Reza Faezi
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I second that..
Get the owners to make good the wooden fascia behind as I have found that over the years one sign on top of another gets fixed to an aging and very dangerous facia.
I currently have a similar job running but the facia is 44 Metres long and hasn’t been looked at for 30 years or more.SC
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Many many years ago were I worked was asked to quote to do Eddie Stobarts wagons (before they were a complete wrap).
After lettering 2off them we were told the costs of what they were getting them lettered for.
It turned out we couldn’t buy the vinyl (it was all cast special colours) only (No weeding time, application tape or application costs) for what they were been charged for these.
Some jobs can be so big, you make no money on them!SC
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I would never buy from Ashby EVER AGAIN, story to follow when i get a chance to write an essay explaining how bad they really are
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+ 1 for the sign group, i have a similar job to you Warren and the sign group go back to me right away, i am that pleased that i have gone and ordered instantly 😀
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I would get in touch with the guys at impact as i doubt anyone will have a spare book.
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the vinyl corporation, nottingham
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Sorry, i only have some for Wasatch
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We have a 1604. What RIP are you using Aaron?
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Thank you for all of your replies. Unfortunately i do not have the necessary membership subscription to view the tutorial, but im sure its a good one. We are no closer to deciding which way to go, but liking martins suggestion of making one from wood. I wish we had a unit as big as Duncan’s or its a not as big as it seems and you have utilized your small space well, either way, i like it. Whichever way we go, we will post some pictures
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Nice work as always David. Im sure i seen the ADK van down my way (Cumbria) the other week 😀
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Hi Sam, we would also be interested in this workshop if its still possible to book myself +1 on?
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This happens with the reflective we buy all of the time John. We usually trim off a little more than we need then, remove half the reflective away from the backing paper and then re-apply to the backing paper & the same with the other half, resulting in a nice, flat un-warped piece of relflective
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You could also try The Vinyl Corporation in Nottingham, they have never let us down in 15 years
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We dont normally work at weekends either, so if there is a job that can "only" be done at the weekend, we have to pay Saturday overtime wages, so we increase the price accordingly + a little extra. After doing this, you will find out soon enough if your customer really can only get it done at the weekend or if they say "eeerrr well i could probably get it to you one day during the week"
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Hanolex have some good media storage solutions, we got a 16 roll rack on wheels, worked great for us. Coming to think of it, we could do with an additional for our ever increasing media range
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One thing we have noticed when we prepare our vans for a wrap is, that after using the 3m surface prep, the vehicle still feels greasy. This is due to the 3m surface prep not "drying" properly, and if you look on the surface of where you have wiped, you will see that it still looks wet. We now dry the vehicle with a hot air torch after wiping to make sure the 3m surface prep has dried out properly. I don’t know if this is why your vinyl is lifting or not but thought i would pass on the information anyway
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We were experiencing similar problems :banghead:. 1 week after applying the new update, we installed new computers throughout our office and had to re-install Signlab on all 4… we did not apply the latest update. I would contact Ray again as at the time, they didnt have an update that fixed the problems. Unless you want to uninstall and re-install again?
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Have you updated your software lately as this could be the cause, when we updated to build 6, we experienced a lot of crashing. I would have thought Ray at Cadlink would have been able to help
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What is it you are doing (trying to process) that causes it to crash?
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i dont know what font it is but i really like it!!! 😀
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Does nobody use a Steeltrak these days?
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Wow! I like the look of those, or the idea at least. I have a quite a few customers that would love the idea of an illuminated aboard 😀
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Thanks for your reply Russel, thanks for the advice, i just didnt want to try it and possibly destroy it
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Initially it did seem to fix it, but their still are issues, but they only appear now and then.
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Thanks for your replies. At the time of posting i was still waiting on Cadlink getting back to me Denise. If there is ever any faults on any programmes i try quitting the program and restart and if that doesnt work i do a full system restart ( as you say Robert
quote :sounds daft but amazing how much a reboot can help. Cadlink did get in touch the following morning and as it turned out, there were a couple of faults with the latest update (build 6) that caused signlab to crash when altering the kerning or fitting text to path, however they have fixed it and forwarded me on the patch 😀
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APA supply a burnt iridescent orange wrap, you could try them
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Or you would get some kind of timeout message on the PC. What area of the country are you in Neil?
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We use Wasatch 6.1 at the moment (well since we purchased the printer) We want to print direct from Signlab 9 but yet to find anyone who does using the Mutoh Valuejet . . . . . . (if anyone does, answers on a postcard please) :lol1:
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Haha, when i went to check where it was i couldn’t see it at first its so small. Just out of curiosity David, what RIP are you using to print with your Mutoh?
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Its on the rear plate (pre-heater plate) , in the centre of the machine, just before the rollers, its oval in shape and very small
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There is a sensor where you load the media at the rear, its in the middle, just before the rollers.
We were gonna chuck ours through the window also – when it said media had ended 3/4 way though a 60′ banner
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When trying to clean some media which has been "contaminated" i use the same method as when cleaning a CD, breathe on it and wipe it with my sleeve, it usually works lol
I use gloves when handling media and keep it covered by the plastic wrapper it comes in, when not in use. That prevents the media getting contaminated in the first place
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In my opinion John, its the future, i dont think it will be long before we see more of these being used as shop signs. Does anyone know who supplies them to get a price for one?
