lances00

Im would like to get starting in the T-shirt business as well as awards.Im leaning towards heat transfer for my shirts and sublimation for the metal products.Where can I find shears to cut the metal.

How to I format names for trophy plates and plaques.Any suggestions far as t-shirt suppliers in the U.S

 

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Rodney

Quote: Any suggestions far as t-shirt suppliers in the U.S

Hi Lance, you can find lots of blank t-shirt wholesalers here.

We also have a whole section of the forum for sourcing various blank imprintable items:
Wholesale T-Shirts and Other Imprintable Products - T-Shirt Forums

Quote: Where can I find shears to cut the metal.

Here's a past thread that I found in the search that talks about places to get metal shears:
tabletop metal shear cutter needed

(I actually searched google for shears for metal dye sub to find that link in the forums )

Quote: How to I format names for trophy plates and plaques

Hopefully someone else here can help with that

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jiarby

Quote: How to I format names for trophy plates and plaques.

What is it you don't understand about typing text in a rectangle?

 

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lances00

Correct I dont understand how to lay out the names and create the text

 

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lances00

Thanks Rodney ,I appreciate any help

 

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jiarby

Most Trophy & Awards shops built their business around ENGRAVING (Rotary, Diamond Drag, & Laser) for trophy plates & plaques. Sublimation is also a great product but I do not know of anyone that is relying on sublimation ALONE to produce their plates.

We use a 50w Universal laser to engrave most of our plates on Rowmark plastics or any of a gazillion brass sheet product choices. Sheet stock is generally 12x24" (called a quarter sheet because it is 1/4ths of a 48x48 "whole sheet")

The process would be to layout your plate in your favorite design software (we use Corel X3 mostly). The size of the plates is dictated by the size of the award.

Contact the ARA (National Association for Trophy Weenies) and see if there are local vendors that can be a great resource for parts, used equipment for you. Watch some YouTube videos.

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lances00

Glenn Thank you very much i will be in touch

 

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