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<body> <h1>Full Version: <a href="https://www.engravingetc.org:443/archive/index.php?webtag=EE&msg=1017.9">Stencil questions</a></h1><a name="a1017_9"></a><p><b>From: PenTrophy (PENINSULATROPHY)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=1017.9">#9</a>]<br /> 24 Mar 2005<br /><b>To: Stunt Engraver (DGL)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=1017.8">#8</a>] 24 Mar 2005</p> <p>It's so interesting to have a debate over pica, points and inches and all parties are correct. It's Corel that is wrong.</p> <p>In the real world 6 pica, 72 points and 1 " are equal. But in Corel, what ever the 72 is at the top of the tool bar equates to 1 " on the "Format Text" window but not the actual rulers....it's just under 3/4" (maybe 3 whatevers)</p> <p>Unless I have it all wrong Corel is messed up when it comes to measurements. ( at least Corel 9 )</p> <p>Mark</p><hr /><a name="a1017_10"></a><p><b>From: UCONN Dave &amp; Lynn too (DANDL48)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=1017.10">#10</a>]<br /> 24 Mar 2005<br /><b>To: Stunt Engraver (DGL)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=1017.8">#8</a>] 24 Mar 2005</p> <p>David,</p> <p>What was it 9 years? 8<)</p> <p>Dave</p> <hr /><a name="a1017_11"></a><p><b>From: Sei (SEIMA)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=1017.11">#11</a>]<br /> 24 Mar 2005<br /><b>To: sawdr73</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=1017.5">#5</a>] 25 Mar 2005</p> <p>Even with spray mask vinyl I've had the embarrasing situations of pulling the face off drywall (paint and paper) and pulling the clear coat off wooden wall panals when using a vinyl template to install letters. </p> <p>It would be nice if there was a vinyl with about the same tack as transfer paper. Problem is, with that little stick, how would you put it up?</p> <p>Sei</p><hr /><a name="a1017_12"></a><p><b>From: Stunt Engraver (DGL)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=1017.12">#12</a>]<br /> 24 Mar 2005<br /><b>To: UCONN Dave &amp; Lynn too (DANDL48)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=1017.10">#10</a>] 24 Mar 2005</p> <p>Dave,</p> <p>I don't know why the school print shops taught procedures that Ben Franklin saw as old hat.</p> <p>Handset type in composition sticks, furniture in chases, locked in with quoin keys, hand-operated platen presses etc., etc.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Fortunately, I found an engraving job, in the days when a well-equipped shop consisted of a manual pantograph and a hot stamping machine :-)</p> <p>Pretty hi-tech - so I thought :-)</p> <p>David "The Stunt Engraver" Lavaneri<br /> DGL Engraving<br /> Port Hueneme, CA</p><hr /><a name="a1017_13"></a><p><b>From: PenTrophy (PENINSULATROPHY)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=1017.13">#13</a>]<br /> 24 Mar 2005<br /><b>To: Stunt Engraver (DGL)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=1017.12">#12</a>] 24 Mar 2005</p> <p>David when you say high tech.... you mean they started using the telephone , right</p> <p>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</p> <p>My Comodore 64 had more processing speed...........1982-83</p> <p><br /> Mark</p><hr /><a name="a1017_14"></a><p><b>From: Ken D. (KDEVORY)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=1017.14">#14</a>]<br /> 24 Mar 2005<br /><b>To: Jim (RETAIL74)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=1017.1">#1</a>] 24 Mar 2005</p> <p>How big are the pieces you want to make?<br /> What equipment do you have on hand?</p> <p>I'm asking because I don't know if its an option to laser painter's tape.</p> <hr /><a name="a1017_15"></a><p><b>From: Jim (RETAIL74)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=1017.15">#15</a>]<br /> 24 Mar 2005<br /><b>To: Ken D. (KDEVORY)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=1017.14">#14</a>] 24 Mar 2005</p> <p>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.<br /> 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.<br /> I also printed a bunch of sample letter sizes so that I can pick the right letter sizes.<br /> The letters will be painted in a vertical line down a round pillar. It will be about six feet long.<br /> ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â </p><p class="edit_text">EDITED: 24 Mar 2005 by RETAIL74</p> <hr /><a name="a1017_16"></a><p><b>From: Ken D. (KDEVORY)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=1017.16">#16</a>]<br /> 24 Mar 2005<br /><b>To: Jim (RETAIL74)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=1017.15">#15</a>] 24 Mar 2005</p> Let us know how the hair dryer works. As someone else stated, you want to remove the stencil before the paint is too dry. (Hopefully the glue won't take "that" long to soften.)<br /> <hr /><p align="center">Show messages: <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=1017.1">All</a>  <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=1017.1">1-8</a>  9-16</p> <h4><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=EE">Back to thread list</a> | <a href="llogout.php?webtag=EE">Login</a></h4> <h6>© 2025 <a href="http://www.beehiveforum.net/" target="_blank">Project Beehive Forum</a></h6> </body>