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    I ran a simulation using a .125 bit that I use all the time to cut small letters out of PVC. they are 3 inches tall

    this is one with an inside cut and one with an outside cut
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    Quote Originally Posted by jerry_stanek View Post
    I ran a simulation using a .125 bit that I use all the time to cut small letters out of PVC. they are 3 inches tall

    this is one with an inside cut and one with an outside cut
    Is that Times New Roman font? No issues when removing the letters from wood like your pictures, just when removing the area around letters, leaving the name attached to the rest of the sign, that some sections of letters become fragile.
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    Yes that is Times New Roman here is the letters that are cut out. I cut these all the time for a company that does menu boards for collage cafeterias
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    Home Depot sell PVC 1/2 4x8 for $75.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex Naumenko View Post
    Home Depot sell PVC 1/2 4x8 for $75.
    Thanks, headed there tonight, the 2 Home Depots near my house don't carry it, but there's one a little further away that stocks it according to their website, going to pick up a sheet and do a test cut.
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    I use these bits to cut mine in fact I just ordered some more this weekend

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-175x2-5x22...item1c40db8ab3

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    How long do they take to arrive shipping out of China?
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    last time it was a week

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    Yep Jerry, I always have a couple of boxes of those on hand in both flat endmill and ballnose. Been using them for years now. Great value and a decent tool.

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    I don't know if your version of Aspire has this tool but you can take any font and convert it to vectors, then use this tool to trace the vector to make it bigger (not what you want) or make it smaller (what you do want). This maintains the correct letter spacing you want but you are in charge of how much meat is left for each letter. Russ

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