tint cutting software???

[Guest Stratusrtrida]

what do you guys recomend for tint cutting software? everywhere I go they want $2500 for the program and about $150 a month to use it. Then, I found a place locally that sells it for $500 for the program and $7 per downloaded templet and they cap you off at $150, so you will never spend more than $150 a month using it. This obviously sounds like a great deal to me because I am new and probably wouldn't be doing that much business to begin with. Especially since Im still slow and would take me the better half of the day to do one car depending on the difficulty (well I don't know if it would if I had the tint pre-cut already.) But, my delima is, this sounds like too much of a good deal for me compaired to everything else. Do you guys think its a wise investment? Also, say I do download a templet, then a week or so later I get the exact same car to tint, do I have to pay for that templet for a second time or would that get saved in my system? I am only doing this from my home, but I got laid off and would like to work on getting more business because I have so much free time on my hands. I can cut it myself but it's time consuming and you waste more tint that way. Thanks in advance...Nick

[TintDude]

Just learn to hand cut with a $7 olfa knife

[blade]

sounds to me like you're in a situation where software wouldn't be worth it.

[TintDude]

wow, someone actually agreed with something I said

[Guest Olfablade]

I worked for the first ever computer cut system window tint shop ever. In 1987, an Australian gent by the name of Clive Berenger left oz, and set up shop in Stanton. "Beringer Computerized Tinting" was born. There was a huge cutting table about the size of a small pickup. It had vents in the cutting system similar to an air hockey table, except it was for vacuuming the film down. It had a travelling arm over the length with a trailing blade cutter. I cut patterns like an Etch a Sketch, but could lift off after pattern was cut. Pretty much that experience put me off to 17 year old pattern makers!

[the art of tint]

you would probably be better off cutting by hand and learning without the machine, then in a few years, when your very busy and need help getting all the cars done, then get the machine.

[Guest Olfablade]

Well, funny you say that, as the table never worked, it was a tool to suck in investors, and all cars were done out of the box! $4 million spent trying to open 20 stores in so cal with 8 operational, and they closed 17 months later cause the software was bad.

[TINT]

with a tint cutter you are not an artist.

with an olfa. you are a very fine artist and accomplish a very difficult, unique, skill very few can ever learn...

[Guest Olfablade]

Amen brotha, Art

[TINT]

that is why when people call an ask me, "you got lazer/computer cut?"

I say "no, its for the rookies"