[Paul Goodwin]

John are these straight edges to work off of ie a ruler type thing or straight edges on the signs you are making ?

If work edges the best straight edge you can get is an engineer rule.
Now when i did my apprentiship ( i’m a qualified machinist) we did have some pretty long rules. 2.5M i honestly can’t remeber seeing one of them that long. But you may be able to get a small machine shop to make you some, Milling then surface grinding. but tbh they arn’t going to be cheap.

If you need them for sign boards ect yes get them done on a router as Nigel said but once flame polished wouldn’t this then loose the machined straight edge?

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What service pack with windows xp you got?? i believe but not sure that sp2 has problems with it, may need a patch?

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Thats a lot of bending Peter 🙂

how did u join the bits together if you don’t mind me asking

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^^ :lol1: :lol1:

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^^^ :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

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LOl Good ones 🙂

and no offence here at all, a joke is a joke 🙂

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Hi BJ

Welcome to UKSB 😀

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I like that Steve,

question what vinyl did u use? only asking as i’ve done these recesses b4 with oracal751, and it seems to fail after a few weeks, even though i have cleaned the recesses, and heated it in.

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aghhhhh WHO ATE DEWI 🙂

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Good info Dewi and guys

Jaggedpixel i have that and it doesn’t work 100%

it runs everymormning and says 0 files found.

run BSB spyware remover and it finds shed loads of files , the last time over 200 😮

i realy have to stop going to those dodgy sites 🙂

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Dave i’ll dig reciept out tommorow and let u know

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I get mine from Wurth, great stuff peals easy, tears easy ect and app a m8 of mine who does foiling uses it as well and is good with teh heat, so i suppose a great all rounder

[Paul Goodwin]

Good link that

easy to do, and u can put your waste mags to good use and earn some more readies out of them 🙂

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Cheers Peter

any help on spelling is welcome as i need it 🙂

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quote :

They must think I’m a nutter

Are they the only ones (?) (only Joking BigG 🙂 )

Loverly work Nobby. Top left corner just below the curve is that the picture or is it a blemish in the stone?

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damn i was hoping that vid of the misses didn’t get out 😳

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thanks guys for all your help, it’s realy appriciative and shows what a great community this realy is.

I found how to turn the smart quotes on in word docs ect but not in windows xp it’self 🙁 but i have found another version of garamond which does have that curl in the apostrophe.

the differance is so slight that i doubt the customer will notice or even mind if he does, just me being picky i suppose 🙂

again you guys have been invalubale to me 🙂

now onto another font ( hehe only joking 😀 )

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Phil unfortunatly it does happen 🙁

in future put on any image you design and give out a copyright notice which may give you some comeback , or as some members do charge them a design fee but knock it of the final bill once you have got the order and completed the job

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cheers guy’s i’ll have a look

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ahh i see

cheers Andrew 🙂

Make sure thedoor doesn’t hit me on myAr*e on the way out

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Cool 🙂

I striped a lorry cab today in the snow, took my trusty wallpaper striper and 2 hrs later i was back in the warm.

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Thanks Andrew

any idea why my version of Garamond has a different ‘ ?

i’m wondering now if there are any other fonts i have that are weird, as before i have missed finding a font i have that someone else has easily found but is slightly different. if that makes sense?

Which way is the door?

Found it !!!!! (>)

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I’ll get my coat 😕

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I asked the wife 🙂 english wasn’t one of my strong subjects :lol1:

and apparently one of her’s either 😉

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Hi again guys

thanks James but the apostophy wasn’t quite right

andrew for some reason teh cursed apostrophy doesn’t look like that im my version of garamond?

thats what put me off 🙁

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Hi Guys

Tried times Roman and loads of variations ect

Looked through nearly 3000 of the buggers and i can’t quite get the right one. is it me being picky??

