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Bolt a weight plate to the foot pedal. Makes things easier. Also, for those of you who want to cut lengthwise, a lot of old schooler sheet metal and HVAC guys use this thing that glides along the table edge, almost exactly like a rotary trimmer. There's a shop in my town where they use one of...

Hour and half max... I mean... MAX! Here's the thing though, you have to be set-up for speed to knock them out. AND the banner guy has to know his job, and understand order of operations to make moves the most efficiently as possible. OK, picture this: If the banners are printed, all he has to...

I used to just print the two banners on the same side end to end. Then fold it in half and send it off to get sewn together. I got tired of the head strikes myself, and it seems that even waiting a day to let the banner cure still didn't alleviate the tunneling that occurred when the ink softens...

I find it amusing at how serious people take the graphics and sign field. It's glorified arts and crafts. It's not hard... that is if you already have the aptitude to even be in this field. What you do is give them a skills test when they walk through the door and ask for employment. A piece of...

That's an easy solution... and it feels pretty good to be smug about it. What you do is purposely pixelize the hell out of the stolen web graphics and say, sorry... it's on the web, it's not the right kind of format to enlarge for crisp wide format printing. The other solution is to say, sorry...

Doesn't Graphtec actually have a line of plotter that's made in the exact same factory as one of those models sold at USCutter?

Finally opened my crate for my T-Jet/BannerJet. (The new workshop build out is almost complete) Had to check out the print head, first and foremost... a shiny new Epson DX7! I'll be detailing my progress, and my thoughts on this machine. I ordered it directly from the manufacturer I found on...

I prefer the 36" and 24" sizes as well, due to cutting down of wasted material. So what I do is I buy 60" logs and have my supplier cut them down for me. There are just so many little jobs that I do that never end up on the larger pieces in huge multiple quantities. They almost always follow...

My bad, it was supposed to say Bulldog & Plasticizer. Need both to stick to flexible plastics including PVC. (Repainted lots of motorcycle plastic panels) But you could paint vinyl with Kryon, the old formula back in the day.

If you follow that link I showed, they actually do that. Pretty sure they add quite a bit of Bulldog Plasticizer to the paint before spraying the vinyl.

http://www.alsacorp.com/ If they don't have it, it can't be done. (yet) Oh, look... they'll even paint vinyl for you. http://alsacorp.com/strechchrome/alsa_paint_film/alsa_paint_film.html

I have a very different opinion on this, after having a couple of tables over the years, and knowing what's out there, and what I would use the table for. I'd say get the Baileigh because they back their machines. But if you can tinker, the ShopBot is the way to only because of the huge amounts...

You mean like Frank Fellers? It's already been done. It's his signature look. And even if you end up in your van down by the river at night and street faires and festivals on the weekends, doesn't mean that you can't have a cohesive, brandable and professional look to help you look a little...

I always take my own photos of the food they serve. If it's raw ingredients, I already have plenty of stock of that, or I purchase what I need. But mostly love food photography. Tripod, remote and good lighting is all you need. Plus if you aren't doing frankenfotos of food, where you have to...

I feel if you do it right they are every bit as good as a characterization, mascot or doodle as part of your logo. They do convey more serious, business like approach however. They aren't for every industry. But you wouldn't go to your proctologist who had his face as part of his logo. You'd...

Aspire is more for the 3D carver / artist who wants to create, morph and build. VCarvePro is more for assigning tool paths to vector images, and simple 3D milling. I feel it's a good for a sign shop.

Maybe his boss is trying to say something? (His time is worth less than an inmate's using high tech, advanced machinery?)

HAHAHAHAAA! :ROFLMAO: Sucks to be you! I don't think that's what they meant when they said aluminum is highly recyclable. Think about it for a moment... they were designed from the very get-go to withstand weather, harsh chemicals, road salts, tornados, hurricanes, sleet, ice storms.

That's bull... Vectric can input actual .eps files (so I can still design in Illustrator) And outputs g-code for hundreds of machines proprietary file recognition output extensions. And yes, even generic G-Code for import machines. It's a full fledge CAM software. In fact, the cheapest way to...

This was my point... yes you can study and hone your knowledge about a particular subject. But I think it boils down to intrinsic skills, and lobe/hemisphere development. Dan, you are already naturally gifted at "seeing" what's there and what isn't. You already had the blade so to speak. Your...