Keep everything in the building as flexible as possible, you will likely do major rearranging every couple years. As others mentioned infeed and outfeed areas are very important. That is plenty of space for the equipment you are running but it does fill up fast. Just keep everything as organized...

Might be a good application for a direct color systems printer, depends on the look you are going for. Is that a picture of an actual sign? It almost looks like a mockup to me. Not sure how you would cut out acrylic and have the details be durable enough (the arrows and exit words) to hold up...