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Prince Charles is driving his Land Rover to Sandringham to see his
mummy.
He enters the gate and waves at the guard, just as he pulls onto the
driveway he feels a *bump* and a high pitched howling noise. He quickly
stops the car and gets out, to his horror he sees one of his mummy’s
Corgis
badly crushed under the wheel of the car.

The poor dog is already dead and Prince Charles does not know what to
do.
His mummy will be heart broken and she will be very upset with him.

Just then there was a bright flash and *pooof* a beautiful fairy
appeared
floating in front of him.

“Who are you?” Asked Prince Charles

“I’m your fairy godmother” she replied in a soft voice “I sensed you
were
in need and am here to grant you any wish you desire”.

“Any wish I desire” repeated Prince Charles “What luck! Well as you can
see
I just ran over one of mummy’s dogs and she will be most upset. So
please,
can you bring the doggy back to life?”

The fairy godmother took out her magic wand and walked over to the
squashed
Corgi and after looking at it for a while she said “It is very errrr,
squashed and I’m afraid my fairy magic has its limits you know. Isn’t
there
anything else you desire, another wish i could grant you?”

Prince Charles scratched his head and thought about it for a while “Ah
ha”
he said “I know what I would like to wish for. Please can you make
Camilla
as beautiful as Diana was?”

The fairy godmother had a stunned look on her face, she paused for a
second,
“well, perhaps I could have another try at the dog”

🙂

[Paul Goodwin]

Nice Fuscias 🙂

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Congrats 😛

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Cheers guys

I made a path and can import that into corel, but how do i link that with the image in corel?

also i notice when i open the .psd image in corel it doesn’t bring accross the white outline i have around it. ( made with outer glow )

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G’Day Neil 😀

[Paul Goodwin]

What is this with Mini Roofs all of a sudden (?)

I got asked about 1 last week. but for a old mini not a new one

[Paul Goodwin]

Looks great steve 🙂

[Paul Goodwin]

Thanks Shane 🙂

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that would be great shane 🙂

thank you

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quote :

Now what the bleedin’ eck am I going to do with that?

Your going to make a loverly sign silly 🙄

[Paul Goodwin]

Looks about right to me 🙂

i’ve also lost most of the skin on my fingertips after biting the small bits of vinyl off whilst doing a lot of intracate weeding,

ohh and i have a nice sticky collection of vinyl on the side of the bin where i spit it and miss 🙂

Gross 😉

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Just picking my jaw up off the floor 😮

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quote :

I wonder what will be the latest print at this years Sign UK

I’m opening the book at The Incredibles

🙄

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We shall NEVER talk about it again

Rob please lock this thread :lol1:

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I got a magazine you can look at while in the pub if you want 😛

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Hi Marek

Welcome to the site. I got a lot of family in california as well. place called Guernville in the napa vally. never been one day i will i hope.

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Welcome aboard

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Why do i get the feeling that this hasn’t anything to do with seeing all the new bits of kit out there, it’s all to do with having a great big P*ss up :lol1:

Sounds good to me

[Paul Goodwin]

I’ve booked my tickets not sur eon the day yet.

as to where to stay theres a great travel inn in solihull not far from the NEC, i can’t remeber the name of the place but McRod and i used to have a few net meets there and i’m sure he can.

Over to McRod ……..

(i wonder if they forgot about not wanting us back again 🙂 )

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Impact Grafix Solutions do a disk with all of them on it
http://www.impactgs.co.uk/

Ask for Brian and say your a member here or post him a pm he may even sort you out a deal ……. they do great disks [/url]

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That looks loverly

shame about teh dirty wheels though 🙄

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Loverly Jill

who makes the mag material?

[Paul Goodwin]

Interesting that Thanks jim

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ROFPMSWL 😛

[Paul Goodwin]

Could be a proxy problem at your service providers end, not sure though.

one of the tech heads should be able to answer it soon

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Welcome to the boards Rob 😀

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bootyhunter

there is a company in aylesbury on rabans lane that services compressors, think these are the chaps.

very good at what they do

McLaren Air Systems Ltd54, Edison Rd,Rabans Lane Ind Est, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP19 8TE Tel: 01296 425661

if not them it’s these guys, right at the bottom next to compusys

Activ-Air Automation Ltd22, Edison Rd, Rabans Industrial Area, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP19 8TE Tel: 01296 436778

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quote :

Blimey, those southerners wear big watches!

