Bringing old signs back to life

[joe]

Still can't tell if this is a salvage job.

To make money you can't waste time. Gotta get down to the good wood. I'd rent a big High Pressure washer and blast the heck out of it. It will dry out fast once the pithy wood is gone. Then you'll know where the soft rotten spots are. You'll waste time scraping. It's going to take a blast to get down to the important area's

When shooting photo's with a cell phone, keep it level. Otherwise export it in photoshop to rotate.

[rb99]

Flexi does do routing and toolpaths but it's a separate program called Enroute. It will integrate with Flexi to some degree. I don't think Flexi is that great myself... If I was starting out I would look at Illustrator, Coreldraw and Signlab. But that's just me...

[joe]

rb99,

What do you use to but vinyl?

One of the reasons Flexi became popular was you could send your files directly to a plotter. Today it's strong suite is Ripping for large color prints.

I have Illustrator, Photoshop, Corel and at one time I had Enroute. Very few guys on this forum use it since there is precious advantage over the other 3d programs. Expensive too.

Please post some of what you're doing.

[mtylerfl]

I dont know what is wrong with these pictures. I rotate them they are still wrong. I dont rotate them and they are still wrong?

Hi David,

When you take your photos in Portrait mode, make sure the phone's shutter button (or Start Button as Apple calls it) is at the BOTTOM of the phone when you take your photo. When you take photos in Landscape mode, make sure the button is on your RIGHT-hand side. That way, your photos will not need rotating. (BTW, these rules apply when taking video also.)