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Classified Ads => Wanted => Topic started by: Prosperi-Tees on June 13, 2012, 11:48:25 PM
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I have a friend looking for one. Anyone know of one for sale?
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Isn't it nothing more than a press with a giant platten?
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Pretty much but a little more beefier in the head and springs/shocks to hold up the screen.
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The one i saw at a trade show was a one color. If thats all he needs it could be built for next to nothing.
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You have any plans Tony?
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Jiffy Hinges:
(http://www.cosmexgraphics.com/images/accessories/jiffy_clamp.jpg)
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Might be heading to the island of Mauritius for a month.
While that's actually true on a more serious note no. I approached Action about it once but they back burnered it. As mentioned above you could take a beat up old manual base, make or buy an oversize platen, beef up the support arm, and use extra springs or beefier hydraulics to keep the screen in the up position. It will need to be a high lift in order to effectively load the shirt as the platen arm is stationary. Yes you could mount the screen holders and/or platen arm/s on bearings but we're trying to keep it cheap and simple. Also don't forget you will need different size boards; one for every 2 shirt sizes. And frames should be rigid aluminium to keep things light.
Lastly keep in mind it takes a special individual to pull a squeegee that wide. Keep mesh counts low and use WB or thin plastisols.
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We have a Vastex 4/4 that we do all over prints with. Have their all over pallet and a left wing pallet on it now. I have the dual shocks on the print heads already for the Digit system which will support our large frames. The screens I make up using Newman parts, currentl have 2 31x36 and 2 36x36. I need to get some larger frames but these suit our needs for now.
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Jiffy Hinges:
([url]http://www.cosmexgraphics.com/images/accessories/jiffy_clamp.jpg[/url])
This is what we use for the one color jobs.
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we used those when we printed some magnets and a few coroplast jobs...it's easier to farm them out now