Follow-up: Giampiero Giovanelli
Shop name: The Factory of the Signs Age: 52 First featured in SignCraft: May/June 1990 Online: www.lafabbricadelleinsegne.it When Giampiero Giovanelli was featured in… Read More
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Laser at work: Jumbie Industries
There are many ways to be led into business, and for Jay and Melanie Selway it was witnessing a friend’s young son battle… Read More
Letters
Sailboard inventor was also a sign painter SignCraft reader Steven Jacobson, Steve’s Pinstriping & Signs, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, sent us an interesting newspaper… Read More
Shop Trucks
Send us a photo of your shop truck today at signcraft@signcraft. com or to SignCraft, P.O. Box 60031, Fort Myers, FL 33906. Read… Read More
Stripes & Graphics: Brad King
From the time he was about nine, Brad King wanted to be a pinstriper. His parents made sure he had the tools and… Read More
Tips & Tricks
Make CNC letters that are peel-and-stick Instead of liquid acrylic adhesives, I often use 3M 5 mil Adhesive Transfer Tape 3M 468MP to… Read More
Sell the impact of wall prints
One of the markets created by the advent of digital printing is wall prints or wall wraps—custom designed digital prints that are installed… Read More
Turn HDU board into barn wood backgrounds
You can sandblast HDU board and get an interesting pebble texture, or you can blast through a grain simulator like the GrainFraim grain… Read More
What would you charge for these trailer graphics?
Grab a pencil. Let’s say the owner of a landscape company just stopped by with the new 16-ft. trailer to get a price… Read More
A compact, efficient vinyl sign workspace
A veteran sign maker told me once that there were only three ways a sign shop could be more profitable: raise prices, reduce… Read More
Tips & Tricks
Easy, rugged sign post covers One of the best ways to enhance a sign is with the mounting. When we install a great-looking… Read More
Design & Price: Van wrap
In every issue, SignCraft gives a few sign makers an imaginary project. We ask them to do a sketch of the sign they… Read More
What if what they want isn’t what they need?
We’ve all worked with clients who have a very distinct idea of what they want you to do for them. Sometimes their input… Read More
Playing with plasma fire!
Ten years ago, when we purchased our MutiCam CNC router I was excited to discover how we could use it to create even… Read More
Letters
Wall repaint—99 years later Dear SignCraft, Recently I had the excellent opportunity to restore a Gold Medal Flour wall sign in DeGraff, Ohio…. Read More
The 1-2-3 approach to successful truck door lettering
On many (maybe most) trucks, the lettering is confined to the doors. This is especially true of tractor trailer cabs. The most common… Read More
Profile: Keith Smith
Shop name: Brushworks Signs & Graphics Shop size: 2200 sq. ft. Staff: 3 Age: 37 Graphics equipment: Roland VersaCAMM 540B printer/cutter Graphtec 24-in…. Read More
Profile: Roger Sammel
Shop name: Sammel Sign Company Shop size: 3200 sq. ft. Staff: Three Age: 56 Graphics equipment: Multicam 3000 CNC router Roland VS540 digital… Read More
Shop Trucks
We’d like to see your shop vehicles! Send us a photo of your shop truck today at signcraft@signcraft. com or to SignCraft, P.O…. Read More
A tale of two striping projects
About two years ago, Craig Shornak called to say he had a rat rod that he wanted striped. It was a 1934 Chevy… Read More
