What media are you using in the blasting cabinet? And is that just regular vinyl decal material? Ive made the lettering on headstones the same way, but I used a 1/16" rubber template with the letters cut out, will vinyl work just as well with a finer media? Great work! Very impressive finished product!

@Glass Sign & Co. How much for a Custom one Do you charge?

You should see his art and tattoos

Fast day..if you have at least $80,000 for a computer signware. ..HOWEVER...it's more incredible to watch a sign mechanic do it all by hand, as I started out 55 years ago til retirement. Yes ALL WORK ONCE IN MY DAY WAS DONE BY HAND..INCLUDING HAND DRAWN "POUNCE" PATTERN"

Same here , dude is talented

Same here.

Same.

@G SQUADRON gotta start somewhere right? :)

are you saying you've got game?

That's what I was thinking,

i mean, the result is beautiful, but where's the art exactly? don't get me wrong, it's a great looking piece and requires being proficient in several processes, but i just don't see the 'art' in it knowing that the designs essentially comes from templates. skill? oh, sure. art, though? hm, i have to question that. again, i'm not trying to take anything away from the people, process, or fantastic end result, but i won't gush and goo over what really is by professional gilded glass sign making standards pretty basic.

@@manlymcstud8588 It would be nice to know what you do consider art little fella'.

@@leesanders6490 you couldn't resist slipping in an insult, could you? at least you got that out of the now so i don't have to waste my time on you and find out later.

if i wasn't already waiting on a tufting gun to make rugs with, i would be looking into this for sure. the only thing that i would balk at is i don't know coreldraw or illustrator, have a plotter, or a sandblasting set-up. other than that it's just a lot of smaller tasks. having worked in high-pressure factories before, the little jobs themselves don't impress me super-much because i've been in situations where you get your act together fast or you don't have a job tomorrow, and i've owned a trophy/t-shirt shop so i have some familiarity with the equipment and weeding process. i've used vinyl as stencils to armour etch class before, which is simple. if the ex moves to another state like she said she wants to or she just won't help me out (she still has the business), i'll find someone else to subcontract that out to and come up with a design i can sell over and over again to reduce design costs. i'm sure a simple inquiry on FB could find me someone who does sand blasting, that's just the kind of people i know. i probably watched the same videos you did and priced some stuff out, lol. good luck!

why can't you do this in a garage? what process looks beyond your ability?

Hola, que tipo de pagamento utiliza?

aside from the computer design, it looks like a lot of simple yet time-consuming tasks. that's why these things are so expensive, though.

the company would have a higher end vinyl cutter/plotter that likely uses coreldraw or illustrator because those are vector based, as opposed to photoshop that's pixel based. a lot of these fonts and decorative pieces are easy to get. the jaguar plotter the ex got for our trophy/t-shirt shop was about $3K if i remember right, but that's what you'd want for a commercial daily user. you wouldn't need that fancy of one for something you only used now and then. you could pick up an uscutter probably for about $500 or so that does the job, just slower -- and a lot louder, lol -- and with the low-level detail for projects like this. (you get what you pay for, so something like the jaguar is more precise time and time again, but we started off with a refurbed uscutter many years ago and it was great until we outgrew it.) beyond the computer design none of these tasks seem particularly difficult, but some seem time-consuming. getting the glue chipping sped up will still take at least two days judging from other videos i've seen on it. lining vinyl up is a pain in the ass sometimes, lol, but not like it takes all day. running a knife around the whole design once the hide glue has gelled looks like it would take awhile. i'm just guessing that, computer and drying times aside, there's probably a good two days of solid work involved barring some process they're not showing and there's no dilly-dallying, but i could see three as being reasonable, too. in real life you set the tool down and it's gone three seconds later and you're like, 'hey, where's my glass scalloping doo-dad thingy?!' or, 'damnit, why can't i line stuff up for shit today?'