Full Version: Stencil questions
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#12]
24 Mar 2005
To: UCONN Dave & Lynn too (DANDL48) [#10] 24 Mar 2005
Dave,
I don't know why the school print shops taught procedures that Ben Franklin saw as old hat.
Handset type in composition sticks, furniture in chases, locked in with quoin keys, hand-operated platen presses etc., etc.
By the time I left High Scholl (1971) the print industry was already getting into the digital age. Don't know where my training would have come in.
Fortunately, I found an engraving job, in the days when a well-equipped shop consisted of a manual pantograph and a hot stamping machine :-)
Pretty hi-tech - so I thought :-)
David "The Stunt Engraver" Lavaneri
DGL Engraving
Port Hueneme, CA
From: PenTrophy (PENINSULATROPHY) [#13]
24 Mar 2005
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#12] 24 Mar 2005
David when you say high tech.... you mean they started using the telephone , right
I can recall the Varitype typesetter that was sitting in a corner in 1987 when I got started in advertising, still in use. And the other department had just gone to Wang dishpack drives from IBM keypunch..... Did I mention this was the High Tech Army of the 80's
My Comodore 64 had more processing speed...........1982-83
Mark
From: Ken D. (KDEVORY) [#14]
24 Mar 2005
To: Jim (RETAIL74) [#1] 24 Mar 2005
How big are the pieces you want to make?
What equipment do you have on hand?
I'm asking because I don't know if its an option to laser painter's tape.
From: Jim (RETAIL74) [#15]
24 Mar 2005
To: Ken D. (KDEVORY) [#14] 24 Mar 2005
The letters are going on a post, ground level, outside a store. It needs to be painted because it's a very high traffic area. I don't want someone peeling it off. I found a stencil vinyl that has a very low tack adhesive, so I'll be testing it this weekend. The vinyl is made for this application.
I was told by a friend who does a lot of vinyl that I can use a hairdryer to loosen the adhesive. It will not generate enough heat to peel the existing paint. I will also be testing this.
I also printed a bunch of sample letter sizes so that I can pick the right letter sizes.
The letters will be painted in a vertical line down a round pillar. It will be about six feet long.
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EDITED: 24 Mar 2005 by RETAIL74
From: Ken D. (KDEVORY) [#16]
24 Mar 2005
To: Jim (RETAIL74) [#15] 24 Mar 2005