Does anyone use the Ryonet micro registration units?

[Evo]

Just my opinion here, but bad micros are worse than no micros at all, and those things look like garbage to me. Some stuff should be cobbled together, but not something as important as micros. That can slow you down, and slow downs are death.

I could probably register faster and better without those.

6 of these would be close to $700 shipped. That's halfway to a decent used older Hopkins or Ranar press on Craigs List, that would have better micros and better support. Or a down payment on new?

Just a thought.

[Frog]

Also, what became of the DIY plans you yourself used to sell for add-on micros? 

[Ripcord]

Thanks, I'll order one and see how it looks...

[screenxpress]

Rip, did you happen to read my posts about two points of mismatch?

The biggest obstacle to overcome is attaching their micro to you press arm.  You could drill your clamp to fit their micro but I don't see any easy solution (without a middle piece) to resolve the mismatch of micro to press arm.  Unless you want to drill and tap into their micro.

[3Deep]

I wouldn't even fool with that, you can buy a nice used press with all the bells, even old cheap ebay presses are better than fooling around with that contraption.  What brand press do you have that doesn't have mirco reggie heads? I know I was tempted many years ago but got better advice...good luck Rip, but hey hit the boards and find yourself a nice press for a few dollars.

darryl

[screenxpress]

I tend to agree, unless it's a press he just loves for other reasons.

[Itsa Little CrOoked]

Yup. I see Hopkins presses all over the place for cheap.. I don't think you could ever wear one completely out.

And there are I others....

Before I ponied up 6 or 7 large for a set of  micros that won't even really fit, I'd hit Digitsmith and Craigslist. Or better yet, SearchTempest.

[Ripcord]

Rip, did you happen to read my posts about two points of mismatch?

The biggest obstacle to overcome is attaching their micro to you press arm.  You could drill your clamp to fit their micro but I don't see any easy solution (without a middle piece) to resolve the mismatch of micro to press arm.  Unless you want to drill and tap into their micro.

I was planning to drill a hole in the bracket on the press arm to fit the bolts for the micro.

[Ripcord]

Thanks for all the replies. I think I will look into a new press. I like my old one and there isn't anything wrong with it, I just always wished I had gotten one with micros. I'm just a one man shop, but I guess if I had two presses I could use the old one only for one color work.....

[Evo]

Thanks for all the replies. I think I will look into a new press. I like my old one and there isn't anything wrong with it, I just always wished I had gotten one with micros. I'm just a one man shop, but I guess if I had two presses I could use the old one only for one color work.....

What press is it?

Let us know if you find a listing, and we can all chime in about it. I've worked with and even re-built many different brands and models. I'm sure we can do some armchair diagnostics.

[Ripcord]

My press is a Micro Perfect Rebel. I've had it for twelve years. It's solid and holds registration perfectly. I wasn't happy with the registration system that comes with it. It's a two pin bracket that you mount to your screen frames and then use carrier sheets with pins to register your films. The pallet has the same two pins on it and supposedly it's all supposed to line up perfectly through all three steps. Needless to say, when you do a test print (at least for me...) you will want to make some tiny adjustments, but you can't because of the screen bracket, which I never got to fit properly on the pins either. So I scrapped the whole system after a couple of weeks and have been doing my registration manually all these years. As I said, the press itself is quite good quality. If I was the manufacturer, I'd lower the price by fifty bucks and not include the registration system.

[Inkworks]

Thanks for all the replies. I think I will look into a new press. I like my old one and there isn't anything wrong with it, I just always wished I had gotten one with micros. I'm just a one man shop, but I guess if I had two presses I could use the old one only for one color work.....

Don't just get a press with micros, get a good press with good micros. A cheap press with bad micros with lots of slop is almost more of a hassle than a non-micro press, some presses will move registration if you just unlock and re-lock the micros without making an adjustment.

[genesissat]

Ripcord, i have a set of micros for this silver press, if your interested message me and we can work possibly work out a fair deal.

[Itsa Little CrOoked]

www.digitsmith.com/hopkins-6-4-press-micros-43053.html

Needs cleaning up, but here ya go...