Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
Maybe I'm not looking at this through the right glasses, that's why I asked the question.
Quote from: mimosatexas on September 26, 2014, 12:16:29 PMO also, I had a spare 48" metal wire rack sitting in the back of my shop waiting for a purpose (picked it up for $20 at an estate sale a few weeks ago, little rust on the bottom shelf) so I just built one of these drying racks. Took $25 of pvc, some bolts and zip ties I had laying around, and about 30 minutes this morning. Holds 18 screens vertically. Here's a few crappy pics, ignore the clutter and random doors and drywall from my screen room build out Classy looking piece of equipment, you officially get to join the tighta$$ fraternity.~Kitson
O also, I had a spare 48" metal wire rack sitting in the back of my shop waiting for a purpose (picked it up for $20 at an estate sale a few weeks ago, little rust on the bottom shelf) so I just built one of these drying racks. Took $25 of pvc, some bolts and zip ties I had laying around, and about 30 minutes this morning. Holds 18 screens vertically. Here's a few crappy pics, ignore the clutter and random doors and drywall from my screen room build out
We gang almost every job and there is no way we could cycle the screens to keep up if we didn't. Most of the time they are for the same job and same or similar ink color so without a doubt it is much quicker for us. Two guys on the press spinning a few screens around is much quicker than a reclaim guy and a screen guy essentially remaking those same screens.
Quote from: Lizard on September 26, 2014, 11:37:04 PMWe gang almost every job and there is no way we could cycle the screens to keep up if we didn't. Most of the time they are for the same job and same or similar ink color so without a doubt it is much quicker for us. Two guys on the press spinning a few screens around is much quicker than a reclaim guy and a screen guy essentially remaking those same screens.Great conversations on the logic of decision making on the production floor. Whenever you ask yourself why you do something, if the answer is "because....we have always done it that way" you almost always have room for improvement. Andy/Pierre/Dan can you split this 'ganging' conversation into a new thread with a proper heading so everybody can benefit from the discussion.~Kitson
our processes are setup to where we don't have to gang. I can and do, but it adds extra time on press with taping and whatnot so we just don't do it. I find it's quicker to pull a screen and put in a fresh clean one. i'm not trying to save a screen or save room, i'm saving time on press so my guys have maximum use of the minutes in a day to be productive.
I think some of the responses are missing a couple things.If there is no ink change the ganging up is pretty awesome and no time is really lost. Throwing 2 pieces over a left chest design to do the small back design right after is obviously worth doing...The size of the shop and how busy they are will also affect this greatly. A 1 person shop should obviously gang up even more.We just gang up same ink color (typically same job) and that 'additional' setup is very minimal. 20 seconds a screen maybe. We don't remove screens, ink, use screen or press wash and return to press...that wouldn't be worth it for us.