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Offline Doug B

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Winged floodbar on a clam shell?
« on: August 30, 2016, 07:27:42 AM »
  Has anybody tried it? The only problem I can see is the fact that the floodbar angle
is not adjustable. I am running 8,000+ flat pieces with vinyl ink. I should probably
order one anyway for shirts but this could be a real time saver on a few of these
runs that I seem to be getting a lot of lately.


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Re: Winged floodbar on a clam shell?
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2016, 11:09:20 AM »
Used to do it all the time on AWT's, a Tempo and an Eclipse. What model press?

Offline Doug B

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Re: Winged floodbar on a clam shell?
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2016, 11:17:46 AM »
  It's an American Cameo 30.

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Re: Winged floodbar on a clam shell?
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2016, 12:48:28 PM »
Sure. It will help keep ink from drying all the more.
Be sure to tape under the corners/elbows of the wing with that many pieces.

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Re: Winged floodbar on a clam shell?
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2016, 01:36:39 PM »
  Thanks all... I'll get one on order today.

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Re: Winged floodbar on a clam shell?
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2016, 01:58:53 PM »
Wouldn't have printed without them on the ol' Cameos we used to run.
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Re: Winged floodbar on a clam shell?
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2016, 02:23:53 PM »
Yeah you need to get one from AWT/GPI with the correct wing angle.  M&R ones are not the correct angle for a cameo, fyi.

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Re: Winged floodbar on a clam shell?
« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2016, 02:57:00 PM »
Yeah you need to get one from AWT/GPI

Sorry 'bout your luck.

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Re: Winged floodbar on a clam shell?
« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2016, 03:07:33 PM »
Yeah you need to get one from AWT/GPI

Sorry 'bout your luck.

Haha.  It's not all bad all the time there....just most of the time.

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Re: Winged floodbar on a clam shell?
« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2016, 03:40:03 PM »
What about Ink Traps?
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Re: Winged floodbar on a clam shell?
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2016, 04:07:13 PM »
  It's an American Cameo 30.

You basically cannot kill a Cameo... we ran 2 18's here for a long time doing mouse pads, those spongy pool side hats, thousands of those statue of liberty sponge hats, and gazillions of one color t-shirts... but vinyl ink, hate that stuff, the taste stays in your mouth for hours...

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Re: Winged floodbar on a clam shell?
« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2016, 11:31:39 AM »
M&R ones are not the correct angle for a cameo, fyi.

put em in a vise against angle iron and bend em to fit.
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