That is exactly what I have done, I just tack weld them on the back. When I cut them just add the second letters over to the side using any drop material I can. Most people are eager to pay the extra money for that look. It also makes it easy to rub the pearl on the letters before clear coat. I have about 5 more that people have ordered, I usually don't do the art stuff but at the moment is making me a little extra money. Thanks for the compliment.
Thanks for the reply. The shadow effect looks great. We just keep learning from each other don't we.
Rick
Rick
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I sold 17 of these just today....$70 each here in Texas. lol I'm going to be busy cutting next few days. Have a dozen more folks wanting great product to sell.
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abmetal wrote:We get $70 ea. They're all powdercoated with "Baby Rockstar Sparkle". Everybody loves the sparkle, especially women. Wifey says it's a woman thing.
Allen
Are you doing a black base coat first? or just the baby rockstar sparkle over raw steel?
For you Motoguy...I'm wondering how you mount the hangers that you posted. Do you position them so the hanger is just above the top of your piece of metal art ( so the letter can hang flat on the wall) or are they totally in the back where you cannot see them at all? Then I guess the nail can not be out of the wall very far.Looks like a strong hook. Thanks
Countrylane wrote:For you Motoguy...I'm wondering how you mount the hangers that you posted. Do you position them so the hanger is just above the top of your piece of metal art ( so the letter can hang flat on the wall) or are they totally in the back where you cannot see them at all? Then I guess the nail can not be out of the wall very far.Looks like a strong hook. Thanks
I place them on the back. I do my best to make sure they are totally hidden from the front.
Countrylane wrote:For you Motoguy...I'm wondering how you mount the hangers that you posted. Do you position them so the hanger is just above the top of your piece of metal art ( so the letter can hang flat on the wall) or are they totally in the back where you cannot see them at all? Then I guess the nail can not be out of the wall very far.Looks like a strong hook. Thanks
I place them on the back. I do my best to make sure they are totally hidden from the front.
Do those hangers weld up OK? I've got a ton of those leftover from my photography business. Buy them from an online framing supplier and I think you can beat the Amazon prices. I used to get them for about $. 10 a piece if I ordered over 200 at a time.
The large ones with dual holes weld fine. I strike the arc in the center of the hole, and just hold the gun there. The weld pool builds up inside the hole, until it merges with the hanger. Kinda like filling a bowl. Works great.
If you try to move the arc around, or go to the edge of the hanger, you'll blow right through. The key seems to be letting the weld pool build up and fill up the hole, and merge with the hanger itself.
NEVER, NEVER cut on good faith! I require full payment up front. If anyone wants to buck you on it just go on. They are the ones that probably want pay. I just took a order for 4 pieces from a lady that was a good friend of the people running one of the antique malls I'm in. She gave the order to the lady running the mall and she passed it on to me. I told her I would need payment before starting and she ask me to please forgo the up front payment because it was a very good customer of hers. WELL she wasn't a good customer to me. I made them, called her and have never heard from her again. The lady at the mall has contacted her and she still want pick them up. Said she changed her mind. I broke my golden rule one time and it bit me in the ASS! LOL
Rick
Rick
Arclight 9600 4x8 table
Hypertherm PM65
Acc. Plate Marker, 4 inch Pipe Cutter, Wood Router package
Quincy Q54 compressor 2 stage, 5hp, 60 gal
Refrigerated air dryer & 4 stage filtration system
Software Mach 3, Sheetcam, Solid Edge 2D, Inkscape
We've made about 70 of them and our customers pay when they pick them up. No problem yet. BUT, we know everybody we've sold them to. If we were making them for resale, then it'd be a different story.
Anything "custom" that I make gets 100% payment up front. Monogram, custom size, custom color you name it, I can do it but must be paid for up front.
Like little blue choo, I was burned once but never again.
Dennis
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Online sales, walk-in customers get your money up front. You don't order stuff, receive from the company then pay very often beside eating out. I will say though I break that rule for friends and family but even they can burn you, made a metal flag with a name in it for a co-worker. They never paid, worse part is I gave it to them since they were going to pay the next day and needed it that night as a gift. Oh well, live and learn....
Here are some I've been doing.
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Ok. Initially, we were taking orders, cutting parts, then meeting the customers for payment. Some known people, lots of people-not-known-to-us-facebook sales. I didn't have credit card ability at the time, and this seemed more reasonable than meeting to get a check/cash, then cutting, then meeting again for delivery (I work from my home, so I often meet people in nearby areas). We ended up with 4-5 "orphaned" pieces, which isn't too bad considering the dozens and dozens I've cut.
Once I was able to accept credit cards, I changed the process. I'll e-mail a design proof. Upon approval, I e-mail an invoice, from which you can pay using your debit or credit card (online, no call necessary). Once payment has been received, I cut. A few people have squawked about this, but seem to begrudgingly accept it when you lay out the "custom part, can't resell it, here the stack of non-paid items I now have, blah blah blah" spiel. IF they're a prior customer, and we had no issue getting paid at delivery...I'll let them do so (I still e-mail the invoice to them, though...hoping to "convert" them!). If they're not a prior customer, and they don't want to pay online, I'll offer to let them pre-pay with cash/check.
If at that point they STILL don't want to pre-pay, I chalk it up to "these are likely the folks making this an issue to begin with, so glad I could weed them out up front."
Add me to the list of getting burned. Wife's cousin wanted 4 fire pits. 3 Alabama and 1 custom fishing themed fire pit. Cut, bent, welded and painted all pits and told her to come and get them. She arrives and says that she wanted 2 Alabama and 1 Auburn. So I cut an Auburn the day before Christmas, welded and painted it. She paid for the 3 football themed and said that she would get the fishing one after Christmas. The Alabama and the Fishing pit is still sitting in my basement a year later. Money up front for EVERYONE from now on.
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KIDTech wrote:Online sales, walk-in customers get your money up front. You don't order stuff, receive from the company then pay very often beside eating out. I will say though I break that rule for friends and family but even they can burn you, made a metal flag with a name in it for a co-worker. They never paid, worse part is I gave it to them since they were going to pay the next day and needed it that night as a gift. Oh well, live and learn....
Here are some I've been doing.
Monograms.JPG
Is there a file available for purchase that has the antler frame with the monogram letters like the ones pictured?
Danny Walker
Walker Manufacturing
Tishomingo, Oklahoma USA www.walkermfg.net
Sure, $1,000 and I'll send it to you. Or check the .dxf share section tonight and get it from there.
DIY 5x10 v rail, rack and pinion
Gecko g540
Pm65 - aka game changer
Longevity ForceCut 42i is sitting on the shelf
Proma THC
ACAD, SheetCam, Mach3
Millermatic 211
NEW HORSE IN THE STABLE:
4'x8' LDR downdraft w/a scribe
Milltronics Partner 2 CNC mill
Bought the monogram files from Pinterest awhile back- went to use them today and can't find them. If I could remember the file names I could find with a search. Anyone remember the file names?
plain ol Bill
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