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I'd be like a kid in a sweet shop with all that gear.

Nice kit John 8)
Looks like you have a little more space than me!
I've got even less space now as the new Thermograph machine (Transfer dryer) turned up today. It was sent beautifully packaged and with a full VAT receipt.
I didn't have a lot of time to 'play' before closing the shop but long enough to fire her up! All works fine but the rubber drive-belt for the conveyor is a little perrished so will need replacing soon, looks very similar to one off an old Hover Junior
Otherwise it appears that by showing it a rag will make it look a little better 8)
Can't wait to run my first batch of Transfers through it and get the settings right.
Onwards & upwards.

Phil

Spot on - its nice when things turn out better than whats expected.

About space - i've got none left. 6 months ago I moved from a 1700sqft unit to a 527sqft unit. Everythings shoehorned in and my other dryer and carousel are in my garage. Still managed to fit 2 full size washout booths, a 30 x 40 hand bench with racks, and a pad printer into the new unit though.

John G wrote:Spot on - its nice when things turn out better than whats expected.

About space - i've got none left. 6 months ago I moved from a 1700sqft unit to a 527sqft unit. Everythings shoehorned in and my other dryer and carousel are in my garage. Still managed to fit 2 full size washout booths, a 30 x 40 hand bench with racks, and a pad printer into the new unit though.

I've got a spare drying rack here John, if you want it for your garage

Phil

Already got a spare set of racks in the garage too! With all the kit in there I could be running a second print shop.

Flash wrote:Stole this baby off Feebay today...........

This will save me a HUGE amount of time curing my screenprinted Plastisol Transfers for T-shirts! I was using a Heat-Gun!

Phil

I just realised, That's a Caslon Thermograph without the metal shielding on it.
If you can refit the metal shielding your operational costs should go down.

GoldRapt wrote:I just realised, That's a Caslon Thermograph without the metal shielding on it.
If you can refit the metal shielding your operational costs should go down.

Hi GoldRapt,
I don't think this is actually a 'Caslon' machine it has got a manufaturers sticker on it but off the top of my head cannot remember their name, I think they are from Cornwall.
Metal shielding Where does that go on the machine And how will it affect the opperational costs

Ran my first batch of Transfers through today, the belt is slipping a tad due to the problems mentioned above but superb what a labour saver. No problems with the paper curling either, my theory proved correct 8)

Phil

Flash wrote: Hi GoldRapt,
I don't think this is actually a 'Caslon' machine it has got a manufaturers sticker on it but off the top of my head cannot remember their name, I think they are from Cornwall.
Metal shielding Where does that go on the machine And how will it affect the opperational costs

Ran my first batch of Transfers through today, the belt is slipping a tad due to the problems mentioned above but superb what a labour saver. No problems with the paper curling either, my theory proved correct 8)

Phil

http://www.caslon.co.uk/Thermography_Machine_Offline_Leaflet_2008.pdf

Its about heat entrapment, getting up to temp quicker saves you dosh the shileding would help achieve that I think.