A Comedy of errors - Engraving Etc. Forum

<body> <h1>Full Version: <a href="https://www.engravingetc.org:443/archive/index.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.6">A Comedy of errors</a></h1><a name="a6542_6"></a><p><b>From: Franklin (FW_HAYNES)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.6">#6</a>]<br /> 4 Apr 2007<br /><b>To: PenTrophy (PENINSULATROPHY)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.5">#5</a>] 4 Apr 2007</p> already tried to dump vista and it won't let me, I will try the dual drive though, that might work. <hr /><a name="a6542_7"></a><p><b>From: PenTrophy (PENINSULATROPHY)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.7">#7</a>]<br /> 4 Apr 2007<br /><b>To: Franklin (FW_HAYNES)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.6">#6</a>] 5 Apr 2007</p> You would have to Format the drive to get rid of vista <hr /><a name="a6542_8"></a><p><b>From: LaZerDude (C_BURKE)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.8">#8</a>]<br /> 4 Apr 2007<br /><b>To: PenTrophy (PENINSULATROPHY)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.7">#7</a>] 5 Apr 2007</p> <div class="quotetext" id="quote"><b>quote: </b></div><div class="quote">You would have to Format the drive to get rid of vista</div><br /> <br /> I'm happy to help. <hr /><a name="a6542_9"></a><p><b>From: LaZerDude (C_BURKE)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.9">#9</a>]<br /> 4 Apr 2007<br /><b>To: Franklin (FW_HAYNES)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.4">#4</a>] 5 Apr 2007</p> <div class="quotetext" id="quote"><b>quote: </b></div><div class="quote">The first thing I thought of was taking the doors off, but the machine is the exact width of the door frame so the doors wouldn't make a difference.</div><br /> <br /> Franklin,<br /> <br /> There should be a door stop around the jamb. Did you take THAT off? <br /> <br /> Can you remove the laser from the base? Turn the laser sideways? Turn the base sideways? Reassemble once in the room? <br /> <br /> If not, I have a sawsall that has not seen much action since I started remodling my bathroom ( going on a year)....<br /> <br /> Good luck. <hr /><a name="a6542_10"></a><p><b>From: Franco</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.10">#10</a>]<br /> 4 Apr 2007<br /><b>To: ALL</b></p> I've been laughing about your exploits. I too have an Epilog Helix and I had a very similar situation to you. First it arrived on the pallet, would not fit through into the house via the garage or the front door. I ended up unwrapping it all out in the rain, finally fitted through the door. Then I had to remove the base in order to get it upstairs! Then wiggle it through a rather tight doorway and into my tiny work area and reassemble it. But funny as it is and hard work, worth every bit of it just to have it working.<hr /><a name="a6542_11"></a><p><b>From: Doug (JDOUG5170)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.11">#11</a>]<br /> 5 Apr 2007<br /><b>To: Franklin (FW_HAYNES)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.1">#1</a>] 5 Apr 2007</p> <p>Reminds me of the time I bought a new office/computer desk, just to get it home to find out it would not go into our new home office (last child moved out!).</p> <p>End result, wife got a $5,000 remodel so that I could have my $700 desk! Good trade, I think!</p> <p>Doug</p> <hr /><a name="a6542_12"></a><p><b>From: Mike (TOOCON)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.12">#12</a>]<br /> 5 Apr 2007<br /><b>To: ALL</b></p> You know .... after reading this thread I'm wondering if maybe I should look elsewhere for sage advice. B-) <br /> <br /> Just kidding !!! :> <br /> <br /> I hope. :-) <br /> <br /> I think. :/ <hr /><a name="a6542_13"></a><p><b>From: PenTrophy (PENINSULATROPHY)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.13">#13</a>]<br /> 5 Apr 2007<br /><b>To: Mike (TOOCON)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.12">#12</a>] 5 Apr 2007</p> <a href="http://www.Sage.com">www.Sage.com</a> Business Management Solutions <hr /><a name="a6542_14"></a><p><b>From: Mike (MDUFFY)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.14">#14</a>]<br /> 5 Apr 2007<br /><b>To: ALL</b></p> <p>I also just recently bought an Epilog Helix 45 watt. Had to take one door off the hinges but other than that had no problems (had some help from a friend). <br /> My question is... where's your Epilog distributor? Mine came out and installed everything for me and we were engraving in about 15 minutes - using xp, not vista. He would have also helped me bring it into the shop if I needed him to. Needless to say I'm pretty happy with the distributor in my area. Maybe your situation is different.</p> <hr /><a name="a6542_15"></a><p><b>From: gt350ed</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.15">#15</a>]<br /> 5 Apr 2007<br /><b>To: Franklin (FW_HAYNES)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.1">#1</a>] 5 Apr 2007</p> Note to self......<br /> <br /> Have engraver & pallet moved to empty lot next door.<br /> Build new house <i>around</i> pallet.<br /> Put "For Sale" sign in front of old house. :O) <hr /><a name="a6542_16"></a><p><b>From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.16">#16</a>]<br /> 5 Apr 2007<br /><b>To: Mike (TOOCON)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.12">#12</a>] 5 Apr 2007</p> Then I guess I should not post my blunders. <hr /><a name="a6542_17"></a><p><b>From: Mike (TOOCON)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.17">#17</a>]<br /> 5 Apr 2007<br /><b>To: PenTrophy (PENINSULATROPHY)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.13">#13</a>] 5 Apr 2007</p> <font color="#0000FF">Quote:www.Sage.com Business Management Solutions </font><br /> <br /> Now Mark that link might be considered sage advice, but what do they know about laser engraving B-) <hr /><a name="a6542_18"></a><p><b>From: PenTrophy (PENINSULATROPHY)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.18">#18</a>]<br /> 5 Apr 2007<br /><b>To: Mike (TOOCON)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.17">#17</a>] 5 Apr 2007</p> Absolutely nothing.... which makes them a candidate for "newbie" membership to this forum. Plus someone could point out to them they can't spell.....