Was awake today
I stayed up really late last night. I think I laid down around 1 am but surprise, surprise I slept nearly 5 hours straight. That was a first in a long time.
I did manage to get some nice skin expholiant for my knees and elbows. The really course stuff worked great as a shaving cream.
Today, we got the flatbed printer. One giant crate and two large boxes. the CNC has not arrived yet which is good. We also cleared out most of the finishing area so that the contractor can do some framing work and get us a clean room. I'm thinking, if they get the contractors out there over the weekend we will have the whole finishing room and milling room set up and ready for us to do some training on the new machines next week.
While I am looking forward to get some time on the machines I really don't see the justification for getting them. The flatbed I can see us making the money back on that fast. We already do a lot of banner work and can run it unmanned. Any flatbed stuff is going to have to be new products that we create and offer to our clients and see who takes the bait. I already know some things that I want to print. I have a plexi display case that I can take apart and run through doing reversed prints. I also think that posters and double sided jobs will work too.
AS for the CNC machine that is going to be a toy for a little while. I really don't see the sales people coming up with products for it. we can start prototyping displays on it and so some short run contour coroplast cuts. Other than that I don't see what we can make on it. We did get the aluminum head for it so that is something. WE can probably do some really neat acrylic work with it. If we can get the business we can do shop signs. Guess it all depends on what we do with it.
Regardless, its must going to be more things on my resume. I am really beefing it up this last couple of years.
Was up an on my feet most of the day and that felt great to be up and about again. Did end up leaving my knee sore though and I decided to skip the gym tonight. Be better tomorrow night though.
I did manage to get some nice skin expholiant for my knees and elbows. The really course stuff worked great as a shaving cream.
Today, we got the flatbed printer. One giant crate and two large boxes. the CNC has not arrived yet which is good. We also cleared out most of the finishing area so that the contractor can do some framing work and get us a clean room. I'm thinking, if they get the contractors out there over the weekend we will have the whole finishing room and milling room set up and ready for us to do some training on the new machines next week.
While I am looking forward to get some time on the machines I really don't see the justification for getting them. The flatbed I can see us making the money back on that fast. We already do a lot of banner work and can run it unmanned. Any flatbed stuff is going to have to be new products that we create and offer to our clients and see who takes the bait. I already know some things that I want to print. I have a plexi display case that I can take apart and run through doing reversed prints. I also think that posters and double sided jobs will work too.
AS for the CNC machine that is going to be a toy for a little while. I really don't see the sales people coming up with products for it. we can start prototyping displays on it and so some short run contour coroplast cuts. Other than that I don't see what we can make on it. We did get the aluminum head for it so that is something. WE can probably do some really neat acrylic work with it. If we can get the business we can do shop signs. Guess it all depends on what we do with it.
Regardless, its must going to be more things on my resume. I am really beefing it up this last couple of years.
Was up an on my feet most of the day and that felt great to be up and about again. Did end up leaving my knee sore though and I decided to skip the gym tonight. Be better tomorrow night though.