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Im addicted to looking at everone elses signage, vans, banners etc and always have something to say on them all. You are correct Hugh, however more often than not its down to the customers budget. Most people want "something smart, eye catching, colourful, modern, it has to stand out and different to what everyone else has but has to be cheap as possible!!! Sorry but all of what was mentioned above does not come cheap or not as cheap as the customers think it should cost. And even then they still want to know how we can make it cheaper still.
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Ben,, try heidi@officegreen.co.uk. I got in touch with her earlier in the year to recycle our old empty carts 🙂
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Nice work as always Ghias 😀
What type of red (i cant tell from the photo) is the 1st BMW at the top?
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That sounds great Ewan, as we all know, sites like these are usually quite costly.
I have just tried to have a wee nosey, but it wont let you view any images until you sign up, however there is a free trial…
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Any prints, boards, vinyl etc supplied by our customers, we do warn them before hand that although we will do our very best there is a chance it could go pearshaped. So yes, we do pre-warn them. Had a few issues in the past with this sort of thing
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Looks good to me Tim, always hard when designing & trying to decide on "your own stuff"
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Have you tried to get in touch with Stafford Cox? He is a genius when it comes to stuff like this Hugh
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We are all in the same game here and know the score. Its bad enough having this issue with customers never mind with a fellow member. And the fact you have been chasing them for 3 months and they have also blocked your number, indicates they are hiding. I don’t think you should name and shame but on the other hand i wouldn’t like to get "stung" by the same member, the threat would be enough for me to pay if i was that "fellow member". If they still dont pay, a debt recovery company is the only option. Like you say, "its not not going to make me rich nor him poor" but the principle of it
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It certainly is, we got sent one by them 😮 ( by mistake of course) but we decided to follow up and find out how much that sort of thing would cost
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We also use a local solicitor, he charges £6 to send a warning letter and 9 times out of 10, customers pay their bill soon after. Works for us
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+1 for 3M Surface cleaner – We were having all sort of problems when we got into wrapping until we changed our vehicle prep to this stuff, the problems disappeared 😉
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Good point Phil, most customers that come into our shop are under the impression that wrapping is far cheaper that getting a respray. In all truth when we done our wrap course we were told it was a cheaper alternative to a quality paint job. However the reality is, there are so many spray shops round here spraying full vehicles for £500 – £1000, wrapping is no longer (if it ever was) a cheaper alternative to getting a vehicle sprayed. However you only get what you pay for and im sure you would be able to tell the difference between a £500 spray job and a £2000 spray job 😀
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At last!!!!! 😀 😀 😀 I love the Steeltrak, just couldnt bring myself to splash out and get one when it wouldn’t even cut a 8′ sheet. So, where can i buy one as Keencut dont sell direct if i remember correctly?
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I thought as much, it just confirmed what i already told our customer
Thank you for your quick reply Robert
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Yes, get in touch with William Smith or Contra Vision themselves as when i was at the William Smith open day last year, they had 15 different variations of their product, for different applications
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Some very nice work again David. Love the walking Jack & Jones Aboard 😀
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Thank you everyone for you help/advice, i will give it a try
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It would help wouldn’t it 😕 (sorry)
Im trying to morph the picture onto the console & control pads with the cut holes at an angle.
Probably really simple to do but as i dont do much designing, its working out quite a struggle
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Have you tried running a strong head clean? (bottom right hand button on the control interface)
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im sure Xpress do them
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What is the test print like?
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That’s the problem and probably where you will be getting your dust from. MDF sheets are no good for any type of vinyl application jobs as every time you score on the sheet loads of dust/wood will get thrown up. Buy yourself a self healing mat and you wont get a fraction of the dust. Yes acrylic is a pain and but if there’s 3 different layers of vinyl going on, its going to be hard to avoid getting dust under it if your doing it on a sheet of MDF
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NICE!!!! It looked a little windy out there though? Was it ok fitting outside with no heat? What material did you use, as this question has been asked quite a few times on here?
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What about Roller banners or correx/foam signs with hook and loop tape (assuming there are walls to temp fix them to)?
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Normally "don’t know what their budget is." ……
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…..Nothing at all!!!…
….and as a friend/mate you’ll do it for nothing.
Ask them do they have £5000, £500 or £50 in mind.
Otherwise run away from this potential job as you will find he is trying to play you and the other sign makers at the same game, and the only one who will be in pocket is him!
I mean does this customer not know how much is in their pocket?
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I’m sure you aren’t the first and won’t be the last 😀
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Funnily enough, i had a phone call from Clarity this morning to see if i had time to play about with the demo i had downloaded (which i hadn’t, i completely forgot all about it) I told him that i hadn’t and then he offered to go through it with me, show me the features and have a click about really. Im sure he said they have brought out a Clarity Light version, with less modules on. So i am going to have a play
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Denise, i was just looking at this laminator again, does it have a take-up reel or another roll for the backing paper to roll onto? I cant tell from the pics
Thanks
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I suppose, im the only one in here that complains about the silvering, maybe im just too fussy, and yes, it does go after time.
