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   The_Tennis_Court_Builder_...on_t | Feb 23, 2002 02:18am | #1

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   Jim.... When you do.... send me one....

   I thought of pop up type books to make a cool tennis court card in 3D.

   near the stream,

   aj

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   Gunner_1750 | Feb 23, 2002 02:42am | #2

   *Nailing the form together will be a bear.

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   Qtrmeg_ | Feb 23, 2002 03:14am | #3

   *Cloud, A logger gave me his card, and like you I palmed it. Later I realized it was made of wood, because it would warp and make it's place know in the card pile.Very cool, but this one was just one ply.

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   Ralph_Wicklund | Feb 23, 2002 05:02am | #4

   *How do you get 2-ply veneer to run through your printer?

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   Rich_ | Feb 23, 2002 08:11am | #5

   *Steam it.

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   jim_"crazy_legs"_blodg | Feb 23, 2002 12:28pm | #6

   *Those plywood cards are real nice, but spendy. I looked into them last time I needed cards and I think they might have been .60 each or something. Cool, though. I'm pretty sure a company that makes them advertises in Fine Woodworking.

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   Mr.T | Feb 23, 2002 03:14pm | #7

   *you will never get the proper amount of rebar in a 3mil business card!T

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   Cloud_Hidden | Feb 23, 2002 05:52pm | #8

   *I've just been stumped on the size of aggregate to specify. Plus, they're balking at sending 1/1000th of a yard on a short truck. The minimum fee's gonna kill me.On the laminate, though, I was way impressed how well it held up. I just threw it in my wallet for a few days, and it didn't get bent or split or anything. Very, very flexible.

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   Mr.T | Feb 23, 2002 09:24pm | #9

   *Buck up and get a whole yard, you will be able to make10 billion cards, a life time supply. Just dont ever move or get a new phone no.T

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   ANDY_C._CLIFFORD | Feb 24, 2002 02:13am | #10

   *best card I saw which I will duplicate eventually is home made paper with raw edges..problem is I doubt anyone'd put it in their wallet. Kinda looks fragile but sure looks like it comes from someone that cares a real lot.

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   Brian_Smith | Feb 24, 2002 12:11pm | #11

   *i find these cards cool because they're free...http://www.vistaprint.com/vp/home.aspbrian

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   piffin_ | Feb 24, 2002 03:31pm | #12

   *Recently, I've seen a few of those with brilliant colours on a dark background, They really catch your eye on a bulletin board but then when you try to read the fine lettering, your eye is so distracted and the black letters blend into the dark background that they are worthless.

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   darrel1 | Feb 27, 2002 05:43am | #13

   *If you want to print on wood, just get some laminate that you like and find a screen printer or a letterpress printer. Both of them can print on wood. It shouldn't cost much at all.The easiest way to make a 'nice' card is to spec the heaviest weight paper you can. Most general business cards are printed on flimsy paper, and when you get a nice, stiff, business card, it really does stand out.Another trick is to make it slightly taller than normal. This is great in a roledex, as it sticks out a bit, but not so great in your wallet, though. Finally, if you want to stand out, never order a business card from a template design like at Kinkos. Chances are, the person who you give that card too already has three cards exactly like yours.

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    bungalow_jeff | Feb 27, 2002 03:39pm | #14

    *I saw an advertisement for a business card CD-Rom. It's CD that works in a regular drive, but clipped to business card size. There is still plenty of disk space for effectively a color brochure.

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    darrel1 | Feb 27, 2002 10:06pm | #15

    *bungalow:Those CD-Rom cards are pitched all the time. They are 'cool' at first thought, but in reality, they aren't very effective. You have to consider the fact that for the person to get your message, they have to take the card, have it handy near a computer at somepoint, remember they have it, take the time to insert it, and then actually watch the entire presentation.Combine that with the fact that most of these vendors make very poor interactive presentations for the CDs and many can't handle different computing platforms and OSes, you find you've wasted a chunk of money.I always recommend that that money be put into making or improving your web site, and stick with good-ol paper business cards.