BlazeTSU
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this is inspiring to me.
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I hate that this didn't get the response it needed. I had not registered for it yet, for various reasons but it was marked on the calendar and i was going to bring a group of no less than 5 with me.
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I'm looking for any or all neon shop equipment. If you have or know someone who has any shop equipment to sell please contact me at ThunderBoltNeon@hotmail.com with info and price.
Slightly used to workhorse equipment is fine but please nothing held together by sawdust, chewed gum, chicken wire and electrical tape.......in other words....NO MACGYVER EQUIPMENT PLEASE!
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lets do it!
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well, after about two full months of having my mother-in-law live in our spare bedroom she is finally going home! HELL YEAH! i love her to death but i'm so damn ready to have my house and office back. so i'll probably spend the weekend walking around in my undies and burping and farting at will.
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i hit inside the "25-35" demographic and i'm just a baby in the industry but i'm excited to seek out companies, websites and individuals willing to help me take my career to the next level. i'm obviously money-motivated but i can make money doing a multitude of "jobs". my passion has truly become neon/signage and its the first thing that i've done in my life, jobwise, where i'm not thinking of what i'll be doing next year. i have no doubt that the sign industry is my career and that i'll be doing it in some form for the rest of my life.
unfortunately it is difficult to find people willing to actually teach you the ways of the industry. on the flip-side of that, if someone isn't willing to seek out worthy and willing mentors then how serious are they? personally i'm super self motivating when it comes to my passions so an immediate lack of an industry mentor is only a hurdle and not a mountain. thats why i enjoy this site so much. i was putting google through the wringer looking for places to learn and discuss neon and signage and most other places were either dormant or just out and out bullshit. this place stood out to me from the first second i visited. it seemed to me that there are individuals here that knew a ton about many different facets of the industry and weren't afraid to talk about it. another thing that was really attractive to me was the very "pro-neon" vibe i got along with the "pro-LED" attitude as well. its important to me to look up to and seek answers from confident people that aren't afraid to see the benefits of other tools and techniques for the greater good of the product.
i have further opinions on this topic but its late and i think i've hit the points i wanted to tonight.
p.s. - i would like to think that i had "youthful" ambition with an "old-timer" work ethic................thats what i'm shooting for anyway
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Yeah...:)
Congats on the new bundle of joy...very exciting.......wow, 8lbs.......so is this the end? or will there be a third???? get plenty of rest and enjoy this time....how is the big brother doing with all this excitement?
I remember my first...8lbs and then my second boy was 9 1/2lbs, I cannot think of how big my 3rd child will be? well, I gotta get knocked up first (hint hint west coast sign guy)......
Enjoy....
yeah, this is all for us, at least at this point. maybe one day......long from now we'll go for a third but at the present our hands are full.
Tiger(big brother) is doing great with her at the moment. he really loves her and constantly peeks over the side of the basinet and smiles at her. its kind of early to tell though b/c his life is whacky at the moment. we live in atlanta and my mother-in-law has been in town from Corona, Ca. for the last two months so she has been able to keep him occupied. once she leaves and i get back into the swing of work we'll really see what he thinks about this baby girl getting constant attention from his mom.
Tiger was 7lbs 11oz but was a month early. he was projected to be a 10 pounder but luckily for my wife he never made it that far.
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Well, mine were 22 months apart. When we brought #2 home, #1 went into an actual bed with no railing. He was ready, and loved it. They shared a bedroom for about 6 months - and then moved into his own bedroom. He thought he was a "big" boy then. Course the same #1 was riding a two wheel bike with no training wheels at 23 months.
Anyway - its not till later, like teens that they actually hate each other.
gn
wow, riding a bike with no training wheels at 23 months is super impressive. my son can't even reach the pedals on his tricycle yet. his super power is playing drums. he has a natural ability and understanding of drums. i'll have to post a video soon.
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Congratulations Blaze on your second! The only thing I don't envy is the sleep depprevation
though, shortly we will be working on a third. With my luck we will have quadrupletsthanks.........and on the sleep depprevation front, my son is only 20 months old and still has a few teeth left to cut.....which means he'll be screaming through a few nights himself and i'll have double duty.
anybody else here have kids that close together? if so, how did the older ones handle having a baby in the house?
oh, and good luck with number 3.......4,5 and 6 WCSG!
