I remember someone recently mentioning something about a ‘Made In USA’ lam. Here’s one I just made for anyone that wants use it. It’s not very good. Maybe someone with some actual skills can do it up right. Anyhow, if you print it at 100% it should come out about 2 1/2" wide. The small one should be 1 1/4" wide.
usa-lam.gif = full size
usa-lam_sm.gif = half size
It has a transparent background and looks like this:
looks great to me… ive been putting something similar on my boards, since i noticed the rise of cheap, pop outs…
not sure if it makes any difference, but when i see shops carrying boards for 200 bucks less than the same shape and size as mine, i get a little worried…
then it hits me----theres really no shortage of people that spend the extra 200 on mine…or other local shapers boards…
so its likley the shop that cant keep up enough money to buy quality boards, and establish a good connection with a local that can give them anything their customer asks for… so, i feel better with at least the idea that they have a problem on their hands, not me…considering i wont deal with shops that have more than about 15% of their stock being pop outs, in the first place…i walk in look around and say have a nice day. sure beginners are good with cheap boards, thats one thing… but real surfers should buy boards from people who actually surf…
whether its made in the US or anywhere, its important that people realise to keep it in the community, country, or at least the free world… whether its oz or south africa, etc…
sorry had to get that out…
your pic looks great to me, but when i looked at the print preview its way bigger than what you’re describing…sure it can be resized, but just letting you know.
small one is about 6" wide-- large one goes off the page…
but if i was to download it and resize it to 2" wide that will only make it clearer, so no real problem…
Great idea Ozzy…
But I cant use it…
lol And I can’t use yours Hicksy. If everyone chips in, we’ll have all the bases covered.
Onion, it’s big because of a high pixel count. The lines come out cleaner that way. (300 dpi I think.) It prints at 2 1/2" on mine. It may be big on yours if your printer doesn’t do higher resolution. Your printer needs to be able to print at 300 dpi. You can always scale it down like you were talking about.
I personally don’t use anything like that at the present, but it would be good to make some kind of statement if someone wanted to.
I think shops are just responding to customer demand, and that’s what they are there for. To serve the customers.
Everyone, add your own lams for public consumption, but lets try not to turn this into another China bashing thread. That horse has been beat to death.
made on an island
in the middle of the sea
dream capsules
fit for extended draming.
a national identity based
divisive at best.
hows bout made by :
an old surfer
a young surfer
a real surfer
a girl surfer
a woman surfer
a committed surfer
a surfer taking time off from surfing for your benefit
someone with your best surfing interests at heart.
a 6’6’’ discounted board
made by employees of a bussiness mogul
concerned with market value
advertizing and image
returns and balance sheets
I got a return for soooooo cheap
how cheap was it johnny?
I was so cheap
that if this patch dont work
I can afford to just throw it away…
I found this board in a dumpster
AND i have been riding it exclusively
since I was twelve.
here yoou can have it
I am too heavy to ride it any more
made in the heart
materialized with the hands
bound overland
to play in the sea.
…ambrose…
Yeah, what Ambrose said.
I like to read between the lines.
yeah ambrose allways has something good…
sorry bout eairler, just had to get it out at the moment and the keyboard was the only one here…
yeah if i were to actually print it, havnt checked but yeah bigger is fine…because the smaller you size it the higher the dpi. resolution…
I wasn’t talking about you Onion. I just know how threads can go bad (I felt it coming), and that wasn’t my intent when I brought it up.
I could make that same lam at 600dpi and it would appear to be twice as big but print at the same size - if your printer can handle 600dpi. Remember computer screens only display at 72 - 96 dpi typically, or whatever the standard is these days, so the higher resolution graphics don’t display at true size. Higher resolution = more detail in the same size. More DotsPerInch. HTH
Here’s a real basic type. It’s 300dpi also, and should print at 1 1/2" wide with the same printer issues previously described.
Save the image from the link, not from the displayed thumbnail.
Thanks Ozzy !!!
Glassing a few boards this weekend,and the lams came just in time.Herb
Our version…
that ones pretty slick…the bull makes it cool…
Oz, they look great under glass.
hello neira, just a post to ask you that i saw in on other message that you transform one surfboard picture in cad file! Canyou tell me witch program do you use, and where i can douwnload it?
Thanks.
titou
Oz, they look great under glass.
Thanks Herb. I’m glad someone got some mileage out of them.
Maybe people can post UK/France/NZ/Canada/etc. I like the bull on the one for Spain.
Ozzy,
I remember some 15 years ago I made a board for a friend and as a snicker I put , “Made in Italy” on it…lol…Now it’s a reality.funny,huh !
Yeah, getting my pics together and you’ll see them first cyberhand.
Good deal Herb. Looking forward to it.
Here’s one I doubt anybody has any use for, but I’m trying to learn PhotoShop and vector graphics when I have a little time here and there.
4" wide lam_tx2a.4.gif
3" wide lam_tx2a.3.gif
2" wide lam_tx2a.2.gif
This type has different issues. The background inside the ovals is off-white, and it depends on the specific printer type color margin of error whether it will print the white or leave it blank (paper white). I’m wondering if it would work to select transparency for the paper type to get it to print the white. I haven’t had time to mess with it yet, so I don’t know.
I’ll try to make one “Made with Island Style” if I get the time later on.
