This channels is about life as The Sign Guy. I've been designing, cutting vinyl and making signs for over 25 years, join me in my daily endeavors as I show you some tips and tricks. Heck I might even learn something from you all but I have lots of "older" school knowledge I'm willing to pass along and have fun in the process. Most of the signs I do are all off the internet, I'm a 1 man show and do pretty good at it.
I'm trying to get that same cutter working with Easy Cut Studio 6. I got the same Keyspan USA-19HS adaptor, installed the driver and found it's on hub 0001. I set the com port to 1 and I can send it to the cutter. It says file sent but the cutter doesn't respond. Got any quick tips for me?
Good info. We made due with a Cricut for our custom shirts for the last 6 years and it finally died on us. Finally upgraded today, looking forward to a more commercial quality cutter.
I mostly print on 3M materials, but I've recently got into creating my own color and print profiles. It's been a game changer, because sometime manufacturer profiles are overkill. As far as profiling for color, get yourself some really good calibration tools.
This isn't really a video about alignment. From what I can tell there is no way to align this particular machine's height from left to right side other than reshaping the plastic spacer under the teflon with sandpaper. They come from the factory out of alignment and only get worse. Adjusting the carriage won't make a difference as it will still be off the same distance on each side as the frame is the the 'aligned' carriage.
I have watched a couple of your videos and will subscribe! I like your style, especially that you have Cocoon fit over sunglasses like mine. My wife & I have a small printshop and we added wide format a couple of yrs ago. We are in our 70's and both have survived major health issues, so we are now ready to learn and grow. We like the sign business, but the learning curve is long. Thanks for you help.
Gotta add to this. I have the graphtec FC7000 MK2-130 similar issue but when I see you move the head with belt on it seems to run pretty smooth along the track. I'm thinking I have a motor issue? Does your cutter head move pretty freely or does it have a type of clicking? Or resistance? The Y motor shaft seems to have a tick inside but the X motor moves freely
@TheSignGuy wow thanks for the quick reply! No worries. I'm just curious, what about other plotters? Should that motor move freely or have a magnetic cog type clicking to it? Trying to figure out if the motor is bad
If you treat this like drywall and cut one side fold and cut the other side it's way easier than trying to snap it. I'm actually not sure why you're doing that
Not everyone can stand the smell of wood fires or pellet stoves. Moving the big bags, cleaning the stove, making sure it doesent run out etc. is a not for me. So electric, NG or propane for me, but to each their own!
@@TheSignGuy Pellet stoves don't smell. Pellet smokers, well that's what you want. My cost for pellets for the winter is less than one months use of gas. It's a no brainer.
@@TheSignGuy i mean the graphic design, not the wording. i cant seem to find the same design for my 2003 240 fish Bentley. id really like to put it back the same except for the colors.
@@TheSignGuyI have used one daily for about 8 years and I love it. I also have a USCutter plotter but it’s by far inferior to the Mimaki which for the price difference is expected.
Generally prime the edges until you can't see the layers of the wood, about 2 coats. One Shot takes 1 good coat for most colors, I found certain colors like 2 coats like Medium Green and Dark Green.
We bought a large shed, ran elec, added hardwood floors, insulation, dry wall, a mini split, and a coffee pot!...lol. all for about $11,000.00 (we did all the labor ourselves) worth every dime!
I've wrapped some stuff in the past. Thinking about doing a deck boat i just purchased. A 5ft x 30ft roll should do it. I just havent figured out the best way to cut the whole roll in half.
Thank You!! Lighter colors the better! Keep it waxed up, Lucas Slick Mist is what I used to clean and make em' shine!. Water marks will also depend on what minerals are in the water.
Depending on the ink saturation you are putting down, as little as 1 hour and up to overnight. The more ink you put down the longer you should wait to laminate, 98% of the time I used 3 different printer profiles. 1 profile was for very quick printing and putting the least amount of ink while still looking good. Prints from that profile sometimes never got laminated depending on what it was for.
@kingk5994 the more ink you put down the longer you should wait. But you don't have to, if the ink isn't done outgassing the the media and laminate will do strange things....
I use the bomb site marks and built in laser pointer on my Graphtec 8600 cutter when I do contour cuts. I seem to have more problems with contour cuts the way you showed. I will give your way another try. Also I have to move the cutting pin into the front part of the holder. If I don't the cuts are way off.
I tried to do that but could never get it to work. The laser pointer would come on and I would go through all 4 points, when I hit okay the cutting head would not put any pressure on the vinyl. It would follow the contour cut but "hover" and the blade would not extend to cut the vinyl. And Yes, for me I also had to move the blade forward to match the contour as well.
Generally the thinner the better for vinyl. Calendared vinyl (Oracal 651, Avery A6 etc) is about 3 mils thick and will last about 4-5 years outdoors. Thinner Cast vinyl is 2mil thick (Oracal 751/951, Avery A9 etc) and will last longer, is easier to remove, has a higher gloss level and is better for outside use with less color fade. It also conforms better over rivets and such, it does conform better to irregular shapes.
Great video, rule of thumb: You should blur out clients' home addresses on your label before sharing on RU-vid, unless you have your client's approval.
Hi! Thank you for such a good content. Any suggestions on applicatoon tape that wont wrinkle in FL weather? I use clearchoice at75 .. its a love/hate relationship i really cant apply if its under the direct sun
I was never a fan of the Clear App Tape. I preferred the paper tape and you just have to work fast. I went from the R-Tape to Grimco's Briteline series for app tape, same stuff just a bit less expensive.