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yesterday my wife gave birth to our second child.....RUBY LOUISE!
she was a big one at 8lbs 12oz. she beat out her big brother by a full pound!
i'm still on cloud nine so i thought i'd share.
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Looking for an experienced bender, with all around experience, in the Southwest Ohio area. Custom, general and repairs required. Flexible hours with good pay, for a good fit. Nose Candy Morons need not apply.
I'm a tubebender that could be interested in relocating for the right opportunity..........and nose-candy free.
e-mail me some details at ThunderBoltNeon@hotmail.com
~blaze~
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i'm going to try to make it down there
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the Giants did everything right tonight. they put brady on his ass and they stayed aggressive throughout the ENTIRE game.............something no one else had done all season against the pats.
i loved it...........i'm a manning fan.......PEYTON anyway, but ELI looked great under the pressure tonight. that scramble, throw and catch by Tyree will go down as one of the classic plays in NFL history.
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I'm unsure on retail end of unless your installing too, in which case you will need a contractors lic.
If you get that and you plan on doing lighting, I guess you can get anywhere from $20-$25 and up per foot installed. Window neon signs and misc, thats up to you on either charging by the foot, hourly and material or the perceived value approach to projects. Perceived value is my favorite approach to retail, since most of my work is referral.
I stated prices for channel letters above in a previous post. Straight border tubing is anywhere around high 5's to high 3's per foot, depending on merc / neon.
small lettering for windows etc is hard as each shop is different.
Working for a sign company or neon shop can be anywhere from $18-$35 an hour or some even do it by piece work.
Hope this help somewhat, maybe other so cal benders will chime in.
One thing is for sure, I don't see any benders here with spare time on their hands
cool, thanks a lot. i was just wondering ballpark figures anyway b/c i wasn't sure how much different the industry and standard of living was out there as apposed to here in atlanta.
thanks again
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http://www.thesignsyndicate.com/forums/ind...?showtopic=2088
But if your looking to move and do wholesale then that's another story, I can pop off what that goes for around here in so cal
so whats the verdict?
and do most places out there pay hourly or footage?
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my experience is completely on the neon producing side of things. pumping and bending......no service or installation experience, YET. so i was thinking more along the lines of wholesale or retail neon bending and processing.
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i was wondering what a general idea of the payrate on the westcoast is for tubebenders. i have some family that live in Cali. and i've considered making the move but i have no clue what to expect in terms of compensation.
can anyone help give me an idea? footage or hourly.
thanks
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MERRY CHRISTMAS to ALL!
be safe and have a wonderful holiday.
~blaze~
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I work in a wholesale neon shop in Marietta, Ga. and we are always looking for benders. We have stayed slammed with more work than we can do for the majority of the last two years. Right now we are looking to add two new tables and an extra pumping station as well. I don't know if things have picked up at all for you but if you are in need still and don't mind a move then you should check into our company. you can check us out online at http://www.magnumneon.com
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I think a venting/shoot the shit forum is a way to build community. I know that the community of people that seem to have built relationships on this site keeps me coming back to it. Although I don't post everyday or all that often I come here at least twice a day. I come b/c I know that this place still has activity and people are still talking here.
There are so many forums or message boards out there for the sign business but most of them still have threads on the front page that haven't been commented on since 2006. Thats two years ago and these forums are dead. If you happen to have a specific question you'd like an answer to you'll never get it on a dead forum b/c no one is looking at it anymore.
Not to mention the benefits to the advertisers here. The more interesting the overall site and/or forum is the more people will visit it.....more hits to the site = more hits on ads.
I could go on about the benefits of building "The Sign Syndicate Community" but I'll leave it at this for the moment.
although, I do agree with chubbygumby about the subject of booting people for not posting. I'm against it b/c I personally don't post a whole lot. Not b/c I'm spying or up to no good but b/c I feel I have a lot more to learn here than I have to teach. So most of the time I find myself just sitting back and reading. I usually read something I didn't know and then I start searching the internet for info about the subject and by the time I'm satisfied with my own research I have no time to come back and respond.