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[Hannu Rinne]

Hi to all,

Pease, feel free to use the attached drawing at anyway you like, if anyone want to...

Some days ago I got an order from my "customer" to cut few doors from laminated wood. He sent me hand drawed sketch and I spent some hours to draw it with CorelDraw. After I finished I tried to reach him to ask if the drawing would be ok, but I never heard from him anymore - he didn't answer to my mail aswell to my call's - obviously his phone number was a fake

So, it was a good lesson for me to be a little more careful with my customer's

Best regards,
- Hannu

[Larry Bratton]

Wow! Thanks for posting that. Huge amount of work in it. Sorry you got stiffed. Possibly someone else would like to have some doors like that.

[Mark Winlund]

Hi to all,

Pease, feel free to use the attached drawing at anyway you like, if anyone want to...

Some days ago I got an order from my "customer" to cut few doors from laminated wood. He sent me hand drawed sketch and I spent some hours to draw it with CorelDraw. After I finished I tried to reach him to ask if the drawing would be ok, but I never heard from him anymore - he didn't answer to my mail aswell to my call's - obviously his phone number was a fake

So, sometimes s..t happens - it was a good lesson for me to be a little more careful with my customer's

Best regards,
- Hannu

Too bad none of the lines are joined together. It would have made a great ventilation grill.

Mark

[Larry Bratton]

Dang..Mark..right again. I just took a quick look. I didn't look at the objects.

[David Fairfield]

Bummer, I know what that's like. That's often a problem with custom work. One thing I learned is watch out for customers who seem a little cagey before engaging in any labor.

Anyone who fails to give a full name in their initial contact email gets ignored. Anyone who sounds clueless gets ignored. Anyone who tries to negotiate by saying they "have a guy who can do it cheaper" gets ignored. Any other tips for who gets ignored, I'd like to know!

Of course, being suspicious doesn't help with customer relations, its a fine balance there. Fortunately I've built my business up to the point where I can be picky about which custom jobs I accept.

Dave

[Ron Chapellaz]

Hi Hannu,
I really liked your design and thought I would close the curves so it can be furthur used as Mark had suggested. This has been saved as Ver. 8 so hopefully all can use it.

[Larry Bratton]

Thanks Ron, I was going to do the same thing but you did it for me.

[paul mott]

Thank you for sharing the file Hannu.

Fortunately there is only one missing line (as can be seen in the pic) and it is not too difficult to replace.
It will be ideal for me to use 1/4 of this design on the front of a small box I have been asked to make so thanks once again.

Paul.

Added: Thanks for V8 Ron - now to make the box.

[Ron Chapellaz]

Show us your finished sample when your done Paul!

[Greg Bednar]

Very nice Hannu, and thanks. Paul, I ran the file in X5 and can't see where you got the uncut line on the lower right quadrant of your photo. It all looks pretty well buttoned up, although I haven't run the file myself. But the area that is uncut, Paul, fills in with color on my end, indicating it is a closed line.

[Hannu Rinne]

Thank's to all for your kind replys !

I'm sorry that it was/is unfinished drawing ! I didn't believe that my "customer" just would accept it without any changes, so it is some kind of rough plan... And after I couldn't reach him I was so frustrated to this job that I just left it as it is ! Anyway, thank's to Ron for making the drawing useful. Thank's Paul, I really hope that you can make some profit with it

Best regards
- Hannu

[Ron Chapellaz]

Greg, when I opened Hannu's original file in X5 it had that line missing as well. The only curves that were closed were all of the circles, except for one. Did you possibly grab the modified version I posted? If not, this has me stumped!

[Viktor Voroncov]

Thank's Hannu, perfect job! And absolutely agree with David!

[Mitchell Andrus]

Wow! Thanks for posting that. Huge amount of work in it.

Actually, if you look at again you will see that you only need to create 1/16 of the drawing. This one is pretty simple geometry, much like Frank Lloyd Wright's stained glass panels.
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[Steve Jackson2699]

Very clever! Thanks for the file and the education!