[Malcolm Elliott]

cheers Chris, not one I have.

Malk

[Malcolm Elliott]

Looks stretched so I think Harry is right. The down strokes are thicker which usually points to stretching.

[Malcolm Elliott]

We used to but like I said the owners club got a bit pissy!! hahaha
I do have one of our own designs up on here though…

http://www.inksville.net

[Malcolm Elliott]

I have a version I drew from original stock, want it sent via email?
EPS OK?
Mind I got into bother using it from the Vincent Owners Club who apparently have the rights….

Malk

[Malcolm Elliott]

hmm, I’ll stick to what I know then!

cheers

[Malcolm Elliott]

Off topic but is Cutting Master any good? I use Magisign at the moment but there’s no upgrades available for Lion or CS5 even….
cheers

[Malcolm Elliott]

oh dear…..

[Malcolm Elliott]

looks great, very eye catching but I got pulled for having graphics on my front passenger and driver windows….

[Malcolm Elliott]

Appreciate all the advice, being someone who is used to just supplying the signs and not fitting them I was always destined to make mistakes so thanks to those who took the time to actually explain my mistakes and what I can do to sort them.

cheers
Malk

PS Rob what the hell are you doing up at 1.23am on a Thursday!!

[Malcolm Elliott]

quote David Rogers:

quote Malcolm Elliott:

Hi all

Just come back and there’s nowt wrong with it!! If you stand underneath and look up then it slightly bows out but nothing drastic and it certainly wouldn’t come down.

Customer is fine with it now but you know when you doubt yourself…..

cheers
Malk

No hanging rail then – just slipped into the frame? Will just be sagging under its own weight…

For PVC hangers – Gluing a 10mm strip of the same PVC to the sheet with superglue (bonds amazingly well) works a treat.

Yep, just slid into frame already there. Glued a strip top to bottom to keep the centre in place, looks OK.

[Malcolm Elliott]

Hi all

Just come back and there’s nowt wrong with it!! If you stand underneath and look up then it slightly bows out but nothing drastic and it certainly wouldn’t come down.

Customer is fine with it now but you know when you doubt yourself…..

cheers
Malk

[Malcolm Elliott]

When I checked the job out I knew it wasn’t in direct sunlight so I thought it would be OK, am away today to check it out, see how bad it is!

thanks for all the replies, appreciated.

Malk

[Malcolm Elliott]

Thanks guys, my head just couldn’t get round the problem! Makes sense now it’s written down!!

Oh well out with the scaffolding again…..

Malk

[Malcolm Elliott]

http://www.dafont.com/pieces-of-eight.font

[Malcolm Elliott]

quote Liam Pattison:

quote Malcolm Elliott:

quote Liam Pattison:

quote Malcolm Elliott:

I’m loving that!! The logo stands out more and that image is very cool indeed. The Blambot site is full of great ideas isn’t it.

Hope you go for this style as I’d love to see it on a car!! I did my truck a while back and even though it got slated by many, it did wonders for the business as everyone knew the guy in the “hotwheels truck”

Malk

Malk, i love trucks, can we see your truck? or is it on here somewhere?

Liam

here it is before I stripped it and had to sell it!! sniff, broke my heart!

Thanks Malk,
love the front view, bet you was gutted to sell that. I am currently torn between getting a van or a truck. Van = more practical, truck = looks cooler.

cheers

Liam

Sorry to hijack the thread, but this is the one I want:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1963-Chevrolet-C1 … 20af952122

[Malcolm Elliott]

quote Liam Pattison:

quote Malcolm Elliott:

I’m loving that!! The logo stands out more and that image is very cool indeed. The Blambot site is full of great ideas isn’t it.

Hope you go for this style as I’d love to see it on a car!! I did my truck a while back and even though it got slated by many, it did wonders for the business as everyone knew the guy in the “hotwheels truck”

Malk

Malk, i love trucks, can we see your truck? or is it on here somewhere?

Liam

here it is before I stripped it and had to sell it!! sniff, broke my heart!

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[Malcolm Elliott]

I’m loving that!! The logo stands out more and that image is very cool indeed. The Blambot site is full of great ideas isn’t it.

Hope you go for this style as I’d love to see it on a car!! I did my truck a while back and even though it got slated by many, it did wonders for the business as everyone knew the guy in the "hotwheels truck"

Malk

[Malcolm Elliott]

Shouldn’t paint everyone with the same brush you know, we’re not all the same! Some of them do take note and ask what I need.

