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Our shop was 50/50 til my better half became disabled. He helps where he can, but I do everything that requires two hands and all computer work. He can paint and gold leaf and helps where he can. He's a wonderful cartoonist, and if I can get him interested, I would love to present a line of his...

We haven't lowered our prices due to the economy-but I totally agree with OP-we get so much less for work than we were getting in the '80s, yet are paying tons more for materials, supplies, rent and utilities etc. Having said that, we don't lower our prices, we just offer a less expensive...

I had just lost 3 sign painting jobs in a row, figured I was one of those people who just could not work for anyone else. My husband was a musician working at a cruddy optical job...so when our landlord told us he and his partners were starting a huge real estate/land operation and needed...

How bout something a little different? http://www.belson.com/ubase.htm Use an aluminum tube in the base. C

Graphtec makes a 15" plotter (CE5000/Craft Robo pro) that sells for under $1000. It will only cut vinyl, not print, but if you want to start simple and work your way up, it's a great way to go. You can do your wall words, banners etc without getting into all the design/color/printing issues that...

the best way to learn the business is to work in the business. Find a good all-service shop that will take you on and teach you about the day to day aspects of a sign shop. You can use the knowledge you have gained in whatever graphics or business courses you've taken to augment the real nuts...

I was wondering the same thing myself and figured I'll just hand cut the larger graphics-when I get a job that requires a lot of small type, I'll bite the bullet and pay for the red holder. BTW:as an official English major, I had to say: it's gall as in gall bladder. Theoretically, being upset...

Ahhhhh....so you're the one! I used to do the lumber display panels for Weyerhauser's wood products for Loews and HD. Back in the bad old days before digital printing. C

Try snapping or drawing your bottom layout line with a Stabilo pencil on the vehicle. Also, draw a bottom line on your mask-mark your centering and left and right, peel manageable sections of lettering off the backing, spray it and the vehicle with whatever liquid you prefer, and lay the type...

Depends on the sales tax requirements for your area. In Maryland, service is not taxed, product is. If there's any extra on a payment (NEVER happens with us), we would call it service, not taxed but declared as income. If service and product are taxed, you'd have to figure the percentage on the...

I tend to just ignore posts I can't read. Who has the time? That being said, my other job is teaching English to speakers of other languages. I have students who have been in the country for less than a year who write better than most of my native English speaking students. A slip of the...

Thanks all: I do have a lot of fonts, just don't have some of my Gerber faves: Helvetica, Friz, etc. I'd like to have them. We got by with 20 fonts in our 4b days for 20 years-just hand drew what we needed if we didn't have it. I'll check em out tomorrow when I'm more awake. Carol

After the thrilling Gerber 4B discussion, it occured to me that I don't have many of the fonts that I grew to love with my Gerber. So, do folks buy one at a time as needed, or as collections of fonts? I don't need EVERY iteration of Helvetica....and I've seen that I can buy them individually...

Hi Mike: I'm clueless and just found this message....We had a shop for 15 or so years in Catonsville on Frederick road...we'll have to play "do you know"... I used to work for Design Plus in Linthicum, Imagery in Columbia, April Day Studios Ellicott City..... if that helps. Carol

Buy the Mark Rugen book-Flexi, The Power is in Your Hands- He sells it on EBay and it's a good $80.00 investment. Most of your questions will be answered and you'll save a lot of time. You can teach yourself how to use it with your projects- Carol

found these on the Internet in about 3 seconds of searching: http://www.graphicsignsupplies.com/misc_hinge.asp I've used them before, but can't remember who I got them from... Carol