That's awesome, I'll have to try that!

Hell yeah! Get it while the gettin is good!

Thanks!

Congrats on your new laminator! I did actually build my table. I originally built it at 4ft x 10ft then a few years ago extended it out to 5ft x 10ft. I love my table lol, as bad as it sounds, its my favorite piece of equipment in my shop.. Thanks for the comment!

@@Blackcreekcustoms Thanks for the response, bro!

@@Blackcreekcustoms what laminator is that

@@terryw5500 The brand is US Tech. It's a cheaper brand, definitely not a great quality laminator but it does get the job done. I has caused me a lot of frustration trying to get it to run straight but once I finally got it dialed in it does alright. A little tip I figured out when trying to dial in your laminator. Keep a piece of backing paper about 15 ft long and just keep running that through the laminator without laminate loaded and make adjustments until you get it running straight. Then your not wasting a ton of laminate trying to adjust it. I wasted a few rolls before I thought of doing that lol.

Glad you liked it! Thanks for the comment!

This was Arlon 510. These were very temporary signs so I just found the cheapest vinyl I could get. Thanks for the comment!

@@Blackcreekcustoms Thank you.

The brand is US Tech, I can't seem to find a link to their website. I purchased it directly from US Tech. I recommend getting a better one if you can afford it. I have managed with this one but not without problems. Mainly feed issues, but have thrown away a lot of prints because of it tracking off. I've got it dialed in pretty good now, but it took me a long time. I don't have any recommendations for what would be a better one but I haven't been looking. I would advise searching some forums for ideas on which ones are good.

Hey man, for sure! I'll try to work on that for you, it may take me a week or so to shoot enough video of all the different processes. But I'll get it made for you. Thanks for reaching out!

Black Creek Customs thank you man, it would be helpful to learn the process before I start touching things 😂

@@KtuluLeaderRise absolutely, I've been there man!

Black Creek Customs thank you, you’re a big help

Hi, replied to your other comment. On this one are you talking about indoor as well? If outdoors, I always use ACM panel like I was using in the other video you commented on. Regardless you shouldn't have any trouble with the corners coming up if you use a good vinyl and clean the board really good before applying your print. If your using printed vinyl outdoors, I would go with 3M IJ40 with 8508 Laminate.

@@Blackcreekcustoms I see, and do you recommend sticking vinyl directly on the wall?

@@FristCF Yeah absolutely, we do that quite often. You just have to make sure to use a super high tac vinyl on painted walls. All the new paints are low VOC so regular vinyl don't stick to them well. I have used MAC TAC Rough Wrap alot and it seems to do good. Just pretty expensive. I also typically use a matte laminate on anything going on walls to cut down on the glare. Thanks!

@@Blackcreekcustoms If its a textured wall would you use some different kind of vinyl?

@@FristCF the same Mac Tac vinyl I mentioned.. I want to find a cheaper alternative. I know 3m has one I just don't know the number off hand. If I figure it out I'll try to make a video about it

Hi, so I have had similar issues. In my case though it was my laminator needed adjustment. I took the side panels off and there are set screws that let me adjust the pressure or levelness lol... for each end of the rollers. That pretty much fixed my tracking issues. The way I tested it, so not to waste a bunch of materials. Was I loaded a long piece of backing paper and kept running it through till I had it to where it wasn't tracking side to side so much.

@@Blackcreekcustoms Thank you for answering these comments. We have similar issues but we learn to live with it, I want to try and fix it now that you explain it can be done. I was always under the impression it's probably our inexperience with the machine, although we've been using it for over 6 years now lol

I'm not really sure on that...I would think it would collapse/dent the foam core. I would check into liquid laminate if you haven't already. Thanks for the comment!

Hi, sorry but I don't have that laminator...

Have you heard about it?

Hi, thanks for the comment. It's 65 inches.

Hey Marvin, yes we do custom orders. Send me a message on FB as to what you are needing and we will see if we can help you out. facebook.com/blackcreekcustoms/ Thanks!

@@Blackcreekcustoms I definitely will and thanks for reaching out

It's an off brand called US Tech...would not recommend. Its a piece lol...It was cheap, I think I paid $3800 for it new like 4 years ago. But when I first got it, I could not get it to run strait. It would track off like 4 inches in 10ft and would like click an leave a strip of bubbles every few feet. I went through a whole roll of laminate and prints trying to get it figured out. Luckily my dad was there to help me and figured out the chain on one side was off by 1 tooth on the gear vs the opposite side. It came from the supplier like this. So we took it apart and fixed that, and that fixed the jump/bubble line. The tracking still sucked though. Took me a long long long time and many prints thrown in the garbage can to get it dialed in. It still gets off a little on long runs, but I just always try to make sure I have a little bleed on both sides of my prints. Moral of the story is...don't cheap out on your laminator lol. I can't wait till I can buy a good one. Then I'll just this one to apply prints to boards and such. Thanks for the comment man!

@@Blackcreekcustoms do you have any recommendations of some great ones , i thought roland would have since they got some great printers

@@MixmasterMegz767 I honestly don't really know. I've always heard seal was the best. But they are also apparently very expensive. If you get one let me know what you get and your experience with it. Thanks!

@@MixmasterMegz767 hey hopefully this isn't too late. I bought a qomolangma laminator and it's amazing and cheaper. You should watch some video about that one

That's cool, I'll have to try that next time. Thanks!

Can you elaborate on that? I can't envision how you do that. Do you get it started in the laminator and then flip the backing over the top roller?

That's a tough one to answer bud. I have a spreadsheet I've made with my most common materials with their costs. I type in the sq ft I'll be using on each material involved in the job and it calculates my markup. Then I add my labor at the end to get the final price.

It's a USTech 63in Laminator.

Thank you much

No problem! Thanks for the comment!