How I earn $720 an hour with my uv printer printing on light switch cover plates jaysprinters
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- Today I show you a big money maker for us
check out how to print on the light switch cover plate
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light switch plate covers like the ones I use but I recommend buying in local hardware store
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I found a quarter in my couch this morning. Took only 1 second. Long story short, my couch generates $900/hr
Work from home! Be your own boss! Work your own hours! Tax free!
Haha 😄
i dont get it lol
but is not a repetitive feat
That's funny. But to get a more accurate rate, how long did it take you to find 2 quarters? 🙂
nobody shares a gold mine until the gold mine is all but dried up sir.... i think you sell printers
Worst case scenario you make $4 profit on each cover sold.
$250 or so worth of product per hour / 14 Hours worth of printing for the machine to pay for itself after that you could make over $6k worth of covers per day minimum which sounds great til you realize you only sell a few per day on all available platforms.
Astute lol
Yep. When I'm making over $100 an hour, I'm not making videos.
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Even if this was true, it's still a cool printer for makers. It's way too pricey for me, but if I could afford it, I'd buy one and I don't even sell products. I'm thinking about selling 3D printed stuff but still have a ways to go.
3D printers still maker people money and you see videos on those all the time.
This is the best printer ad ever.
Daaaaaaaaaannnng
In a related "product", I work in a commercial electrical company and we use a UV laser to mark cover plates (switches, receptacles, blanks, etc) with circuit numbers or other information as needed. It's the same "indestructible" type covers. I have a template board for alignment in the printer and I just cover most of the plate with painter's tape, use coreldraw to fire up the laser and raster in text or diagrams to burn through the tape and into the plate before finally filling in the mark with plastic-bonding spray paint with the remaining tape as a mask. It takes a little time with all the individual steps but makes a sharp looking piece. For stainless steel we skip the tape and spray on a metal marking compound which looks somewhat like an ugly gray/yellow spray paint but makes an indelible black mark into the metal when lasered, so it remains no matter what cleaners or handling happens. This has been a big saving/profit center for the company since we brought this kind of signmaking, label making, everything-marking services in-house for ourselves and for customers.
I don’t do any printing and have no other reason to watch it other than enjoyment. And I enjoyed it.
Thanks for watching
If this kind of printing is like the paper printing, pass.
Pretty cool! Just a suggestion, if you turn the slots in an up and down orientation on the screws, it'll make it easier for customers to line them up make electricians and OCD folks like me happy😊
Totally correct. Electricians melt down if those screws are crooked!
😮😮😮 You can't control which way the stupid screw goes BECAUSE you need to make it tight, so whichever way it goes it how it goes!
@@Some_One_One Oh, I see.
@@Some_One_One There's plenty of wiggle room to add an extra 90-180 twist. I've installed hundreds and hundreds this way.
@@nicolashoyt5341 Maybe it's just the hundreds you've done, and the hundreds I've done. The rest are just out of spec.
Awesome man, you are killing it!
Great idea! May I suggest you align the screws vertically (plumb) when you lay them on the bed? Then the pattern will align when the screw is plumb, looking even better.
And you have many more options for SKU's when you add in the Decora style covers and the magnetic ones (with NO screws). Nice work and thank you for sharing Jay!
Wow, what a cool machine! I had never heard of it... great video!!
Thanks for watching!
$3,500 cool
Guys if you want to make $720 an hour, the trick is to not calculate the time it took to create the designs, set up the design on the computer, cut the plywood board, drill the plywood board holes, buy the material, cost of the ink, time to create the listings on Amazon, time to respond to Amazon customers, time to pack and ship the $8.99 item. Cost of box, packing materials and shipping, time to take items to the Post office. Also, don't include the initial cost of the computer, software and printer which also have a finite lifespan.
So if you go to college and have 100k in school loans, you can't say you earn 40 dollars an hour in your career...
I get your point, and agree with it, but it doesn't add up the way you imagine.