[Malcolm Elliott]

cool site innit?

[Malcolm Elliott]

I love it, I think the whole punch in the face attitude of it is quite splendid!

I think Shane has hit it on the head, try some comic book style fonts, have you heard of this website:

http://www.blambot.com/

lot’s of free fonts and ideas on there. That will get you noticed and that, to me, is what wrapping was created to do.

Malk

[Malcolm Elliott]

I’ll have to dig out my Detroit hat and upset you all….hahaha

[Malcolm Elliott]

I had budgeted for around £35 per hour so in the right ballpark but what do think about the t-cutting, is it necessary?

[Malcolm Elliott]

quote Nicholas.Gormley:

quote Malcolm Elliott:

here’s what I have on file so far:
ipod
iphone
DS lite
LG (not sure what model though)
Blackberry (again not sure what model)
Nano
Touch
Wii (and controllers)
Xbox (and controllers)

any good to you guys? Let me know as it’s my last day of work today for this year, off on holiday tomorrow until New Year! wooohoooo

Would you be able to post these up for me??

Don’t really have the time today I’m afraid, give me a shout after the New Year if that’s any good

[Malcolm Elliott]

still looking but still no guitar outlines, sorry!

[Malcolm Elliott]

here’s what I have on file so far:
ipod
iphone
DS lite
LG (not sure what model though)
Blackberry (again not sure what model)
Nano
Touch
Wii (and controllers)
Xbox (and controllers)

any good to you guys? Let me know as it’s my last day of work today for this year, off on holiday tomorrow until New Year! wooohoooo

[Malcolm Elliott]

my missus does a load of these skins for games consoles and phone, I’ll ask if she has the guitar templates on file.

[Malcolm Elliott]

I’d be very careful though as if anything happens with non-payment then there’s not a lot you can do to get it back. I learned the hard way, working with a friendly ( or so I thought ), quite well known Ice Hockey club, they shafted me royally even after I had flew over personally so they wouldn’t get a huge fine when the US customs cocked up!!

Sometimes the customs charges are very high as well and don’t forget to put little stickers on the items you’re selling saying they were made in the UK.

Malk

[Malcolm Elliott]

ya kna what it is!!!

I typed in Newcastle united!!! never thought to try Utd!!

thanks mate, appreciate it!

Malk

[Malcolm Elliott]

I’m with Rob, love my VP540, might not be a true signmakers machine but it suits me and works hard with no problems. I’ve always had a Summa cutter on hand as well in case I need to run something off while printing.

[Malcolm Elliott]

quote Peter Dee:

I would have thought that everything converted to curves and saved as .eps would do it.

I think it’s a case of Mac’s can open any PC file but not the other way around? Been a while since I used a PC mind…..

[Malcolm Elliott]

I recently had some problems with ITL inks, the promise being they would slot straight in without flushing old inks etc! The problems started when doing the sides of a box van, the colours just wouldn’t match so thought the head had dropped a colour or something similar but no, it was the inks slowly mixing with the originals but even with the manufacturers profiles, the colours were bloody awful and just looked bad (a sepia print came out khaki! and the black always had a slight blue tinge to it)
Have now flushed them out and gone back to Roland originals, just don’t think it’s worth saving the money if it means all this hassle.

Malk

[Malcolm Elliott]

yeah that’ll be cool, been trying all ways to sort it. Sometimes it’s fine but more often than not it’s rubbish!

cheers

[Malcolm Elliott]

quote David Rogers:

…or you could pick up a cheapo Chinese ‘cold laminator’ (a set of rollers really) for about £600.

Does me fine for laminating, flood coating, applying application tape to HUGE sections.

Dave

I got one of those from a local company in the North East, worst £600 I’ve ever spent! I probably waste more prints due to the laminate crinkling or moving than I bought it for!! Save up and get a decent one, I’m looking for one now if anyone has anything for sale?

[Malcolm Elliott]

pity abut the adverts but top find there fella! :thumbup2:

[Malcolm Elliott]

that’s the one, great thanks for that Noel, appreciate it.

Malk

[Malcolm Elliott]

Well that’s my library tapped out, sorry mate.

Malk

[Malcolm Elliott]

this one?

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[Malcolm Elliott]

this any good?

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[Malcolm Elliott]

quote RayRosher:

quote Stuart Green:

what methods do people use to ensure they get there money from customers. i hate non payers!!!! does everyone use a contract on this forum as i dont?? if so what do you include??

