[Nigel Pugh]

Looks like the 2nd photo Mr Wilson was taken from your neighbours bedroom 😉

Very nice workshop that matey.

Regards
Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

At least it has a UK power lead 😀

[Nigel Pugh]

Hi Stephen, let me have your e-mail address matey.

Regarding the footie, I have just heard the guy who failed in buying Liverpool (Steve Morgan) I think it was, has just agreed a deal to buy Wolves and inject 30 million into buying players 😀

[Nigel Pugh]

Chris Windebank, you sent me a pm regarding samples, can you let me know your address.

[Nigel Pugh]

Well John sorry to say I’m not reading this 😳

More colours more choices, we suppliers would still not be holding the right colour lol.

[Nigel Pugh]

Lol Marcella you put up yet another avatar and get chatted up 😀

Where is Georgio when ya need him

[Nigel Pugh]

George, Peter and Chris, samples done and posted, just sorting profiles to email across.

Graeme got your sample ready just need your address.

Regards
Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

George let me have your address and I will send today.

Oh Peter n George if you let me have you email address and tell me what printer you are using then I will send the profile to you.

[Nigel Pugh]

Sending out today Peter.

[Nigel Pugh]

Graeme we do one as will most suppliers who sell textile material, if you would like a sample just let me know.

Regards
Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Garrie do a visual check to see if the strip is flush all the way along the width, the symptons you give could mean a few things.

1) Uneven cutting strip

2) Head rail is not true, turn the machine off and move the carriage along the width, does it move freely all the way along.

3) If the point of the problem is where a grit roller is then it could point to the grit roller not sitting level.

Regards
Nigel

PS Good to see you too at Sign UK, so many members there this year and glad I got to speak to so many 😀

[Nigel Pugh]

Inconsistent cutting depth, deformed lines on text etc.

Life should be a good several years.

[Nigel Pugh]

Congratulations Lynn & Peter, you are both lovely people to know.

[Nigel Pugh]

Are Spandex doing the Valuejet ????

Would have thought it would be ArtSystems, as most have said, I would opt for the JV3 if all you want is a printer, give the ValueJet another 12 months to prove itself.

The JV3 is getting a little long in the tooth now, but is tried and tested and a reliable workhorse and so worth having, if you need a all in one print and cut then the best spent money still is the VersaCamm for the time been.

[Nigel Pugh]

Bing Bong 5pm end of show !!!

Mr Wee Lambie promptly ordered another beer from our stand, no Breezers going for the soft girls blouse, about 5:30pm I watched him stagger for the exit lol

Happy Days

[Nigel Pugh]

Shane we get emails where they will pay by "major credit card" for shipment of goods from our online shop.

We just say no CC payments for overseas sales, we never hear from them again.

[Nigel Pugh]

quote Andy Gorman:

Bloody Australians everywhere! You lot will be outnumbering the Jocks on here soon.

Welcome Scotty. 🙂

Never a truer word Big G

Welcome Scotty 😀

[Nigel Pugh]

quote Harry Cleary:

Democracy wont work properly on 50 or 60% turnout.

Harry democracy gives you the freedom of choice, so whether to vote or not is a democratic choice I would have thought.

Mind you I do believe that politics and religion are the worlds two biggest evils.

[Nigel Pugh]

Tom, C02 lasers are not aggressive enough to engrave / mark or cut bare metals and you should also avoid cutting or engraving pvc as this gives off corrosive gases and will eat away over time the internal workings of the laser unit.

Yag lasers are the type of laser you would look at for working with metals, but the prices for this type of laser is roughly 3x the cost of a C02 laser.

Your are correct on metal marking spray, it also comes as a roll of tape now too.

As for the best machine, well look at it from this view, you will normally find a Synrad , Coherent Deos or Rofin Sinar laser tube in the lasers supplied in the UK, so choice should be based more on build quality, warranties and of course reliability of the machine as a whole, oh must not forget price too 😀

Next week is Sign UK at the NEC, probably the best place to see all the different models on offer and get a hands on.

Regards
Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Actually Rob, we are taking stock of several foils which so far have accepted thermal , UV and solvent printing and all look very good when done.

[Nigel Pugh]

Kevin again most vinyl suppliers will have a selection of cd’s with vinyl ready images (vectored).

You will need to check out suppliers websites or telephone them, if you call ourselves just ask for myself.