Sounds to me like you know how to sell. Nice comment. I'm going through all this crap right now (I've sold before on ebay as a small time garage sale type of store, doing the professional level stuff now). I love the design process, the prototyping but all this garbage setting up a store, building the site, budgeting, sourcing materials, and on and on and on is an absolute pain in the xxx. I cannot wait until I can hire someone to handle all this. Gotta get a laser baby-sitter first though.... One thing at a freaking time though! That's the only way it doesn't become overwhelming as one Person. I'm getting it done though and after budgeting I should have a fair profit-margin, assuming my stuff sells- I'll find out soon. My many Years of Game Design and Graphic Art work is helping a lot (don't do that stuff anymore, but the skills carry over).
@@mr.grotto9498You may not know what is imagined by @s111stock. I think we should both wish this Person to have a fulfilling life- that's what I want for all of us, it's what I wish for both of you. This Person knows what they're talking about when it comes to cost of production, there's a lot more to it than imagined without going through this Personally. Take care good grotto :D
You're literally crying about the things that you do once and you're all set. All that you cried about is literally a half of days work and never have to do it again.
This is the difference between folks who make money and folks who think they're smart enough to make it but never do.
You must think everyone here is a morons - of course the basic steps are necessary- duh- just goes without saying.
Thanks for the info man we appreciate it. Keep it up !
Thanks for making this video Jay, I love this idea!
Thanks for watching
Brilliant idea Jay 👍
Wow, didnt know there was so much hate for someone trying to help others! Truly we have lost our way.
Most humans are unable to identify what they truly want to say, and say it.
Many want to say to others: This statement, of $720 an hour is false, because of reasons, don't be fooled and go buy this printer and spend all this money, because you will not make $1.47 mil a year printing these plates. Be warned.
Instead they express themselves with anger.
Forgive them, they know not what they do.
You just figured this out now!!🤬
He's trolling us with click bait videos though 🤔
....wow....didn't know that these responses equalled hate....try to lighten up there Kowalski...
Pretty cool. You just gave me a fantastic idea. Thanks for sharing this video. 😊
Fantastic video. If I might make a suggestion. A lot of people including myself are very picky about the screw orientation. It’s a small thing, but orienting the screws so the line goes straight up and down would be a small detail that won’t go unnoticed by your customers. I know it’s something that I would really appreciate if I were a customer. Thanks for the great video!
That is cool.. as an electrician, I typically lined up screws too on electrical devices (Switch/plug etc) plates to make them horizontal. Having things look good was always a goal.
This is the Way!
@@MicheIIePucca When I was doing my apprenticeship lining up the screws was drilled into us. Didn't matter if it was vertical or horizontal but all of them in a room better be the same way. The journyman I worked under liked vertical so that has just stuck with me. I do it without even thinking about it now.
Vertical will catch less gradu, and be easier to clean.
@@user-neo71665 cool.. also, I'd get annoyed if coworkers didn't put on cover plates nice and straight. I had a healthy "OCD" :)
Great idea, nice presentation. Thanks.
Brilliant business owner and marketing. Your printers look awesome.
thanks for sharing Jay. You've been really creative. I hope you have lots of success with your business.
I see people selling decorative plates for as low as $3.99 on Amazon severely undercutting rhe $8.99. And when China sees these selling they're going to go lower than $3.99.
Right a plain white plate is .47 at home depot.
Those that waste time being worried or scared of competition should consider being an employee rather than a business owner.
Btw, this is intended to be an insult or hateful. Great businesses and business owners would never really succeed and thrive without great employees.😊
@@francismarion6400 those home depot ones break a lot easier the higher selling point is how hard it is to mess up or break
@@Ian-tp6mu .47 cents. Buy extras.
Bingo!
This is theoretical money. You can charge $720 for an hours worth of printing but they may (possibly or probably) sit in an Amazon warehouse for years unsold.
Temu sells printed covers for 3 USD
Yep, if it's been thought of in printing/engraving, it's been done. The market is saturated. Look on the China sites.
It’s another clickbait video trying to sell his dropshipped printers for $500-$1k markup over the factory (who also sells them on alibaba) $2980 if you search the model number. Less if you buy in bulk like this guy is probably doing. With bulk shipping pricing, this guy is probably trying to net a $1k profit on each printer he sells, which explains the clickbait. I’m also unconvinced this tech is mature enough to go the budget Chinese route. If a $300 3d printer goes poof, it’s a tough lesson for most people. If your $3000 printer goes poof, and you bought it as a business investment, that’s a significant setback. All in all, cool tech, but I’d either invest the significant extra dough in a reputable brand, or at least verify the quality of this machine from someone who isn’t obviously shilling for it.
