I’ll be cutting in the morning :)

[Robert Lambie]

correction mate!

you WILL be cutting in the morning.. 😆

10 metres of 751 x 610 wide will be with you tommorrow morning.
(2 colours)

courtesy of UKsignboards.com 😉

im sure you will love your graphtec, we have been using & abusing ours for a couple of years now and never had a problem yet. 😛

[Paul Goodwin]

Good luck Dewi

Hope everything goes well for you.

[Bill Dewison]

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😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀

Blimey!!!!!! 😮 I thought Christmas had finished!! 😉

Gob-smacked, speechless (which makes a change for me) and generally bowled over! 😀 I really will have to get a carpet, if I keep falling off my chair like this I’m going to really hurt myself one of these days 😉

Massive thank you Robert! You’re a star! (angel)

Mort, thank you also for the support 😀

Cheers, Dewi

[magpie]

Great news Dewi,
I hope you have R.Lee finished by the time I call in. 😉

[Bill Dewison]

Thanks Peter 😀

Cunning plan though (oogle) You could help me apply the R.Lee when you call in 😉 😉 Can I bribe you with Nescafe and a digestive biscuit? 😉

Cheers, Dewi

[Phil Jenkinson]

Or will you be playing ‘call of Duty………’ 😮

Just popping out to post it now….

Phil

[Paul Goodwin]

Call of Duty is a great game, you can catch me most night on the Desert Rats server

[Bill Dewison]

😆 Now I’m getting worried 😮 Did Christmas end in the Dewison household? Should I have put the tree away and moved all the cards? 😕 😉

Thanks for that Phil 😀 Blimey, me with a pixelated rifle and a broadband connection, will the internet ever be the same again? Um, well yeah, I’m useless 😉

Cheers, Dewi

[Gordon Forbes]

Bit off post but wots wrong wi Black Hawk Down ???

[Andrew Ward]

No your all wrong….

You have to play MOH Spearhead. I play post nights on the BW-UK server under the name Capt.De_Havilland

[David Norris]

and you can’t forget Counter Strike on UK2 servers.

[Bill Dewison]

😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀

Plotter arrived, unpacking, back later 😉

Cheers, Dewi

[AaSk4Stickers]

Hi Dewi

I am really pleased that you are (almost) in business. I sincerely wish you all the very best in your venture.

Kind regards

Alan

[Paul Goodwin]

Well done Dewi 🙂

and CS aghh it’s a hackers n00b game 😉

[chris@lazerpics]

Nice one dewi, hows it going? have cut anything yet?

chris 😀 😀

[Bill Dewison]

Thank you Alan, Mort and Chris. 😀 Unfortunately I have been in and out of the house since the plotter arrived or on the phone, so I haven’t even had a chance to play with it properly 🙁 Hopefully I’ll get a chance tomorrow 🙂

This may sound a tad missy or soppy, but it really is a fine looking piece of kit. I’ve seen a few different plotters since I arrived at UKSB, but this has got to be the smartest (I would say that though, having bought it 😉 ) Everything is in that was s’posed to be in, I had a USB cable already which is cool and the guy who’s just fixed my comp added an extra USB port or so to it so I can now plug my plotter, my camera and my tablet in, all at the same time 😀

Looking forward to getting stuck in obviously, I’d like to try out what I’ve learnt up to now. Oh and Mort, got Call of Duty, had a quick go and I think its fantastic… shame the enemies are daft as brushes, they keep walking in front of the guns 😉

Cheers, Dewi

[Paul Goodwin]

Nice one Dewi

It’s the Multi player you wnt to play, and it does get harder. and they get more acurate

[Bill Dewison]

Just arrived at my doorstep, 5metres 751 gloss blue 49 610mm & 5metres 751 gloss red 324 610mm! 😀 😀 😀 Robert, thank you, you’re a star!!! 😀 I’ll ring Isobelle when she gets in as well, thank her for her help 😀 Oh and she did send me colour swatches for 651 & 751, arrived this morning 😀

If I can get this silly grin off my face, I’ll do some cutting 🙂

Cheers, Dewi

[Nigel Fraser]

Thats great Dewi, looking forward to seeing some of your stuff on here soon !
p.s. Don’t forget to set up the cutting depth on your new plotter for that vinyl before you get stuck in 😉

Nigel

[Jill Marie Welsh]

Dewi….
Is it soup yet? (from an old TV commercial here)
I remember getting my plotter set up, all excited, etc.
Then came time to weed the vinyl after I got the cutting weight right…
o joy! Then the application tape…even MORE fun!
Then at last the time came for sticking the stuff…
I just wanted to go & grab my #6 quill & a can of 1-Shot.
After 7 years of cutting stickers, I still hate it, but I still do it.
It’s what folks want, and if you design it right, it can be a beautiful thing.
Gotta go cut some o dat demon vinyl now! (hot)
Have fun & remember not to wear a fuzzy sweater whilst weeding!
Darn lint gets everywhere! And if you have a pug dog like me,
watch out for shedded fur! Makes lumps under your stickers!
Love- JILL

[Bill Dewison]

This may be a bit of a numb skull question, but here goes 🙂

I did as suggested by Nigel, set the depth of the blade… it is cutting the vinyl perfectly, and leaving a slight impression on the backing paper, is it okay to continue to cut like that?