Regards
Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Kevin most of us suppliers sell magnetic by the mtr.

As for Vector Art, are you after just any kind of vectored images or actually after the package called Vector Art ?

Regards
Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

quote Robert Lambie:

i think grafityp now offer wrap courses in their own premises in Birmingham now… sorry but don’t know much more info on that…

metamark is being used to wrap taxis around the UK at present, but it is not actually a wrap material, nor is it a cast vinyl.

Not far off Rob, but we are in Tamworth, Staffordshire to be precise 😉

[Nigel Pugh]

John just use it as the normal C-print and run the C-print times and temp and you should be ok.

Nigel

P.S. I will check your order out tomorrow and if applicable apply the size nine 😀

[Nigel Pugh]

Mark, pm me a number to contact you on so we sort the screeching out

Regards
Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Pound for pound the VersaCamm is the best buy, the JV3 is a lovely machine and a proven workhorse, but you do need a vinyl cutter to go with it, you also need to purchase a RIP if you don’t currently have one.

Valuejet, a good machine, not entirely proven yet, give that another 12 months, still need a vinyl cutter to go with it though and RIP software, probably will become a serious threat to the 54" VersaCamm over time.

We deal with around 6 different printer manufacturers so don’t think I’m been biased on what I say, but at the moment it is hard to find a package that can compete with the VersaCamm on price and the quality of the machine.

[Nigel Pugh]

quote John Wilson:

quote Dave Rowland:

all i will say is lots of lovely girls on catwalks 😛

Yup and Nigel makes out like he hates going aswell 😉 😉

Mr Wilson I only go to the shows to meet all the customers, no time for leering at the dancing girls 😉

I will accept a drink off you at Sign UK as an apology 😀

[Nigel Pugh]

Marcella pm me and I will foward their details to you 😀

[Nigel Pugh]

I know of 2 ex-demo’s both 54" if yer interested Marcella

[Nigel Pugh]

Rhys going back to your point #1, if most of those on here have never come across the type of cutter your are buying then any help you may need will be thin on the ground.

As a supplier point of view, any cutters bought outside of the UK then in our own interests giving any kind of tech support is limited to very little to none existent to imported machines, so expensive phonecalls or elongated e-mails may have to be done to get things rolling.

It may be prudent for you to see if any of the members here have any kit to sell, that way at least you know 95% of the kit is genuine and support will be offered.

Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Up 3x and down 3x and then there is the way it was stored away to consider on 3 occasions.

Now putting it up I would gather the general bod would be careful has not to botch the job, taking it down may not have been with has much care, not going to see that banner for another 12 months and by then who would care !!

Just my tuppence worth.

Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

No need for any trellises or scaffold on those above shop window signs 😀

[Nigel Pugh]

Yes you can buy Font Detective on it’s own, Future Corp will have or should have a dealer in the states.

[Nigel Pugh]

My average was 0.3908

It would have been better but I was on my mobile at the time 😀

[Nigel Pugh]

Garrie in 610mm 5 – 7 yr we have offcuts of all the colours we supply in that range.

Regards

Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Garrie what life vinyl and what width are you after ?

[Nigel Pugh]

Shane we used to do normal vinyls in 1 ,2,3 or 4 metre lengths but had to change to the 5mtr lengths minimum due to the enormous amounts of offcuts we now have in stock.

For the record, Garrie if we have offcuts in stock below 5mtrs in length, we will sell at a 50% discount rate than our normal rrp.

Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Ahh now I see, I will take a looksee next week.

40’s or 50’s………..Marcella I would never take the mick about age, me been old myself and Peter been ancient 😛

[Nigel Pugh]

If Nehme posts what cutter he is using then all will be solved, it is a shame his first post got hijacked but if he reads through this thread he will see that all are a friendly bunch who will help.

Nigel

"I am an angel" 😛 Peter you are a wolf in sheeps clothing lol

[Nigel Pugh]

Kids, bleh what do they know lol

Your pic reminds me of a leading actress from the 40’s – 50’s era, when women looked like women 😉

Can you give me an example of the "squeegie effect" you are after ?

Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Well I’m into my six can so here goes.

David you was a little naughty but like others I know where you are coming from, it hurts suppliers along with you sign boys n gals, if your kit is legit it means you have paid the going rate as compared to the 12 month cowboy round the corner.

