Is this to be expected?

[gnatt66]

I ordered some 8" circle sign blanks for a job and got them late Friday. About half of them had bad areas like this...is this "normal"?

material is 1/8" dibond.

 

[astro8]

No, return them. No way I'd accept that.

 

[tanneji]

not normal!!! someone just doesn't know how to use their router correctly!!

 

[Marlene]

no, don't accept that. it also looks like the edes are wavy and not smooth, that too is bad

 

[gnatt66]

i made these work for now...

is there a merchant member in the New England area that can do stuff like this?

Marlene help! lol

 

[Marlene]

www.bettersigns.com makes blanks of all kinds from a lot of different materials and they are in NH

 

[gnatt66]

www.bettersigns.com makes blanks of all kinds from a lot of different materials and they are in NH

um.................

all i can say is i'm not gonna elaborate on their point of origin in a thread. i'm too new to piss suppliers off. heh.

 

[Just Another Sign Guy]

someone is using the wrong bit, the wrong spindle speed, wrong feedrate, not holding work down properly or a combination of any/or all of the mentioned causes...no good.

 

[Gino]

I think what Dan is saying is...... someone doesn't understand their job or their job description very well.


You could get a beaver to chew it better than that.

 

[Typestries]

We're 2 days to New England via UPS ground if you need help in the future.

 

[Mason]

AH.... that sucks

 

[astro8]

It actually looks like whoever ran the router forgot to turn on the vac holdown and it shifted. 3mm Dibond is among the easiest smoothest cutting stuff you'll get to do, it should be perfect.

 

[Mike Paul]

I could do a better job with a chainsaw.

 

[Mason]

I could do a better job with a chainsaw.

I have..

 

[Poconopete]

Have you called that vendor yet? Most would take care of the problem.

 

[Techman]

The product shifted when they went around the other side and climb milled...

 

[gnatt66]

Have you called that vendor yet? Most would take care of the problem.

there were other issues with the transaction. maybe it's already time to move on...

 

[Marlene]

get your money back or make them replace them as that vendor sells itself as being the place to go for blanks and since that is all the do, you would think they would be pretty good at it!

 

[paul luszcz]

At the risk of being a spoil sport, have you checked your file? If this is in the same place on numerous parts, it's possible that there is an extra point in the file, magnified by the diameter of the router bit, that's causing that problem. I've had it happen with a very good supplier.

 

[gnatt66]

At the risk of being a spoil sport, have you checked your file? If this is in the same place on numerous parts, it's possible that there is an extra point in the file, magnified by the diameter of the router bit, that's causing that problem. I've had it happen with a very good supplier.

um...it was a circle.