Author Topic: Pinball stencils : how many of you guys would buy them?  (Read 872 times)

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Offline beaky

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Hi peoples
I am toying with the thought of buying a vinyl plotter to cut stencils for cabinets.
I will be respraying 3 cabinets to start off with and im sure to buy stencils for these im sure i would be looking at atleast $100 for each set of stencils. (if i am wrong sombody please correct me)
thats 300 bucks for a start and i intend doing more.
And the price of a plotter & software to do the job is $590 delivered.
i haven't added the cost of the vinyl but i can see my self spending more on stencils in the future than the cost of a plotter.

Just wondering if i buy one how many of you would be interested in purchasing stencils off me in the future?
I would need some photos to make them with of course.
I would also sell some on ebay at a higher price than what i would charge members of this forum.
Then i could also use it to make vinyl lettering on the side also.

Anyone interested in putting there 2 cents worth in please feel free.
Beaky


Plotter AND software to make stencils for $590??? - Never.
 If im wrong, then a plotter, drawing software, plus decent program to talk to your plotter have certainly come down in price. But it looks like you have one customer already and so im sure you could make it work.
 Make sure you post pics of Picnic and Criss Cross when they are done - these are 50's GTB machines and so you should be OK recreating these stencils.
 Best of luck to you!
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/RABBIT-HX-720-VINYL-SIGN-CUTTER-PLOTTER-W-USB-BONUS_W0QQitemZ270384033377QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Business_Industrial_Printing_Equipment?hash=item270384033377&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50
here is just one of them i was looking at
And yes they have come down in price, they used to be in the thousands of dollars range
looks like if i do i will have to keep it for us forum guys only.
dosen't matter though the main reason i will buy it is to do my pins & if i can help some of you guys out then thats a bounus
I just mentioned it to the misses and when i told her the price she was a bit freaked out but once i reminded her of how many stencils i need and how much they will cost she was fine with it.
« Last Edit: May 05, 2009, 11:04:23 AM by Beaky »
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