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Ya this is more for someone like me who’s an electrician and can sell then as a homemade product to customers
Wow that’s very nice good job man keep it up I just seen this video but I imagine you could print on many different things with that uv printer A UV bottle printing machine for 14 years and there’s all kinds of things, but the company has put through it. I wouldn’t be worried about you sharing your products so much because you’ll keep coming up with more original great ideas.
Sure the guy makes money with it and maybe he's helping out some people who may want to do this for themselves, great! I've known of UV printers (I have other large printers for printing posters, canvas, etc) but I didn't know about them except they existed. Now I know and will probably keep an ear to the ground for a used one. Thanks for sharing!
Great video! I have a question what kind of lubrication/grease (for the rails) are you using for your machines?
We used to take old discarded wallpaper sample books and wrap outlet covers.
Congrats, you just created 282k competitors in the niche.
Well, if he can sell 282k printers, he'll be ok, I think.
Not everyone takes action
Very inventive! So original! Awesome job
Thanks
You could speed up setup by routering out some starboard to hold the plates in a 1/16 inch recess. No screws needed.
In 2007 we used to print on ceramic tiles for kitchens doing the same process with a Gandy Jedi UV printer..
This is my next video already in the works 😄
@@JaysToDoList be sure you wipe everything down with isopropyl alcohol and that it’s clean and dry before printing..
now your talking
12:25 I’d print the SAME pattern at the same time. That way it’s easier to stock up and package each “sku.”
You can do that sure
thanks for sharing. We may have a use for such a printer on some of our products.
So where do you sell those switch plate and outlet covers? Do you accept images to use for the print or do you have an album of available prints?
You should make sure the screw heads are placed in the verticle position so they are all in the same direction. This is for those with OCD and for the overall visual appeal/finish after installation of the light switch plates.
You can use double sided tape to hold the printing jig board.
Smart
Wouldn't velcro work? @@JaysToDoList
You should keep the slots in the screws vertical. It looks good
How do you set that printing depth to assure that you don’t get a printhead strike on the tips of the screws? I presume its height is adjustable somehow. what is the farthest distance that you can print from the printhead to the printing surface?
You should think about Décor covers as every bathroom should have a GFCI plug in it and that is Décor shaped. Also you should make available to people to have a whole house done. There are actually very few single gang light switch covers in houses these days. So many two or three gang/ Again very cool idea.
😮😮😮 Gang-light switches? What in the WORLD ARE you talking about?!
Yes we do these as well, just didn't record them
Love your respect of the non-commercial corel draw software license.
Smooth
ha ha! this is my home computer since I am at home recording the video for youtube for fun. my company has several commercial licenses for our computers I just didn't think about it at the time for the video
Corel can suck a dick with their licensing practices. Pirate that shit all day. They rip off enough people as it is
the 3rd hole is always a surprise
any way, the printer is cool, didnt know you could just print on plastic, or the other materials you claim.
I doubt any one would be making 720$ an hour with it though, especially not constantly, but i would still like to have a printer like that for my own personal projects. whats the brand and model? where can they be bought? approximate printer cost? aprox ink cost?
Being a electrician this is smart to get into
Will this print on 5052 aluminum or does it have to be special aluminum coated? Can I send you aluminum plate to see if it will work? I want to buy this for my small business but don’t want to spend $3500.00 if it doesn’t work.
Sure we print on aluminum all the time you are welcome to send me some aluminum to print on for you. There is a metal coating to help with adhesion . You can send us a message through the website to do a test print jaysprinterparts.com
This would be cool to custom match a cover plate to a detailed tile backspash
that would be awesome
Hey, just removed my comments, things were getting dumb in the comment responses and there's no call for that sort of drama. So I'll leave a new one. Love the channel! I like your printer design and am looking forward to when I can add one of these to my tool set.
This video was awesome - thanks for sharing for real. This is indeed inspiring and I am very happy you have found some great luck with your sales!!!
