Just want to say "Hello"

[Lynn Normington]

Hello and welcome you will find it use full here,
Do you have a name ? what sort of stuff do you do?

best wishes
Lynn

[Marekdlux]

Hello The Disc Doctor,
Welcome aboard.
-Marek

[Carrie Brown]

Hi Disc Doctor

Welcome to the boards 😀

I think you definitely made a wise choice in taking the Gold membership …. well worth it in my opinion.

Hope to see more posts from you and if you have a piccie to load so we can see you that would be just fabtasticoscious!! :lol1:

:welcome:

[Nicola McIntosh]

hi disc doctor 😛

welcome aboard you’ll like it here!! 😀 😀

nik

[Jayne Marsh]

Hi and welcome
:welcome:

[Simon Kay]

Hello Dr.Disc 😀

[Mark Bache]

Hi Disc Doctor

:wave3:

Mark

[The Disc Doctor]

Oops. I didn’t too much of an intro, didn’t want anyone to get too bored.

My name is Simon and I’ll try and get a photo sorted tonight. Thanks for the warm welcome from everyone.

Before I get accused of being a “fly by night merchant”, let me explain my situation.

My both parents passed away within a couple of months of each other, and I’ve had to quit work to look after my disabled sister. I don’t believe on claiming benefits, so I’ve had a look around for an honest living I can do at home. I came across a vinyl plotter on ebay, and in turn, found this forum. I don’t have the expertise to make proper signs, but have a few ideas on items to make and resell on ebay. I’m going to post a question in the help forum, and also an offer of working for free ( or payment for a little training? ) in the employment section if anyone is interested.

Thanks again for the welcome.

Simon

[Shane Drew]

Simon, welcome mate.

Sorry to hear of your tremendous loss, and I am sure both parents would be proud of your outlook on life, and looking after your sister is certainly admirable. I have a friend who is in a similar situation. I don’t think anyone would think any less of you if you took the benefits that are available to you mate. Just my opinion, but claiming beneifits will not make you rich, but may make life for you and your sister a little easier.

There is plenty of help here, you only have to ask. I wouldn’t consider you a FBN either as you clearly want to contribute, and improve.

Cheers
Shane

Curious about you loggin name too. Do you have a technical background?

[Brian Little]

welcome Doctor …and enjoy were a friendly bunch 😀 😀

Brian

[biggoj]

hiyas ‘doc!’

hop on board matey!

if i can be of any help, specialise in the software/design side of the industry, and large format printing, so, any questions-queries, dont hesitate to ask me ol fruit, if i cant help, then, your buggered! (only joking, there are alot of intelligent and helpful bods here!)

laters

biggo j

[John Singh]

Hi Simon
Guess this a very strenuous time for you
Good to see your positive drive under these circumstances
As Shane says: These are genuine circumstances and that’s what the welfare system is set up to do – look after folks like you so I admire your determination.

Just fire the questions – I’m pretty sure you’ll get the answers

John 😀

[John Simpson]

Hi & welcome,
It would be of value to all of us if you could just give us an idea of what area you live in (not your address just area, London, Nottingham, Liverpool etc) as there may be someone on here within traveling distance to show you how to go on (Training)

By the way i wont go into detail on here but in my opinion you are definitely entitled to claim benefits more so than a few i know who claim for no other reason than they receive more in benefits than they can earn by working for a living

If you are anywhere near me i would gladly help you out with a day or two training.
L J

[Lynn Normington]

Hi Simon

same here if you are near enough if not fire away with the questions and don’t forget there is no such thing as a stupid question 😀

Lynn

[Robert Lambie]

hi mate and welcome aboard, please dont hesitate to ask questions.
ebay is fine for today, but look at a bigger picture for you and your sister tommorrow.
shame your not near me, you would be welcome to pop by in the evenings and ide give you all the help & tuition i could offer. free of charge of course… before someone thinks im plugging :lol1: :lol1:

anyway, we have a great bunch on here, many many pros all gagging to lend a hand 😀

[The Disc Doctor]

Thanks again.

Didn’t mean to post a negative image of my situation. 😳

I have a loving wife and a beautiful daughter ( Cherlee ). Looking after my sister, also means I get to spend lots and lots of time with them.

I work while my daughter is in school, and my sister is at her day centre, I do everything from delivering phone books to cleaning carpets to selling on ebay.

Living in Liverpool, I get loads of advice on benefits, but that’s not me, and never will be.

QUESTION. I’m having difficulty in finding the right software for using on my vinyl cutter. It came with Artcut 2002, and am thinking about buying Corel Draw 12 ( can buy for £80 ). Is this the right way? Please don’t recommend software costing hundreds of pounds.

P.S. I’ve got a new razor, so a photo will come real soon :lol1:

[Shane Drew]

I am not a fan of using just Corel, although I use it everyday for design work.

You get what you pay for in sign software. Flexi, sign wiazrd, sign lab are all dedicated software, and make sign design and application much easier.

That said, corel 12 is a very good package, and a good price. I don’t think you’d do much better than that for a cheap option.

Shane

[John Singh]

quote :

I am not a fan of using just Corel, although I use it everyday

Why do you persecute yourself so Shane :lol1:

John

[Andy Gorman]

I use Corel for all design and then import the file into the software that runs the plotter. I found out that cutting direct from corel gave poor cutting results. Anyway, 80 quid is 80 quid but Coreldraw 12 for that is a bargain and should do most, if not all, of the things that you can do with ‘sign software’. Does your existing software let you import .ai files? If so, you can use Coreldraw to design with (or pretty much any other software for that matter).

[John Singh]

Artcut 2002 does allow importing of .plt files from Corel Draw and Casmate so as Big G says you should be able to use all the advantages of Corel and simply import

John

[Hugh Potter]

hey simon (it is simon ?) , i’m sure we’ve met before on ebay ! anyways, i bought corel at that price, and it’s what i do 90% of my stuff on, once you get ahold of the basics, you tend to discover new tricks every day, i’m still getting to grips with it myself, but should you want any advice i’ll give it if i can !
Hugh

[Shane Drew]

quote johnalphasign:

quote :

I am not a fan of using just Corel, although I use it everyday

Why do you persecute yourself so Shane :lol1:

John

😳 What I meant John is that I’m not a fan of using ‘only’ Corel 😳 That sound better?

[John Singh]

A lot better Shane :lol1:

Little John