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A couple of big mean hairy bikers,
And
A brick! If their none payers,
Works for me 🙄

wouldn’t they just rustle up a quick quiche though?

[Malcolm Elliott]

Gill supplied me with some of that and it’s working really well, even on the very curvy wings.

[Malcolm Elliott]

agree with Mr Rogers, it’s not worth the money in my opinion, most people I know use Google.
I just put my free one in and am leaving it at that.

[Malcolm Elliott]

that name lends itself to something like this for me (hope this works!)

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[Malcolm Elliott]

I always use the Summa range, virtually indestructible and good cutting results, I wouldn’t scrimp on a cheap cutter that you’ll have to replace a year down the line! At the moment I use a D750 and a S75.

[Malcolm Elliott]

you could use square light and just to be pendantic the bottom font is either Swiss or Helvetica, the S’s and A’s don’t have the angle down strokes of Ariel.

oops sorry scrub that, just enlarged it and yes the bottom is Arial…..my bad!! 😳

[Malcolm Elliott]

Top speed?

http://www.dafont.com/top-speed.font

might be a bit too 50’s chrome looking, I like it though!

[Malcolm Elliott]

try this one mate:

http://www.1001freefonts.com/lokicola.php

[Malcolm Elliott]

It works for me but then I care about what leaves my place and won’t do ‘cheap’ or ‘basic’
5 minutes to knock up a design, 5 minutes to print/cut, doesn’t sound like a waste of time to me, go for it mate, you never know!

Malk

[Malcolm Elliott]

Wow, that’s cool, haven’t seen that product before!

[Malcolm Elliott]

not something I’ve heard of as all the logos under ice are done with stencils and paint, then the ice is layered on top of that. You would be trying to put the sign on top of ice which I imagine is impossible!
I do a lot of the sponsor boards at our local rink and it’s the only way I’ve seen it done.

Malk

[Malcolm Elliott]

Simon

No worries, when first starting out it was cold calling, ringing around and using old contacts but now, as she’s built up a good reputation, most of her work comes from recommendations nowadays. She has recently joined the local BNI group but she only gets small amounts of work from that.

Hope that helps

Malk

[Malcolm Elliott]

Simon

My wife is a freelance designer (has been for around 6 years now) and she finds the best way to get work is leg work I’m afraid. Most of the websites she’s joined or listed on come to nothing or you only get the small, time wasting jobs that want it done for nothing.

Best bet is to tout yourself around I reckon.

Malk

[Malcolm Elliott]

I’d charge roughly the same as Mr Urquhart above.

[Malcolm Elliott]

"we’re used to paying £17 each – for metal ones"

or " my mate got his done for £*** down the road" in that case, f*** off down the road….

Must admit I used to be the guy David’s just described, rushing around doing cheap jobs to make a couple of quid. I now make a living from this business instead of it running me.

[Malcolm Elliott]

thanks, appreciate the comments!

It’s the top one that I reckon was a bit washed out, and the designer (who’s a friend of mine!) blamed the coachbuilder for positioning the window so the skateboarders face was cut out! hahaha :lol1: Gotta love designers!

[Malcolm Elliott]

I would have been quoting around £240 for that so I guess that makes me expensive!!

[Malcolm Elliott]

nice job but why would you want that? 😮

[Malcolm Elliott]

thanks for the replies, good to know I was on the right track!

[Malcolm Elliott]

Nice work.

[Malcolm Elliott]

Totally agree Phill, it’s not guaranteed you’ll get the referrals and it’s a lot of hard work on top of your ‘normal’ job.

[Malcolm Elliott]

my wife is involved in the local BNI, it is a huge commitment, one of the reasons I don’t join but it’s working for her so why not.

Yellow pages is a waste of money IMO, Yell.com is OK but I reckon you can’t beat leg work (unless you look like me and they won’t even let you in the door!! but that’s another story!!)

Malk

[Malcolm Elliott]

The only way I know is converting the PDF to a JPG or TIFF then sorting the fonts out separately, if you don’t have the correct font then it will substitute no matter what you do.

[Malcolm Elliott]

Used both PC’s and Macs and I have to say when I opened my own place it had to be the Mac, just so much easier to use and a lot less hassle. I don’t think there’s much of a grey area between them anymore.

[Malcolm Elliott]

book was bought a few weeks back now and have paid up today for full membership, like I said I joined a year or so back but never got round to using it!

cheers
Malk

[Malcolm Elliott]

where in Blaydon are you, I actually live in Crawcrook but the office is in Seaton Delaval?