<br /> <br /> "From small start-ups to larger organi<font color="#0000FF">s</font>ations" and "we make it easier for companies to manage their business processes." I wonder if that means they will come over from the UK and help move lasers into your house ( I mean place of business)....?<p class="edit_text">EDITED: 5 Apr 2007 by PENINSULATROPHY</p> <hr /><a name="a6542_19"></a><p><b>From: Mike (TOOCON)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.19">#19</a>]<br /> 5 Apr 2007<br /><b>To: PenTrophy (PENINSULATROPHY)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.18">#18</a>] 5 Apr 2007</p> <font color="#0000FF">Quote : Plus someone could point out to them they can't spell.....</font><br /> <br /> One shouldn't knock anyone's spelling. Take a look what's happening overseas. <br /> <br /> The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.<br /> <br /> As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".<br /> <br /> In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy.<br /> <br /> The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.<br /> <br /> There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.<br /> <br /> In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.<br /> <br /> Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.<br /> <br /> Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.<br /> <br /> By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".<br /> <br /> During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer , ve vil hav a reil sensi bl riten styl.<br /> <br /> Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.<br /> <br /> Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.<br /> <br /> If zis mad you smil, pas on to oza pepl.<br /> <br /> Ja ?<p class="edit_text">EDITED: 5 Apr 2007 by TOOCON</p> <hr /><a name="a6542_20"></a><p><b>From: Stunt Engraver (DGL)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.20">#20</a>]<br /> 5 Apr 2007<br /><b>To: Mike (TOOCON)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.19">#19</a>] 5 Apr 2007</p> Eieio (old McDonald reference) :-) <hr /><a name="a6542_21"></a><p><b>From: Cody (BOBTNAILER)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.21">#21</a>]<br /> 5 Apr 2007<br /><b>To: Mike (TOOCON)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.19">#19</a>] 5 Apr 2007</p> OMG!!! That has me rolling laughing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<hr /><a name="a6542_22"></a><p><b>From: Franklin (FW_HAYNES)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.22">#22</a>]<br /> 5 Apr 2007<br /><b>To: Mike (MDUFFY)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.14">#14</a>] 6 Apr 2007</p> <p>Engraving Concepts is where I got my laser from, but it has nothing to do with them. I have a weird schedule and we haven't come up with a meet time yet so I am doing what I can and when Roy or Randy make it up this way, then we will get together.<br /> Now for the door issue in getting it to fit...I would have to rip out the door frame itself to get this thing in the room, so even if I had gotten the door off its hinges, I still would have had an issue. Actually I would have two because now I would have to get the door back on the hinges.<br /> Figured out the problem though( or at least found out how to work around it. I was going with a downloaded screensaver that was causing the glitches. I changed screen savers and haven't had any issues since. Of coarse I just now loaded the engraver driver, so we will see. I am running around all day tomorrow, so it will be Saturday before I can do a test run (per book instructions) to make sure everything was put in right. And if not, then I know where to go for help.<br /> Thanks for the advice and the moral support from the ones who showed me that I am not the only one that has trouble fitting square pegs into round holes.</p> <hr /><a name="a6542_23"></a><p><b>From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.23">#23</a>]<br /> 6 Apr 2007<br /><b>To: Franklin (FW_HAYNES)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.22">#22</a>] 6 Apr 2007</p> It can be easy to fit a square peg into a round hole. But as you have found out, not if the square peg is too large. <hr /><a name="a6542_24"></a><p><b>From: John (JOHNRMONTG)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.24">#24</a>]<br /> 6 Apr 2007<br /><b>To: Franklin (FW_HAYNES)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.22">#22</a>] 6 Apr 2007</p> <p>Hi Franklin .... I think I might have a solution to your Vista problem. Get Norton's Disk Partioner program and it will create any number of partitions you will need then instal XP under one of the new partitions and use the, I believe, dual boot-up option. This allows you to choose which OS you want to use. I have never utilized that but should work for you. I don't think you have to have an additional disk drive.</p> <p>Good Luck!</p> <hr /><a name="a6542_25"></a><p><b>From: Franklin (FW_HAYNES)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.25">#25</a>]<br /> 6 Apr 2007<br /><b>To: John (JOHNRMONTG)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6542.24">#24</a>] 7 Apr 2007</p> That is what I was looking to do. Generally, I can partition out a computer with no problem, but since Vista is an alien to me, I was having difficulty figuring it out. Thanks for the advice. 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