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Posted by: seanery Nov 1 2004, 08:10 PM

bought a vinyl cutter a couple weeks ago, made all the stickers for our region's DE last weekend, now to do some fun stuff.
CD for size refference.


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Posted by: Korijo Nov 1 2004, 08:12 PM

Posted by: Aaron Cox Nov 1 2004, 08:15 PM

are they stickers? or how do they attach?

i want one for ax...or a windshield banner

Posted by: seanery Nov 1 2004, 08:19 PM

they are vinyl stickers without the mounting tape applied yet.
I don't think this size would be a good windshield banner.
Track #'s, however, yeah baby!
Right now I've got yellow, orange, white and black vinyl, but
I will be getting some blue and red sometime soon.

Posted by: Aaron Cox Nov 1 2004, 08:21 PM

bummer...

not magnetic

Posted by: Jeroen Nov 1 2004, 08:23 PM

Very cool!
I'd love to have one to play around with

Posted by: URY914 Nov 1 2004, 08:27 PM

Very cool

When I repaint my car I'll change the number to 914 and use those.

Posted by: seanery Nov 1 2004, 08:30 PM

Just let me know!

Posted by: kafermeister Nov 1 2004, 11:24 PM

Sean, I get home tonight after cutting signs all night to see this!



Seriously, vinyl cutters can be fun. ...so what model did you get? We've got a Roland cutter in the sing shop.

I've got magnetic material if you want to make something for Aaron. Seems like Zois bought a cutter as well. If you're going to do alot of stuff for outside use, stick with High Performance vinyl. Oh and 3M vinyl rocks. Best looking stuff on the market. Has an excellent shine.

Congrats
Rick

Posted by: GWN7 Nov 1 2004, 11:26 PM

Posted by: skline Nov 1 2004, 11:31 PM

Got a Gerber from a garage sale about a year ago for $40.00, I have a friend who sells the cutters and repairs them. He fixed it all up for free and even made me a cable to plug into my computer. Havent played much with it in awhile but I got a lot of vinyl in several colors. Made all kinds of things with it. They are cool.

Posted by: skline Nov 1 2004, 11:32 PM

Are those my shirts laying there??? When you gonna be shipping them out??

Posted by: rick 918-S Nov 1 2004, 11:34 PM

Cool! Make nice signage for the hobby shop wall!

Posted by: kafermeister Nov 1 2004, 11:35 PM

Oh yea, Gerber is the good stuff.

Posted by: MattR Nov 1 2004, 11:37 PM

Vinyl cutters rock. I have a big one at work thats really sweet.

I just need mad ricer skillz so i can put a tribal pattern on my car to accent my cf wing.

Posted by: Mrs. K Nov 2 2004, 12:55 AM

Posted by: skline Nov 2 2004, 01:01 AM

Yeah, just look at the back of my truck. Free advertising!


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Posted by: Mrs. K Nov 2 2004, 01:05 AM

Yep!
Exactly what I was posting about!
Good work!

Lisa

Posted by: seanery Nov 2 2004, 07:32 AM

Rick,
mine is from a French-Canadian company. Not too expensive for a 24" cut with a stand. What I need is a good software package, the one that came with is ok, but it was written in French and some of the translations aren't so great. I'd like one that feels like I'm working in Illustrator or Photoshop, but that may be asking too much.

My first two rolls were just 24"x10yards of GMI yellow and orange, I bought some black and white from SSK that is glosstech 5.

Posted by: kafermeister Nov 2 2004, 11:34 AM

SSK is who we will be getting our Eco-Solv printer from early next year. We are in KY after all.

I haven't used the Glosstech but I've heard good things about it. Ritrama is what our Cincinnati supplier carries the most. As long as you don't need any large areas of shiny (without flaws) material, the cheap Hi-perf vinyl does fine. You'll find that some of it is easier to work with than others. ..also, the 3M stuff has a clear backing which makes it easier to line up different colors and make more complex products.

Our Roland came with Windows drivers as well as some other tidbits that let us print directly from Illustrator. It also came with a Roland app called DrStika Plus v2.2 that runs in Windows. The Roland app is great but it's limited.

As for AI, none of us in the shop have any real experience with Illustrator so it's a bit frustrating. FWIW we do a bit of cutting out of Powerpoint of all things.

Let me know if I can help with anything. I'm certainly not the most experienced with this stuff but I'll share what I do know.

Rick

Posted by: ! Nov 2 2004, 11:39 AM

Sean, I get home tonight after cutting signs all night to see this!



Seriously, vinyl cutters can be fun. ...so what model did you get? We've got a Roland cutter in the sing shop.

I've got magnetic material if you want to make something for Aaron. Seems like Zois bought a cutter as well. If you're going to do alot of stuff for outside use, stick with High Performance vinyl. Oh and 3M vinyl rocks. Best looking stuff on the market. Has an excellent shine.

Congrats
Rick

Posted by: kafermeister Nov 2 2004, 11:45 AM

Posted by: seanery Nov 2 2004, 12:51 PM

I've got a mortgage and no paycheck, so sure what do you need

Posted by: itsa914 Nov 2 2004, 04:19 PM

No paycheck Time to look for a job??? email me your resume off line.

Posted by: ! Nov 2 2004, 04:37 PM

I've got a mortgage and no paycheck, so sure what do you need

Posted by: seanery Nov 2 2004, 05:11 PM

got a file? or hard copies only?

Posted by: Jeroen Nov 2 2004, 05:21 PM

Sean, I've got a shit load of porsche stuff in .eps
lemme know if you want it...

Posted by: seanery Nov 2 2004, 05:32 PM

looking for the VW Porsche logo in eps, 944 Cup?

Posted by: Jeroen Nov 2 2004, 05:37 PM

send me an e-mail (I'll promise to put it in my address book this time ) and I'll reply with some .eps files for ya