Mind you, it does seem a good price (we priced up the easymount a couple of weeks ago) but like you have asked, it would be nice to get some feedback from someone who has purchased one
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Hi Jean, we are kind of in the same boat. At the moment we have a 1400 wide cold laminator, however we are looking towards a 1600 hot roll laminator as the prints tend to silver (its worse at winter). I dont know if you have this issue with your smaller laminator, but i would recommend a hot roll
And yes, the price is a bit of a stumbling block at the moment
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Looks great John! We were thinking of putting some in ours, think my mind has been made up now 😀
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Be weary of the really cheap ones tho, as they tend to rust!!! make sure they are 100% brass, as when they do start to rust, the rusty residue then goes onto your banner
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Its called a Slat Sign
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Thanks for your reply Andy. I shall take your advice on contacting a local fabricator. Cant waste anymore time trawling through tinternet
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Hi Warren, what are you doing with your Steeltrak as you said you were replacing it with a vertical panel saw? If its ever for sale, could you give me a shout please 😀
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Yip, im sure it would be a lot easier just to buy the sheets in yellow, even though they are more expensive, it is a lot less hassle/time and no come backs on you about the vinyl shrinking 😀
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Thanks for all of your advice gents, i will post a pic of the finished product 😀
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Yes well we were going to fix top, bottom and sides. The supplier that we got the tray sign from said that fixing it from the top and sides should be sufficient but…. it can get a little windy where its going. We might double side tape the bottom of the tray sign to the top of the shutter box, you would never know as the sign is sitting on there anyway. It is a composite so there not that much weight in it i suppose
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Try Stafford Cox, he is here on the boards (maybe its a little too far for him though)
Failing that
Colin Tupman is based in the North East, maybe he could help
His number is 0775 947 2729
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Haha, very good! Great value for money service that
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£1134.74 , that was the motherboard for our 1604, not sure if the 1204 is the exact same or not
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I was as surprised as you are Chris. We were just about to purchase from Digiprint when someone suggested Spandex. We actually bought a motherboard, CR cables and a print head as the engineer would not come unless we had all three parts. And what was even better was that Spandex would allow us to return any parts we didn’t need (which no other parts supplier would do) which worked out great as we didn’t need the motherboard in the end 😀
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Try Spandex, our main board went back in January, it arrived the next day, and was surprisingly cheaper than our usual Mutoh parts suppliers
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There was me thinking it was only the Bikers around here who were like that 🙄
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WOW!!!! Very nice David, i’m sure you are pleased with the end result 😀
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I did wonder myself Harry, so i thought i would ask the question
Thanks for that Jamie, you have saved me hours :lol1:
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Never tried them myself but have a good variety http://www.4imprint.co.uk/
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+1 for Signlab 🙂
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Yes, i agree, as nobody ever wants to trim on the vehicle and as you say, for a one off, its not worth the time and all template cuts and so on. I think Impact vehicle outlines are great, they have helped us and many signmakers over the years, and the fact if you dont have an outline, they will do their best to send one over. However, it would be fantastic if the vehicles were 100% to scale (i know this would not be possible due to curvatures on vehicles) and you could just take the panel (you want to flood coat) and just send it to cut and it would fit perfectly
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Sounds good, What app do you use at the moment Robert & is it any good. Colour matching can be a pain in the ar*e, especially when matching print to vinyl
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sorry, i didnt see the / on the end of that link i posted 🙄
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Ive never used onyx myself, but have you tried exporting it as something else ie an AI or EPS
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Whoops, sorry about that Brian, its 01462 420 222
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Ps are your DX4 printheads still working, im after a few 😉
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i swear by out 1604, wouldnt hesitate in buying another but think it would be more practical to go in the direction of instant drying ie latex or lightbar. Any mistakes on print jobs can be reprinted and whacked on instead of waiting 24 h – 48hrs to dry properly
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Phone and aspeak to Ray or Bernhard @ Cadlink, they will hit the nail on the head pretty fast and save you time trying to find the cause yourself – 01468 420 222
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Some nice work there David. LOL, my wee sister used to love The Singing Kettle, cant believe its still on the go. Brings back some great memories (of her singing her wee heart out)
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Try Colourgen (official Mutoh UK parts Supplier) or Digiprint
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If all of the above have been checked and are all ok, maybe your encoder wheel is dead. It turned out ours wes buckled and the wheel was rubbing on the sensor. Also we could hear a slight "Juddering" when moving the media forward or backwards. We had a similar issue with our mutoh valuejet, its definately worth a check
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We have used Copper in the Oracle range, looks very nice!
The vinyl corporation also supply by the metre
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count me in 😀 , its the only "open day" close to us
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It sounds silly, but maybe you have a double cut path on the text part of your file
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http://www.grafityp.co.uk/ also supply these
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We do put an old blade back in the plotter right enough
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We have done it a few times ad its been ok. However if you are looking for another company try http://www.eyreandbaxter.co.uk, they make all types of stencils, including magnetic ones 😉