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NASH;14435 wrote:smitch6 why not try a vinyl design and have someone on this forum have it cut out on robocraft cutter for you to press

I'm not saying that I'm an expert or anything like that ................ it's going to take a few more months for that (lol), but this is just to show that with an idea and a little creativity some great designs can be done with vinyl and overlaying vinyl (colour on colour).

I have just put a few in an album that I just did for a local dance competition.

http://www.dyesubforum.co.uk/vbforum/al ... ?albumid=3

And the reason posting this is not because I'm touting for work but to show there's more life for vinyl than just one colour text statements (not that I'm against this at all) ................. your imagination is your only limitation (I have this in my shop!).

they look really good well done
so whats the cost to set this up?
and how much room do you need
because don't forget i live in a boat lol

As much room as you make mate to be totally honest.

I have two cutters, a large press, two a3 printers, one a4 printer, a cap press, a mug press a fridge, a kettle, loads of stock ............... all crammed into a workable area in our shop!

You basically need enough room to work a press and then a cutter. I often use the old and trusted craft robo which is very small, but effective - bit like a mini!

If your anchor is big, could you not downsize it for a smaller one to give you a little more room? (sorry mate, couldn't resist that one).

haha like it

i actually have 1 main room which is the kitchen, living room and dining room and its about 10' wide by 14' long
but the actual floor space is 10' x 3' lol and i have a combo press at 1 end and boxes of mugs, T's etc everywhere else lol
i already fell down the steps on sunday luckily there is only 3 but i still hurt lol

i have a sub printer epson s21
do you need the printer for vinyl?

i'm not actually 100% sure how it all works

For vinyl you send an outlined image (or do this in the software with the cutter) to the cutter. The cutter then cuts this out of vinyl and you peel away the unwanted area of vinyl leaving your design which you press onto whatever you wish.

When I first started off mate I spent about 3 months watching videos on youtube and got to know the process inside out without actually having purchased anything. When I did get the stuff it took me minutes to send something and cut it as I knew what should be done.

Get them vids watched mate, it's the best source of info out there!

okies youtube look out here i come .......

well tomorrow anyway lol

I'm in the process of trying out a new inkjet transfer paper (for light fabric). I'll let you all know how I got on once I've printed and washed a T shirt

An update on the new transfer paper, a big no no it felt horrible on the t shirt the instructions called for cold peel, when I did this the eges came out ragged, hot peel was a bit better but the polymer feel was horrid.
I got the paper from a company called Halcyon