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So if I make a sale on my website to a resident of CA or SD or wherever, and ship it to them without charging and paying tax to the destination state, who is going to enforce that on my business? I'm not in their state, my commerce was interstate by definition. My business isn't subject to...

I hate the "did you get my email?" phone calls and follow-up emails. Did it bounce back to you? If not, then I got it. There's 2 of us in the whole shop, and my clients are aware of this. But people have such a lack of patience now and expect replies as timely as amazon. I'll get back to...

Hi Everyone, I'm trying to see if there would be any interest in a Trello plugin that I'm currently developing for our shop. If so I might release it if it seems worth it. The plugin connects Trello to your QuickBooks Online account and allows you to associate customers to cards and assign...

I have two clients who own different pizza places in neighboring towns that somehow both use this font. So I do believe it's a font. But, it ended up tracing just fine so I guess it doesn't really matter.

Hi Guys, I'm having a hard time identifying this font. Font Squirrel's Matcherator, What The Font?!, and Identifont have been no help with this one. Thanks in advance.

So, I ended up ordering a couple of bits from Onsrud based on GB2 's recommendation, and I finally got a proper spindle wired into my machine, so I'm about to do some test cuts and see what results I get. Before I do, I was wondering if anyone here might have any good idea about what a sane...

Cory Marcin: I don't think so, my machine doesn't compensate for deflection AFAIK.

If the money for road projects didn't come from taxes, where the hell else would it have come from? Shouldn't we be assuming all roadwork projects are taxpayer funded? I would think if any were private donor funded then *they* would want some signs up for the benefits of philanthropy, wouldn't...

I'm $8 /sqft for banners. If I'm going to bother doing them, I'm going to make it worth my time. I have bills to pay and kids to feed. Plus it keeps them from ordering banners instead just because they're so much cheaper for times when more permanent signage is appropriath. Ninja edit: I'd...

Thanks for the info guys! tbullo: the bit I was using was a carbide 2 flute straight bit, 1/8th". Thanks for the flame idea, I will try that on the next one. I was thinking I could do a rough pass with a 1/4" bit and then a second pass with the 1/8" bit to get into the tighter corners. Do...

Hi GB2, Thanks for the info on the bits, I was just using a straight bit, I didn't realize there was a whole other bit for bottom surfacing, though that makes sense now. If you are referring to the last photo there, as I mentioned in my post, I did that manually with a drill and a cylindrical...

Hi Everyone, I've got a small DIY CNC router that I am fairly new to using. So far I've been cutting Pine boards on it with great results. For what its worth, I'm using Cam-Bam software to create my G-code, and my machine runs with Mach3. I'm getting comfortable with the software and I like...

I like this one a lot neato, especially the top crown moulding (is that the right term?) detail. I'm assuming the material your using here is signfoam? Can you describe a little bit about your paint issues and how you solved them? I'm just getting into carved signs in-house at my shop and I...

It's cheap now, clients always want the cheapezt shit. And then they'll expect it to last an eternity too.

I use and like Arlon 6000XRP with their 3220 laminate. Very easy to work with and conformable.

Holy heck, this looks like the product that I've been wishing for for a while now! Thanks for posting this! It seems to address several problems that I've been trying to overcome (mostly quoting and work order generation). And it's reasonably priced for a little shop like mine to get into I...

My understanding of the common percentages is the same as yours. Here's the way I learned to calculate Net Profit Margin (NPM) and Gross Profit (GPM): The most important thing in these formulas is the distinction between Revenue (any and all income) vs Sales (a subset of the former), and...

I'm going to use this from now on. I got one earlier this year: "I have 6 vans, I just want to put this on the one and see how it holds up before doing the rest". Ok, I told him I'd give him a bulk deal when he does the others, but not in the first one. New client that took a month of...

Thanks for the info! I've never used VirtualBox before as I am still a linux newb, I'm going to try this out, though I think I've heard of it before, I'm going to try it out. I had my POS Dell win10 machine freeze on me and scrap a bunch of vinyl mid-print again this week and I've had about...

I have a story like that: I had one *sshole come into my shop, and my screen printer came down the stairs to greet him and find out what he needs (printed shirts), and he says to her, rudely, "is there someone else here who can help me?" She let me know someone needed help, and he was a pr*ck...