Cheers, Dewi

[Paul Goodwin]

Not an expert here Dewi, but thats how mine is set and i dont have any problems

[Bill Dewison]

Nice one, thanks for that Mort 😀

I’ll probably reread this thread in a couple of months and chuckle, but at this particular moment even setting the cutting speed is a challenge let alone the depth 🙄 I’ll keep at it, just didn’t want to damage anything. Thanks again Mort 😀

Cheers, Dewi

[storeinet]

Dewi

Reduce the force, if your scoring the backing paper your cutting to deep, you don’t need to cut this deep, Noticed your using 751 at the mo but if you ever change always do a test first.

As for cutting speed i have mine set to minimum.

Dan

[Bill Dewison]

Hi Dan, thank you.. just altered the pressure force from 12 to 9 and it isn’t leaving an impression now 😀

Finally getting used to altering all the settings now, even though I’ve been reading the manual for days now 🙄

Cheers, Dewi

Edit: Forgot to say, reduced cutting speed from 30 to 15, least it doesn’t look like its having a fit every time it cuts now 😉

[Nigel Fraser]

Sounds like you got it sussed now mate 😉

Re. Dans comment – I personally think that you should be leaving a slight impression in the backing paper, but not so much that if you flex the paper it “opens up” the cut otherwise it could be a nightmare to remove the backing paper when applying.

Also it is very handy to have a mark on the paper when you need to are laying up multi coloured designs – you can just cut all shapes in one colour vinyl and then peel away the ones you don’t want and replace them by hand with different colour sections. Unless its too complicated in which case youd use reg marks.

Also if you happen to have a little mistake and remove a letter while weeding, you can see where it needs to go back using the indentation.

As you say, best to run the machine slower Dewi, its less wear and tear and will give better service for longer.

But thats just my thoughts 🙂

Nigel

[Dave Bruce]

was just reading the replies and thought the same as Nigel, I prefer an impression in the backing paper so if I tear one of those legs off small letters than you can see where to replace a newly cut one (maybe it is a sign of a novice).

I am still waiting for a workshop so I can get started for real, hopefully first week in Feb.

Wishing you all the best Dewi

Dave

[storeinet]

Sorry Dewi….

I agree with both the above, with the impression, i took it you was cutting into the backing paper.

I Stand corrected, and appologise if i was steering you in the wrong direction.

Need to explain myself better in the future.

Dan 🙄

[Bill Dewison]

No worries 😀 I’m getting good at altering these settings now.

I’m having a little problem communicating with the plotter at the moment, I think it may be the parallel cable I’ve used. I’m going to switch it to USB in a bit and try that.

I really appreciate and advice on this guys, its making it alot easier to get started the right way 😀

Cheers, Dewi

[Neil Roberts – Graphtec]

Hi Dewi,

Don’t forget that you can call our service guys any time you like.

Neil
Graphtec GB

[Paul Goodwin]

Dewi

Thats the same reason why i leave an impression in the back too 🙂

[Bill Dewison]

Okay, not a cable problem, its definately software related. Tried both parallel and USB 😕

If I haven’t got it going by morning Neil, I will ring 🙂 I realise I’m an oddball, I like trying to do things the hard way 😉 I’m learning alot about the plotter in the process though 😀

I have a few more ideas to try, and I’ll read the manual again. All being well, ‘I’ll be cutting by the morning’ 😉 😉

Cheers, Dewi

[Bill Dewison]

Amazing!! I install a trial version of SignGo, specify the plotter and 2 seconds later I manage to cut my son’s name out of vinyl!!!! 😀 😀

So, there we go, I still have lots of learning to do, but the plotter is cutting no problems 😀 😀 And my son is having a whale of a time sticking his name onto the furniture 😉

Again, thank you everyone for your help getting me going 😀 Now, where did I see that pop art demo…. 😉 😉 😉

Cheers, Dewi

[chris@lazerpics]

Hi dewi hows it going with the plotter? Is signgo a pluggin for corel? At the moment i am using signtools 3 in corel 10 which i find is okay.
chris 🙂 🙂

[Bill Dewison]

Hi Chris,

Plotter going great, really enjoying it. I’ve done a few test cuts, and last night with the aid of some 2″ masking tape (no application tape so… 😕 ) I applied some lettering to my little lad’s bedroom door (Mini-Dewi’s Room 😀 ) Its all good fun 😀

SignGo is a inexpensive independant sign package, much like SignLab, but about a 10th of the price.

http://www.signgo.com/index.html

Hopefully there’ll be a head to head demo featuring SignLab and SignGo, mainly to show what SignGo offers for the money and to see whether it compares to SignLab. I think it was Lorraine that suggested it originally, its a great demo idea. I downloaded it again last night to test with the plotter and in literally 10 seconds I’d done my first cut. Its a fantastic bit of software thats easy to use and great value for money. 😀

Cheers, Dewi

[Phill Fenton]

I am pleased to hear how things are progressing Dewi. How’s it going with the Shop, are you open for business yet? 😀

[Bill Dewison]

Hi Phill,

All being well I will get the keys back from the tenant in the morning, so I take ‘possession’ as it were tomorrow 😀 The shopfitter is booked in for Friday (spoke to him again today) so all being well I should be open for business by the end of the month 😀 😀 Its taken about 6 weeks to sort out everything from the plotter, stock, training and various other things to the stage I’m at now, so another fortnight shouldn’t be too much of a problem. Really looking forward to getting it going, and up to now I have had 5 customers preorder signs and printing work, so it seems I’m going to have a good start 😀

Cheers, Dewi