How did you get connected with your customers? How did you advertise? Would be awesome to learn about. Cheers!
sure I will reveal alot of this information in the future on the channel as it builds but we cannot reveal all our secrets at once
@@JaysToDoList Well got to say I cant wait! Man, I need an out. What some will find is that modern life is designed to kind of screw you - go to school take a loan, need a Tesla - take a loan, etc... You may also find that things happen - all kinds of things... and many are not good like cancer, crime, etc... You should feel very lucky and proud of your accomplishments! Cheers!
As someone who has OCD, you might put the screw slots horizontally or vertically. Personally, I prefer the slot to be horizontal.
I too prefer horizontal but my coworkers have bullied me into going vertical as a standard😂
while I agree they should all be EXACTLY the same, 69 degrees is optimal. 0 or 90 is just too blatant.
The 69 is less noticeable, to the untrained eye.@@trace4125
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@@trace4125 They should use a design that has 90 degree symmetry. I've felt I've come close to over-tightening sometimes and the cover gets bowed. They could use something that would work with those screwdrivers you're supposed to use for the terminal screws.
@@trace4125 If I worked there, I'd put them at 45° just to annoy the shit out of them.
Dang! Wow! 🤑
Good job, Jay, I really wonder where did you buy this printer.
Print the screw placement at the same time then use a drill just a tiny bit bigger to locate them very acurately acurately
You should have aligned the screws before printing
Ask your customers to send a picture with the socket positioned, then you have their wallpaper pattern and can use CorelDraw/and your UV printer to print the wallpaper pattern over the socket, leaving only the rocker switch to show where the socket is located.
Hey, thanks for the video.
Could you say how economical is to run this printer? Where do you buy the ink from and how expensive are they?We are in the UK
sure this machine can be sent to you from jaysprinters.com they also supply inks the cost to print these 9 cover plates would be very small amount talking pennies in ink and electricity the machine itself you can find here jaysprinters.com/products/zz1s-refine-color-uv-printer-jy-jays-printers?sca_ref=4117679.YZkqaT2Pxc
A real electrician, will want the slot of the screw perfectly vertical so dust will not collect. Love your setup
I have seen this comment alot but i think most or maybe all of these cover plates are not being installed by licensed electricians
I do that because I am OCD, I never thought about dust.
If you'd like a bit of advice, the slots in the screws should be straight up and down. When installed in new buildings contractors do it this way so when the inspector comes by and looks he'll know that no one's been messing with the electrical besides the electrician. Any painter worth his salt Will always put the screws back in this position after removing for painting
I go by the way the switch plate is oriented, vertical the slots are vertical, horizontal the screw slots are horizontal. Looks better. People who leave them just facing any way idk how they sleep at night.
Personally I use a torque driver and tighten them up properly.
So besides the electrician, the painter could have been messing with the electrical.
@@adrianscarlett This sounds like one of those jokes that begin with "A contractor, inspector, and carpenter put on switch plates..."
@@adrianscarlett That's right, 585 pounds of torque!
And by the way - good choice in tools! Milwaukee truly has lots of class leading stuff... not all of it is that overpriced... just most of it but better to say high priced or premium priced as overpriced means not worth it and the brand is really one of the best. I have a Milwaukee cordless screwdriver and the "clutch" on it is like magic compared to my coworkers DeWalt which is a mechanical ball/detent design... The Milwaukee clutch is electronic and it just ... stops ... when you reach torque. My co worker finds that to be annoying and likes his Rigid stuff better. RIgid seems quite legit as well.
Fantastic work!
Thank you! Cheers!
Just an O.C.D., observation. The screws, should be vertical when mounted on the wall. If you set all of them vertical just before printing, the patterns will be correct when mounted on the wall.
horizontal.
Holy smokes man. I kept expecting you to have gone to all of that effort to make the board because you needed to attach the plates to it. You can just get some rigid foam board and press the screws into it. That would save you a mountain of time.
Actually very good idea thanks we just have lots of scrap wood since we are also a wood sign shop
Great video Jay! Wondering where can I find the blank switch plate covers that you used?