Just one thing though……anyone got this font, vehicle outline……cough cough 😉

Swings an roundabouts 😀

[Nigel Pugh]

Not hiding, I just observe and jump in (both feet usually) when needed.

Can you give me some idea of what you tried, I might be able to help you out with the clipart then, well come Monday I might.

Post it here or e-mither me 😀

Nigel

Oh meant to say, like the new avatar.

[Nigel Pugh]

A bugger to do and weed but how about doing a panel in little dark grey circles for the dirty bit and have the squeegie design running through them, if you can picture what I mean.

Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Peter also look at marc bric display, they do that sort of thing.

[Nigel Pugh]

Stephen that was for the full works, printed and fitted, if it was several vehicles to do then the lower price, otherwise just one vehicle to do would be charged at the £1200 mark.

Regards
Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Rich, I asked the same question to Ad-Wraps when they wrapped a mini on our stand the other year.

They priced it at £800 – £1200 for a full wrap.

Regards

Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Just to add, SignPal software is OEM versions of Flexi software, from basic to Pro level.

Mark I assume you have a Jaguar plotter, and there would be a windows print driver cd that would be with the machine that will allow you to cut directly from Adobe , CorelDraw etc if you wanted to.

Regards
Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Megi if you email me your address then I will send on in the new year

[Nigel Pugh]

Dave we re-open on the 3rd Jan, shutdown started on the 22nd of Dec.

[Nigel Pugh]

Well done Mr.Wilson…………just hope the Mrs.Wilson knows just how barmy you are 😀

Nice one mate

Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Round the block too many times.

Ewan Roberts = 400mtrs sprinter 😀

Sorry, I won’t bother grabbing my coat 😳

Nice job btw, garish but yet stands out.

[Nigel Pugh]

Posted today Ade 😀

Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

I can throw you a demo cd if you want to check it out, just email me your address.

[Nigel Pugh]

Mr Childs, there is nothing I like better than to do a deal at Sign UK or any other exhibition, thats what I go for oh and meeting all you lovely people in the bar 😀

[Nigel Pugh]

Neil we only offer 220ml cartridges for the VersaCamm.

[Nigel Pugh]

Neil we stock those inks

[Nigel Pugh]

For the best set up you would have to go with the Mutoh SC cutter, problem is the SC 850 Ultima is 660mm and so no good with the Rocky print width of 914mm, so you would have to go for the SC 1400 Ultima which then pushes the price up.

If you have the budget I would seriously suggest you look at the Mimaki JV3 printer and cutter bundle as they have reduced prices just to try and compete with the Roland VersaCamm, my opinion at the moment the best pound for pound buy as got to be the VersaCamm.

Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Stop yapping for a minute ………………..now can you hear music :lol1:

[Nigel Pugh]

I have one if you want to e-mither me I will reply with said file 😀

[Nigel Pugh]

Lee you should pop in and ask for me, I will make you a cuppa myself then answer any questions regarding what vinyls to use for different applications.

At least it will keep me off the phone for a while 😀

[Nigel Pugh]

GCC SignPal machines can cut directly from Corel via a windows print driver.

All you do in Corel is manually reduce line thickness to 0.001 mm and then send via the print option to the cutter.

[Nigel Pugh]

Now that cannot be right, I post offering to give advice and find that my post is removed, is this because I said for the original poster to give me a call ????

mod-edit please contact admin
admin@uksignboards.com

[Nigel Pugh]

Speak of the devil as to say 😀

If it is the glitter film from our "fashion films" then the settings should be:

150 C Temp , 10 – 15 seconds press time and washable upto 30 C max.

At 170 C you are way too high and can adversely affect the application and life of the material.

[Nigel Pugh]

I would press at 150 to 155 degrees for 15 seconds, harder to apply garments then extend the application time rather than raise the application temperature.

170 degrees or higher is close to the materials breakdown point and will be detrimental to the life of the material.

Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Hi Cheryl 🙂

Prints ought to last a good two years outdoor un-laminated (without any noticable change), add a UV blocker laminate and you can extend the life of the print by 18 months and longer.

[Nigel Pugh]

quote Harry Cleary:

Happy Birthday Nigel, were’nt you married this year too?, red letter year or ‘annus horiblis?!! 😀 😀 😀

Harry definately a red letter year 😀

And Mr. Harding that photo is only two years old I will have you know, nearly as old as the photos of that canopy you told me you was going to post 😉

[Nigel Pugh]

Hi Julie and welcome to the madhouse 😀

If you need any help with your Jaguar or Expert software then just give me a shout

[Nigel Pugh]

Thanks for all your replies, the good the bad and the downright (hot) ones lol

Well that’s if for me, I’m taking next week off work so I can go to counselling to help me overcome hitting 40, so if you need me then tough 😉

I will probably look in everyday just in case there is something I can answer or help solve a problem.