Thats because we erm have big <cough> wrists <cough>

very nice Adrian

[Paul Goodwin]

I had one last year,

was caught doing 37 in a 30 ( in all my years in aylesbury i thought it was a 40 but hey ho)

anyway all it said was the road i was on , i asked in what direction i was going as it was a mobile van that clocked me, and my wife drove one way and i drove the other way after picking her car up.

a few weeks later it came back with us going towards Bicester, so i owned up.

a few weeks after that it came back saying oxford.

so i sent aletter back saying how was i clocked going 37 in 2 directions at exactly the same time on the same day on teh same road.

charges droped 🙂

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Nice one Dewi :lol1:

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Thanks Lee, i may be able to use it

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Thanks Andrew your a star 🙂

they also used brush script strectched and squashed as well 🙁
i gave up in my data base at around the 5000 font mark, my eyes were hurting 😥

[Paul Goodwin]

Just bought one of those cumpases from my local art shop BigG only 3.99 very good it is too , thanks for that 🙂

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Ideal thanks Peter

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Thanks Carrie 🙂

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Here u go Paul 2 types for u

Paul

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Sounds about right to me Aaron, hagle with them though

Europoint is where i get mine from with the group discount it is cheeper than that

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Hi simon welcome back

yeah only a few thousand threads 🙂

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Now thats a good idea steve 🙂

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Thanks Brian 🙂

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big beastie 🙂

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I’m in sorting some stuff out as well, off soon though to beg the wife to do some weeding for me, 100 small car club stickers loads of 5mm high letters, so it’s into grovel mode for me 🙄

[Paul Goodwin]

great Story Shane

but what is a goanna? now don’t fall about laughing all of you but i realy have not got a clue, and i can’t be bothered to google for it 🙂

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Very Eye Catching Shane, i like it 🙂

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Niki i’d be very interested in that list too pls i have to at some point in the near future get my daughter one for her school work.

The amount of stuff they have to do on pc’s now adays is unreal.

[Paul Goodwin]

Hi Vince thanks for the reply, in the end after all my chasing around the customer went for bronze effect vinyl, straight onto the fascia board.

Some ppl huh 🙄

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Thats what i do as well ( i have a huge off cut bin now ) i just wasn’t sure if that would be the right approach on something like this, to help keep in line with teh printed stuff,

but hey if they want the sign they will pay for it 🙂

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Please Paul 🙂

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That looks cracking Paul, i thought printed first off as well,

but how do u price up to bring it in line with the printed stuff? or is it a case of with this customer price is no option as they want a great looking logo?

i normally do price per meter used but that would cost way to much for that?

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They are great especialy the wolf and big John

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does that 200 a week include business rates? if not ours are 6k a year on top of our rent 👿

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Sorry Brian i can only fidn the old one

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took me a couple of looks but it rymes with T*TS :lol1:

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Thanks 🙂

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Stupid question is the humbrol the model paint humbrol ?

i’ll prob find the answer when i re read this thread 🙂

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quote :

but how are the ones that are just stuck to the wall aligned? As you have no locators to mark with?

When i get these to do i get the company who cut my letters to make a template out of 3mm foamex and position the letters inside the cutouts (does that make sence?) usualy u can get away with using scrap material so the material is cheap and it’s offset to the job anyway.

Or u could use masking vinyl with a small 2mm boarder, weed out the letters stick that on then glue your letters inplace and remove the cut mask.

thats what i do anyway 😕

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The first of many i hope 🙂

did u apply wet or dry ? how did you find your first experiance?

