Dave & Rob Lowery
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it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae… 😮
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This proves a woman can never keep quiet! :rabble:
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Got one in Corel Mega Gallery on our knackered disc no.3 – file name is treensnak
If you know how I can revive the disc, I’ll attempt to send it!
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Sorry Shane, I’m such a galah!
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Can’t see it being a problem using any vinyl/paper as the labels go on the outside of the bags, not the inside. Most supermarkets sell paper lables to stick to bags so I can’t forsee any problems!
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quote Hugh Potter:i’m far from being an expert
Don’t ever become an expert until you break it down and understand the word.
Ex means has been, and spert is a drip under pressure! 😀
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Is model year 97 any use?
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Just thought it needed a little tweek!
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:rofl: :appl: :2thumbs:
Now you can see the funny side – “TRUCE”?
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A police officer pulls over this guy who’s been weaving in and out of the
lanes. He goes up to the guy’s window and says, “Sir, I need you to blow
into this breathalyzer tube.”The man immediatly reaches into his pocket and produces a doctors note. On
it is written, “This man suffers from terrible asthma, please don’t make him
perform any action that’ll leave him short of breath.”The officer says, “Okay, I need you to come and give a blood sample.
Straight away, them man produces another letter. This one reads, “This man
is a hemophiliac , please do not cause him to bleed in
any way.”So the officer says, “Right, I need a urine sample, then.”
The man produces a third letter: “This man plays for the Australian Cricket
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Will use UPS from now on as I always have a problem where to park my bike! 😀
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Billy was at school this morning in the outback and the teacher asked all the children what there fathers did for a living. All the typical answers came out, Fireman, Policeman, Salesman, Chippy, Captain of Industry etc, but Billy was being uncharacteristically quiet and so the teacher asked him about his father.
“My father is an exotic dancer in a gay club and takes off all his clothes in front of other men. Sometimes if the offer is really good, he’ll go out with a man, rent a cheap hotel room and let them sleep with him.”
The teacher quickly set the other children some work and took little Billy aside to ask him if that was really true.
“No” said Billy, “He plays cricket for Australia but I was just too embarrassed to say.”
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What do you get if you cross an Australian cricketer with an Aborigine ?
Answer. A boomerang that cant hit anything.What does an Australian use instead of a zimmer frame.
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Ask your customer for the name of his printer and get them to e:mail the layouts to you then at least you are giving him a corporate identity straight off.
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Anbody tried the Thompson Local?
Tried it for two years and found it a total waste of time.
Every time they phone up now to ask if I want to advertise, I say no way and they always ask if I myself use the Thompson Local. I always tell them that when it arrives, I drill a hole in one corner and hang it up in the toilet and that is the best use I have for it. That seems to stop their sales pitch! 😀 -
Think I will change my name to
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Before you decide on a name, consider your local Yellow Pages.
Punctuation is listed first followed by numbers then letters.
So think .007 licensed to sign
This would get you to the front of the listings.
The example given is just to show an idea for listing but crap as a name!
Dave
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Who was the last person to screw an Aussie and bring back the ashes?
Wasn’t that Paula Yates?
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Try this link Simon…..
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Try getting in touch with some print machine suppliers and ask them for a second hand guillotine. You will probably find them a little smaller than 4′.
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Hope this helps
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I find di-bond the best material for this type of sign. It’s rigid and drills easy and comes in all the primary colours. 2mm thick should do this size.
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Prefer Oracal over the Avery but that is just personal choice.
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Try asking for someone to print one for you on a digital printer under quotes required and that should get you out of a fix.
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Welcome to the mad house!
Bet you don’t ask your mum for a present next time she goes to Spain!!!!
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Victory design sell doming kits. Haven’t got their number to hand though.
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Try a traffolite type engraving laminate engraving laminate. This is just the same as formica and comes in various thicknesses and colours and sheet sizes 4′ x 4′ and 4′ x 2 ‘
Contact Surgrave on 0191 417 4505 and ask for a price on their Rigid Laminates.
Dave
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Why is it when I post to this site, it’s like being in a timewarp. Every time I post, the time posted is an hour earlier then I posted. This could get me out of a scrape every Friday when everyone wants their job by the end of the week 😉
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Try applying it with a heat gun and bake it on. Had to do this with a couple of sheds recently and it got me through though i did tell the customers that i would not guarantee them for lasting long. By the looks of the vans, the vinyls will outlive them 😀
p.s. I charge 25% extra for doing this.
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Try contacting the confederation direct at mailto: central@fmb.org.uk
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Try Scott at ASD Metal services on 01204 709571.
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This is the nearest I can find if it is of any use?