Lowes and bhomedepot sell them in bulk
whoa! sick designs
I'm the one thinking this setup would be perfect for circuit labeling by industrial or commercial electricians 😂
That printer costs $3200, that’s a lot of cover plates. 400 before profit. Ouch
More like 10000 before profit. There is no money to be made unless you take custom requests
Slick operation you have there bro!
Jack ~'()'~ Canada
And just how much money have you made off of this and how long did it take you to make those sales?
What is your total cost per completed switch plate?
Interesting idea but its not how many you print its how many people buy
Fluorescent light switch covers could be an interesting idea if you could print this sort of ink on it
We can and thats a good idea
What else besides plate covers have you printed on?
I would have used a piece of high density Styrofoam for the bedding jig. Just push the screws into the substrate, no drilling. But then he went on about the milwaukee drills being the best. They're not bad.. and I was a milwaukee man once upon a time.. but I've got a few dozen varied drills, half a dozen mini recip saws, 4 full size recip saws, several lights, and a boat load of batteries that are dead within an 8 year span with no repair support because they're out of warranty. And have to replace milwaukee batteries regularly. On the flip side, I've got my father's Dewalt battery drills, recip saws, lights, etc that are 20+ years old and still work. I've replaced switches, control circuits, motors, gear boxes and more on my milwaukee equipment myself. I've even replaced dead cells in the batteries myself. I've only had to replace a few of the batteries for my dewalt stuff.
The corded tools are much more reliable but I've still had to replace plenty of parts on my milwaukee corded verses practically no repair needed for my dewalt corded stuff.
Take it how you will, but my "side by side" experience has proven dewalt to be more reliable. I like them both but I purchase dewalt now. And.. milwaukee discontinued one of its most popular and useful tools.. the "hatchet" reciprocating saw with the folding handle. Bad call, milwaukee.
Not sure who would pay ten bucks for one, at best maybe four or five, so you need to sell maybe 800 with shipping costs to break even. If it sounds too good to be true, it ususally is.!
Why would you not align the screw slots vertically! 😭
Haha sure you can do this and do even more at once just just did it for the sake of the video real fast and didn't use the machine to its full potential 😉
Spoken by a fellow OCD person!
*I do Home Automation installations. EVERY cover plate I’ve ever touched (and many more) have the screws absolutely, perfectly vertical. Customers DO notice, it looks much nicer.* PS: my Yelp reviews are all 5-Star.
Exactly, when he showed the screw slots misaligned it was really weird to me.
@@BitSmythe - as you stated, always align the screw slit vertically. Not because you are OCD, but because the customer just might be OCD - it will make the customer happier.
Awesome video. Thank you for sharing. Subscribed!
Big up for the Middle class Small business people.
All these people claiming they have OCD because the screws dont line up don't have to live with actual OCD...
"CorelDRAW 2020" "Not for commercial use" ... Bruh. You be violating EULA in plain sight. Best crop that part out in the future, or make it right with the correct license.
This is a cool video. I dig that blue design you showed at the end.
we have several licenses to corel draw. This is my home computer since I am recoding this at my house which is fine, we also have commercial licenses on the computers for commercial purposes thanks for looking out though
Will typical household cleaners remove or damage the ink?
Alcohol can potentially damage it.
There is definitely some "youtuber math" going on here. You don't earn any money at all by printing those. You earn the money when the items sell. Seems like the title and a lot of what you say in the video is just designed for clicks, and to get people to buy the printer. Using words like "potentially" would make this a bit more accurate. You could "potentially" earn "X" amount if you can sell all of these.
Also, you don't make $10 each unit, in terms of profit. There are so many costs associated that you don't mention. Not the least of which is all the fees that go with selling on Amazon. There is also all the labor that goes into research, design creation, etc. I'm guessing that after all actual costs involved, you are probably making half or less than half of that. Nothing wrong with that, just click bait to say what you said in the title. At one point I think you even said you could make up to $1000 per hour. The implication is that you can make as much money as you want, just keep printing more items. But again, you don't get any money if it doesn't sell.
I think you are falsely getting a lot of people's hopes up.