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John thats what my old man always taught me when decorating and using maskingtape, wasn’t sure if same applied when using other paints though, should have thought about it realy 🙂

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Looks nice Dewi

did u use paint mask for the lettering, or all done freehand?

and if paintmask how long u leave it on before taking it off

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Peter i’m going out dunstable way on monday so if u don’t mind me poping in and eating all your buscuits it would be great 🙂

can you give me a price for printing it please anyway, i’ll contact the guy and get the size he wants

Thanks

Paul

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I use 751 with no probs at all on my mags

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Andrew i know where your coming from, now white reflective is what i need……

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Right spoke to DVLA, they say it’s nothing to do with them, and they got me to speak to the BSI, they say it isn’t anything to do with them speak to DVLA 🙄

they gave me a standard to buy bsua145d/1998 which helps NOT. they couldn’t tell me whats in it, but i could buy it. but they said DVLA can tell me…..

DVLA said it’s BSI who tell me.

Sounds like their ar*e doesn’t know it’s elbow.

So legal or not who knows.
I spoke to a friend who is a MOT tester and for a MOT it will pass, but is it within the law even he doesn’t know 😥

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Looks loverly, and applying all yourself 😀

Nice one

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quote :

whilst living on the farm he has driven the Land Rover around, this does not qualify him to drive a motor vehicle on a public road, because he hasn’t passed the test as required by law.

But by the same degree learning to drive and passing the test it gives you a license to drive but it doesn’t make you a good driver, it just means that you can pass the test and you are competant to drive on teh public highways. It’s experiance that makes you a good driver imho (but u do need the license) But once you have the license you can use your car on teh road, and we all see every day idiots out there that just can’t drive.

I think just because you pass a test to say that you are competant in using the piece of equipment isn’t enough, you also need experiance to go with it. When i worked for the railways we had loads of ppl passing tests to use equipment, by the HSE legislation yes they could use it, but they honestly didn’t have a clue, many a time i’ve seen accidents waiting to happen and some did happen, by ppl havinga qualification but no experiance on how to use it safely.

I don’t know what the answer is to this but it does make a good topic 🙂

[Paul Goodwin]

Thanks for all the replies, i’m going to look into all the options and i’ll let u know how i get on.

Mort

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Take a photo of it ,and bring it up to full size in your sign package by noting a dimention on the car.
ie: door handle or door width ect

or u can see if impact have the right image on their disks and buy that, they are well worth the money and will pay for themselves in no time.

http://www.impactgs.co.uk

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Thanks for that Carrie

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Hi Dex

yep tried a steemer, it was better than the heat gun but the vinyl still chiped away and left the backing and glue 🙁 but the steamer was better .

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Thanks Bob and John

i’ll look on monday 🙂

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Can u get them over here Rob ? if so where from? if not Jill u do paypal 🙂

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I like that Phil, nice clean and crisp, is that road kill he has stuck to his skirt? sorry i meant kilt 😀

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Thats a good tip Jill 🙂

Those Wurth wheels Rob, i have lost my confidance in them 🙁 at £17.00 for a pair it’s a lot of money to throw away when they keep breaking, but maybee it’s just that damn reflective thats doing it.

Jill what are tose little chislaers like? can u post a pic of one and i’ll look over here to see if we have something similar. if not u can become a agent for them in teh UK and i’m sure you’ll make a mint if they are as good as u say they are 🙂

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Cheers Rob

I did quote him an hourly and didn’t tell him how long it would take, luckily he stayed around for a while and saw how hard it was to remove it 🙂 so no worries there.

The only draw back i have with teh wurth tool is the dust it creates, it’s a nightmare, on normal vinyl i have never had a prob with it, but it just didn’t liek the reflective at all, i had to put too much pressure on it i think which kept breaking the shafts.

I used a wurth glue remover, never had aprob with it before it just didn’t want to touch this stuff 😥

I think i’ll try some of that vinyl remover from 3M or Grafytp, i may be a cheeper option than buying in the machine, and a lot cleaner too i would think.

Thanks for the help, and i’ll keep u informed how i get on.