Thanks for all the comments and you all have a great weekend as I know I will.

Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Oh hum, now the secret is out.

You know me Marcella I’m always the quiet and easily embarrassed one 😳

[Nigel Pugh]

We do still supply this material, but from a different supplier as the original supplier have put their prices up by such a large margin it left us with no choice but to discontinue that particular material.

So yes we can still supply a self adhesive textile material and still retain the same price as the original.

This new material has just arrived into our stock and is now available.

[Nigel Pugh]

Michael when I’m back at work tomorrow I will look again and re-check but there did seem to be a very long line of products all tracing back to a company in Indonesia

[Nigel Pugh]

quote David McPhillips:

here here Mike I’m 100% behind you on that one. we need to make each other aware of problems as at the end of the day we are the ones that are keeping the suppliers open and in business they need to remember this and start being more honest and help US the customer more.

If we use the power of knowledge these suppliers wont be able to keep telling us the lies they tell just to get a sale and the more rubbish they sell and the bad services they supply well eventually put them out of business.

Dave

I’m all forward for an open discussion with customers, but I would like to say without "us suppliers" you would not be in business either, and for myself personally I never honestly tell a lie to any customer because it will usually comes back to haunt you. When you supply so many different products from materials, software, hardware etc then a good working knowledge of everything is not impossible but a tad hard.

What I do say is what I know to be correct to any customer, I have nothing to hide and if you can correct me on anything I say to you then hey I have learned something new, and I like to learn so I can pass that knowledge on.

You got to understand we and you make mistakes, we or you are not the enemy but are on the same side, so make criticisms and denounce suppliers if you have had bad service, it helps us to put things right, but think of the furore that would happen if we posted here on this forum those who paid their suppliers late just to warn other suppliers about customer bad service.

This is not meant as a have a go at customers but a view from the other side of the fence, a open discussion between all of us.

Nigel

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Just put the company name shown as a search on Google and see how many links go back to Alibaba, this company offers a Pinnacle Laser amongst many other items, American re-brand of our own LaserPro Mercury, and he asks for just over 3,000 usd.

I think if he can sell them at that price then I need to look for another job

[Nigel Pugh]

If your dongle is a usb one and it probably uses HASP drivers, new computers and their chipsets no longer have HASP installed from new.

If I was at work I would send you the link to the website, but I’m home with a beer, try looking on scanvec amiables site or search for HASP drivers.

If you still need any help email me

Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Dave in terms I understand this is how you use this material, you print on the side which does not have the clear polyester protective sheet.

Once printed you remove the clear poly sheet (foil) and then place the C-Print onto the garment (print side up).

Then either use a silicon release paper or teflon sheet over the print and then apply to the garment with the heat press.

Nick this material can be used on thermal printers, solvent, eco solvent, but we cannot give accurate settings for Dave to use on his printer as we do not use or supply that make of machine.

Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Dave, here are the application instructions:

After printing and cutting, remove image from backing, cover with a siliconised paper or Teflon sheet and proceed with application. Protective sheet has to be removed after application has gone cold.

Considering the variety of different base materials available on the market, transferring instructions given hereafter should be taken as a general indication.

Temp: 150 C
Time: 10 – 15 sec
Pressure: Medium
Washable to: 50 C

Dave as for how to use with the Gerber and get the best results would be the trial and error side, as we do not have access to this equipment for sampling.

Regards
Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

John all you need to do is make sure you have deep pockets 😛

[Nigel Pugh]

To be honest John I do agree that is how most companies do treat their customers, even ours. What I said was more of a personal view, to me I give the same courtesey and time to all I speak to, well 99% of the time.

So whether it is a three hour demo of a £600 plotter or a £85k printer I will spend as much time as that customers wants, because I want each customer to come back week after week for their purchases.

You can call me a jobsworth 😛 but thats the way I am

[Nigel Pugh]

Ok this is not in defence of the errors that we have made more of a pointer to the daily events, an example if you like.