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Just click on the pm logo at he bottom of the message and away you go 😀
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You could always pm them your details. This keeps the boards free from ads which would otherwise be like them ruddy mailshots we receive every day. Every board would be loaded with ads and that is not what they are for. This is a great site for like minded people helping each other out where we can. If you get edited by the board, just think: No Wucking Furries 😀
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Is this any use? Did a mock up for one of the local nutters. Why do we attract these people 😕
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Had a good look but Neigh! 😀
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Sorry Timmy, already sold. Did edit to show sold in July.
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Cheers Richard, that is just perfect 😀
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Thanks for the badges steve but I was after UK badges, but these will come in handy as we have some nutters here that convert american cars into police cars and we do use these type of badges on the doors.
If abyone out there has a UK badge (similar to the met) it would be greatly appriciated.
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Is this what you’re looking for Carrie?
Have found these in very low res but at least it gives us a sporting chance to know what we’re looking for.
Dave
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Could be at any depth! Go to your local hire shop and hire a Cat Detector that will find any cables before you put your spade through them. Also traces water pipes and drains. The only thing it don’t find is cats for some strange reason!
Dave
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Welcome Mark to the best site on the web. Only found this site a few weeks ago myself and it’s full of info and ideas and camaraderie :welcome:
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I do a lot of work for 👿 Designers 👿 and got fed up with the daft pantones they chose for various companies, 1 being Stockport Council and when we had 250+ vans to do, it was a nightmare. What I do now is when I get a swatch from a supplier, I always ask for 3 or 4 more and pass these on to the designers and tell them to pick a vinyl and THEN pick the ruddy pantone to match. Seems to be working 😛
Dave
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Lets club together and buy one of each then get someone to copy it 😀
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Was £99, just checked their website, put link here for you
http://www.ingram-publishing.co.uk/cata … db&x=8&y=9
Dave
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Which one are you after, A Class, C Class E Class, G Class (off road)]Regards
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Think I paid £99 but always used Ingram and it may just be an upgrade price I paid. If you are stuck for any others, just pm me and i’ll send them into the ether for you.
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Time to update mate.. 😀
I got Ingram 2005 edition, comes on 4 cd’s with over 3400 vehicles on it.
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try Pantograph Services in Leeds on 01132 496161
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Any Use?
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I WANT ONE 😀
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Check out the vid on show us your stuff that i’ve just posted.. it might make you feel better!
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Got this from http://www.logotypes.ru if it is of any use?
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Just got company name, telephone number & web address on my Transit.
OK if your name says what you do.
We trade under the name of 1-A-SIGN?
Yes, we were aiming after the Jewish market. 😀
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Dave R,
Had no problems with sagging (although wife has, it’s her age!)
have made a banner at 6m long and put the three tabs along the top with one at either end.Dave
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A flame is applied to the edge of perspex and polishes the edge to a smooth gloss finish. If green silicon acrylic is used, it looks like plate glass and is far safer than the latter.
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Hi John,
It’s sods law that if you buy a small van, the next job you have is hanging out of the back. Go for the biggest you can afford.
1. Big graphics on it catch the prospective customers better.
2. Not as much aggro with traffic wardens on fitting jobs as most big vans won’t fit into local car parks due to height barriers. Found them to be more reasonable.
3. Nothing worse that rolling up to fit a job in a small van with panels and framing hanging out of the back or tied to the roof rails. Looks unprofessional.
Dave
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I use POWERTABS which is a self adhesive grommet. They are available in white or clear and work great without the need for hemming or eyeletting. Only problem is, I’ve forgotten where I got them from!!!!!!
Found the main supplier at http://www.digigraphics.net/power_tabs.htm
and have emailed them to find the UK supplier. Will post when they post me.
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Try Floreeda Fabrications
T: 0161 442 3551
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Hi Jem,
Not heard of this before but I spend £6500 a year on Yellow Pages and it does work in my area. Have picked up loads of work from it. Have tried other directories but non come close to this. Tried splitting my ads last year between Yellow Pages and the new Phone Book. The Phone book put me under the wrong heading in one section and printed the wrong telephone numbers in two other sections which I had cancelled before publication. Now gone back to the big Yellow and know it will be money well spent. Thompson local phone each year to ask if I use the publication myself and I always tell them that I drill a hole in the corner and hang it up in the toilet. That seems to get rid of them.
Dave
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Hi Carrie,
I have some racking fitted that the sheets lay flat on when they are sized between 1220 x 1220 & 1220 x 2440. I then have a upright rack for the smaller offcuts so that your not having to lift all the small bits out of the way to get to the bigger sheets. This is made up out of ply and looks like this
I I I I I I.
The problem I see with stacking it upright against a wall is that the sheets can only be used for a curved sign if stored for a long time.Dave
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ASD Metal Services
Ask for Scott
01204 709571
Mention my name and you will probably get cut off!!!
