Getting out Christmas Orders.

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Thank you Wizard 8000, you are my hero. As I fight through the mass quanity of framing orders. I would be DEAD right now if I had to hand figure and cut my mats. Every minute you save me is extra sleeping time.

I would never run a shop without a CMC again. It's my only employee.

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Ditto here. We're doing a 17 piece corporate job in the morning, and a 20 something corporate job later in the week. The CMC will make easy (5 mins?) work of these bulk projects. It's like having an extra arm


The POS automatically exports the cutting instructions to the Wizard for the regular orders, which saves time and human errors.

Ours celebrated its first "birthday" last week. It hasn't failed even once, nor have we had to call for support. We renewed the service contract today, in fact. Better safe than sorry...

Mike
 
Our Wizard is our 'elf'!

Thank you to the Wizard staff for putting out a product that we can rely on!

"On Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Donner & Wizard!!"
 
Yep.
Now if I can only get the %&$@ thing to make a decent cup of coffee.
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My first year with a CMC....mighty glad to have it.

(Sorry Deb, Shagundela misses you too).
 
Mat cutting used to be the bottle neck at this time of year - nowadays we can cut as much as we can sell. Our bookkeeper cut 20 V-grooved, two opening mats this morning while I made coffee.

Our Eclipse loan will be paid off in 2005 and it was far and away the most effective equipment investment I've ever made

Peter Bowe
Saline Picture Frame Co.
 
Three guys with the right equipment, insurance, attitude and musculature moved my Mat Maestro 50 miles a few weeks ago. It cost me roughly the same as having it shipped from Seattle three years ago. They seemed to find it a special challenge.

I haven't hooked it up yet, so I don't know for sure that it survived the trip.

Come to think of it, I'm not sure I'll ever be able to tell for sure. It is, after all, a Mat Maestro.
 
I've never heard of "mat maestro" so that means one of three things.

1. Its really new. I doubt that because I'm pretty on top of things.

2. Its really old. I doubt that because I grew up in the framing industry and I'm pretty on top of things.

3. Its a piece of junk that never saw its first anniversary that came and went between late 80's and early 90's. This is most likely the right choice.

Just kidding.

Carry on!
 
None of the above, Jay.

If you really don't know the story, and you NEED to know, I'll tell it to you some time. I'll need a couple of Brandy Manhattans first, but I'm sure that could be arranged.

Gotta be with olives.
 
To save Ron some heartburn: (please correct if im wrong)

The Mat Maestro CMC was made by a Seattle company (Regal Crown Industries/IMAT) which went bankrupt 4/17/01 and allegedly took a lot of people's money with it. (allegedly still selling them for several months after, taking the $, and not delivering) The owner, Marvin Brecht, allegedly opened another company as "Framing Adhesive Specialties". (I don't know its current status)

I believe there was a class action lawsuit or an attempt to assemble one.

Currently a company called GK ENTERPRISES is supporting the product, and I believe they have come out with upgraded software and parts for it. Although I think they have some of the original employees, I don't think it has the same owner as the original company.

Ron has one of the few surviving MM's, and is a master of keeping it working. It seems to have earned its keep, and then some. I believe the talking tape measure keeps it company when he's busy with other things.

[ 12-14-2004, 09:54 AM: Message edited by: Mike-L@GTP ]
 
I had actually heard the story but I just had a thought.

Ron do you think its a good idea using that. Don't you think the Smithsonian would be a better home for it? Isn't there a picture framers display there?
 
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