This is gross profit and intact we do gross this amount but do not net this profit you are right it is lower but still enough for a large shop to profit from this is not false info
720$ an hour? I call BS.. for the simple fact that people aren't exactly knocking ya door down for light switch covers. Cool toy though and i do see potential, but light switch covers just aren't in demand like talkin about my guy. My question is can you do designs on say a pistol, or rifles? Or doest the object have to be perfectly flat? Even vehicle trim peices like around the radio or the gauges, or interior door handles, stuff like that for custom car builds. Anything that can be removed and is plastic. The possibilities are endless if it doesn't have to be perfectly flat. But light switch covers??? Nahhh😏😒
I think that’s its potential, not actual earnings
Most hardware stores don't do special graphics if any, why do you call this man a liar because he found a niche in the market, stop being a doubting Thomas and try it yourself.
Your an ID iot. Rifle stocks bahahaah
Great video thank you
Love it! I want a dragon on my light switch!
or a fox might be cute
The screws are in a different place on an outlet cover. You still have to prep your pattern.
Truly an entrepreneur. When you said printing device plates being an electrician I assumed printing panel and circuit numbers like in a hospital. Had no idea printing like this existed. My Mother wallpapered her entire house some printed patterns on plates would be the bomb. Make me look like a decorating genius. Thanks for posting maybe we could do business ?
sure message us through the site email is much better Jaysprinters.com
What model printers are they?
Dude thats awesome
I don’t think I’ll be doing this as I’m already busy enough on software dev and marketing.
This printer just might be a gift for my son and nephews.
I respect and appreciate you sharing! This will also inspire other creative business ideas
A $3,500 gift? Is that a bot comment, or what?
Very cool graphics indeed.
What is the max clearence, like how thick of material can you print on. Maybe not on this smaller printer, but on a bigger one, would toilet seat covers be something that could be printed on?
Feel free to contact us at jaysprinters.com this printer does about 3 inches in hieght
VERY COOL! How do these hold up with use/cleaning?
fine just dont clean with alcohol
@@JaysToDoListclear coat would fix that
I think you. Ought have been able to put two more at the top facing the other direction. One for sure. Pretty interesting set up. Can you show us how you loaded the images or did I doze off when you talked about that? You save it to a USB stick?
I have my machine plugged direct into my computer it talks to it though a local Ethernet connection
Are there rotary options to do bottles? This is AWESOME!!
Yes they have them just not for the model I use here
Curious about how you get the designs. Are you creating them from scratch? Or just downloading designs from somewhere and making them fit on your template? Super interested in this.
Some we design sure some we also buy commercial licenses from designers
Normally a designer is happy to let you make a couple products to try if it is successful then you will be required to purchase a licnese
Hello, do have any experience with the zz2c and zz1c. Which would you recommend, wife wants to upgrade from cameo. Thanks
I do they are almost the same machine but 1 prints varnish out of a second head so if you want to do uv/dtf this is the better option if not then you might inly need the zz1c
Thanks, can zz2c do stickers and tumblers. Would I need to buy laminator for stickers, sorry for all questions, but newbe here. Thanks
@JC-xi3yt yes it can do stickers you will need a laminator
Thanks again and very informative videos.
great idea!
you could do 14 if you orientated them the other way, as in your pic the switches would be in landscape
Wow, That’s pretty cool. Good Luck on a profitable business.
2:49, i can live with that Jay lol, And its a great idea and brilliant info. Thank you. hope you're keeping well.
Thanks
A firework design on a plate may be interesting.
Old school m80, cherry, even a rocket design may be interesting 🤔
Hey J. Could you offer a Vet discount on a printer purchase? Or reccomend an alternate source? I think I could do this. TY for sharing! I promise to design my own covers so I wont be much competition.
We can work somthing out message us through the website and we can talk jaysprinterparts.com
Thanks for sharing. Two things; 1 what program does your wife use to create her designs. 2, It's not "color flag," it's Color bars. :)...Keep up the great work Jay
One suggestion. If you watch a pro install switch covers, they will align the screws so the slot is vertical. Make sure they are aligned vertically when you print on them.
Not all electricians have OCD.
@@e-curb No, but all electricians DO have the NEC!
Wow! I learned a lot. Thanks for sharing I really appreciate it.
Thanks for watching
Thanks for the video! It gives me new direction for my creativity. Interesting machine that i never knew existed. I can see its worth but it's out of my league at this time but, thank you!