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Got quite a few on Corel Draw Mega Gallery but disc 3 which they are on has been copulating. So if you can find anybody with this disc, you will have the choice of at least five jeepy things.
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Here you go John and anybody else that needs it.
2012 in vector format. Just spent 3 hours drawing this so if any problems with it, let me know and I can correct it.Regards
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Anybody gat the Paris logo? I could put that on as well with a big red “NON” across it.
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quote signdevil:quote DaveRowland:Any reason why you need a new head?
Persistent fine line in all prints. I have 2 edges, it has happened previously but the machine was in warranty so I was not billed.
Do you clean your head regularly with the stuff Spandex recommends or the head wipes you get with other foils?
If so, STOP IT! I have only ever cleaned it when it really needed it, i.e. shaky prints. I had the head replaced on mine last year, and i’ve had it 8 years. -
Try this, it’s a man up a ladder painting but it’s in raster fromat, so you should be able to bodge it up.
Regards
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Ok!
Now two of you have dared me, i’ll do it and post a picture on the site of my van at the Arc de Triomphe!!! -
Going to France in 4 weeks in my van to collect furniture from the house I’m selling. Do you think it advisable to put the logo on the van doors?
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Put logo in file swapping forum should anybody need it.
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Post the file and I am sure I can covert it for you. I use Omega and can open pdf files in that and also in troop design.
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Got a weird customer who when he first came in I had to produce the Nazi eagle holding the swastika. Apparently he supplies vehicles for various films. Since then we have just done nine ambulances to the same spec. as the 1979 ones for a film on the Marchoness Disaster. The latest job was a double decker bus with the old type advertising hoardings set in the 1950’s. It sounds fun but when you have only got half a dozen old photos to work off, it makes your brain hurt.
P.S. Am I becoming a WORKAHOLIC???? because everytime I come to work, I want a drink!
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Many thanks everyone, Both files opened great.
This is the sixth time my customer has sent this but they have been sending it in jpg format at 72dpi and only 23pixels high. They want the final size printing at 475mm. Customers like this should be (:) -
It is rare that we slow down due to the fact we do a lot of contract work for three local councils, including their fleet of vehicles. In the past, before we got noticed by these, if work slowed down then I used to get in my car and go down the shops in my nearby areas and see what state their signs were. You can always find at least two that have some kind of damage abut the owners don’t realise that they are covered on insurance. I used to tell them that I could replace their sign for free and “lose” their excess on the insurance policy. It suprising how many will take you up on this. Once got 3 in one street but as we went to install, picked up another 2. Well worth the journey.
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Used 10mm long rivets and used a pop rivet adapter that fits to a electric screwdriver so no problem getting the thing to ‘pop’.
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Depends how tight you are in the cost of rivets. Suggest 1 rivet every 300mm. This way the fence should collapse before the sign does 😀
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Try this site:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Free_UK_Delivery/ Isopropyl_Alcohol_28994/Isopropyl_Alcohol_28994.htm
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Did a similar job a while ago and we used some 3mm anodised aluminium plate cut to the same size as the back of the Panatrim. We offered the sign up to the fence and on the opposite side we held the plate, then used pop rivets to secure.
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NAAAAW! Don’t Use Ebay Think it’s 👿 I have been offered £1100 from a second hand supplier of equipment who will undoubtedly add £750 on to the trade. I like to see it go to a good home at the right price and to earn it’s keep. If anybody has thought of engraving and has never tried it, I am willing to give you some training on this machine if required (Free of Charge).
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WHAT?
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Suggest Di-Bond.
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I installed new fonts into the windows folder and then shut down Troop, re-started and they were there.
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Try contacting the federation and explaining what you need. I usually fin these feds. co-operative, especially if you say it is going quite large on a sign (so they won’t have any stock labels). Done this with one or two places and find that they themselves are looking for suppliers of logos so you may get more work! Always ask for their Marketing Department.
Contact Details (Found on the Net)
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Thanx Both of you, Couldn’t have had a quicker reply if I had phoned MG.
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To save the expense and space of this equipment, it may be cheaper for you to find a local sheetmetal works in your area as most have this kind of equipment and will curve it for you for next to nothing. My local one actually does it for nothing but I always slip him a fiver.
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We took a digital photo and resized it. The customer asked us to use a cloth tape to measure so we wouldn’t scratch the bodywork. The vinyl was cut to shape before we applied it as we couldn’t cut on the bodywork as it is all carbon fibre. We had to come up with the design ourselves but the front view was our customers idea to make it look like the F1 car. This we printed on the gerber edge for the shading.
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If it is silicon acrylic you are after (looks like glass when flame polished)
then the best person to ask is Alun at flooreeda fabrications. He has a laser for cutting as well in case it is an odd shape you are after. Telephone 0161 442 3551