Take 1% of our customer database, roughly 50 customers, who call to ask for samples, take that into account over 100 orders to process per day and the majority of orders are multiple items and not just 1 box per order.

Now you can see where and how these errors can occur, add that to that the possibility of postal deliveries going astray which we have no idea if and when they happpen, you start to see the picture.

I have no fail safe idea on how to prevent samples from not been processed or reaching their intended destination due to the fact when humans are involved then human errors occur, however if you do not receive your sample you can always give me a call and I will personally do the sample for you.

Final note to Brian, it does not matter whether you spend £100 or £1,000 per month, at the end of the day you are the people you keep us in business, fair dues some people and I dare say companies may think that way but please don’t tar everyone with the same brush.

Thanks
Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Hugh is that Rob standing by the wheel of your Tonka Toy :lol1:

[Nigel Pugh]

I shouldn’t be asking this Nik with you been newly married an all, but is it big enough………the sample 😛

If you have any questions feel free to get in touch

Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

James I asked because the amount of emails you sent to me asking all sorts of questions about various products, your address is one I would instantly recognise now.

[Nigel Pugh]

Ok an answer to the problem, just email me with your sample requests, I will then pass them onto the sales office for processing.

If you do phone for a sample please ask who you are talking too, It will help me to address this problem if you can give me a name.

Thanks

[Nigel Pugh]

James do you have "duffbeer" as part of your e-mail address??

[Nigel Pugh]

Hi Peter, I know I cannot help now but after the first time it goes wrong feel free to just let me know and I will personally see to any sample you require.

Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Hi Nik, I will send a sample if you give me your address

Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Marcella it is our family name tartan, actually Welsh and not Scottish

Brian it was at the Castle Hotel in Tamworth, the whole event from the service through to the night time reception was there.

Glad you all like the pics

[Nigel Pugh]

Hello Ian, give me a call and I will sort this for you.

Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

quote valegraphics:

Rob. Thanks for an honest reply mate. You always seem to get a biased opinion from manufactures / dealers. Cheers Rob.

Matt

You can flush a VersaCamm then use inks from a different manufacturer and that is not biased in anyway because I never put the make of inks in this post 😉

[Nigel Pugh]

Ahem yes pics, I will post them up by the weekend

[Nigel Pugh]

quote Shane Drew:

😕 robs a faster typer than me

Thats because he is closer to the keyboard Shane :lol1:

[Nigel Pugh]

I don’t think I’m allowed to post prices here, if you get a few mins spare to give me a call then please do, our number will be on our advert.

[Nigel Pugh]

Puma II, they are good machines and will have no problem cutting flex , flock or vinyls and reflectives.

However they do not have a "camera / eye" for contour cutting, you would have to look at the next machine up from the Puma which is the Jaguar II or Jaguar III.

[Nigel Pugh]

Very Big Advantages – for a guess

Do I win a prize for been right 😀

As a supplier I tend to find that most people do run a mix of design s/w like corel or adobe along with dedicated sign software, it does seem to be the norm these days.

[Nigel Pugh]

Have you a Dell computer Marcella, reading into this it does appear to be part of the hotkey functions on a Dell keyboard, but I have also read that it can be a security issue for computers too.

There is a fair bit to read if you Google

[Nigel Pugh]

Go here http://www.lavasoft.de/ and down load the free home user version of Ad-Aware.

Most things my normal anti this and anti that software cannot find this program seems to find.

Good Luck

Nigel

Oh meant to add, and gets rid of it too 😀

[Nigel Pugh]

Blimey Shane good on yer mom for standing up to what can only be desribed as a bully and a idiot.

Andy Gorman will be along I suspect and will say the same as me, the guy needs a good smack in the mouth.

BTW because your mom collected the debt will you be giving her the 30% cut 😉

Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

Take your pick, Mimaki, Mutoh, Summa, SignPal,Graphtec any good machine manufacturer will have a machine in their line up that will die cut.

Nigel

[Nigel Pugh]

quote Robert Lambie:

Give PRINTONE a call and ask for Dave Standen, 01254 704330 i have known/dealt with dave for a few years now.

you mentioned in another thread about buying a 3m wide printer from graphityp, i am positive grafityp now offer ink and ink systems too.

We do Rob, but Stephen had already mentioned Triangle and thats the inks we offer as an alternative to the branded inks like Roland etc

[Nigel Pugh]

Stephen the widest we supply in printable vinyl is 1525mm