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Wings..........not the spicy kind
ZooCity:
Aside from limiting the flood bar angle, why aren't wings on every flood bar? Seriously, why the hell would you not want yer ink to stay in the image area?
Does the newman hydra have a softer/pliable edge to the flood bar? Excepting the "V" squeegees on those javelin-style machines this seems to be something missing from the floodbar world. As a manual printer I have a hard time understanding why you wouldn't want a squeegee-like material working the ink both ways.
I've checked out schematics of those and they definitely have the right idea with using the "hydrology" or whatever you might call it of the flowing ink to evenly fill the stencil and make shearing the ink as easy as possible. Just not sure if that special shape would really make enough difference to justify the cost and pain in the arse of cleaning those things. I actually love the couple "constant force" squeegees I have but holy hell, cleaning those things wastes so much time that it's just not worth it.
inkbrigade:
--- Quote from: Northland on May 23, 2011, 11:55:50 AM ---I'm trying to conquer floodbar issues too.
I'm reluctant to set my floodbar to give me a hard flood, for fear of roughing up the mesh.
So, I've ordered a Newman Hydra floodbar (from Calibrated's site).
It looks as if it has a much smoother edge to give a hard flood.
Bottom of the linked page.
http://www.stretchdevices.com/squeegees-and-floodbars
It could be modified... ala Inkmans mock-up to give a winged edge too.
Any Hydra users out there??
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Another big name shop here in Portland uses the newman squeegees as floodbars.
broadway:
That will be a bitch to clean. Try to weld it with alumalloy rods (?). You can find it on ebay. You can use a plumber propane torch to melt it. I have used it before on my aluminum canoe to fix holes. Easy to work with.
Evo:
--- Quote from: broadway on June 13, 2011, 12:22:21 PM ---That will be a bitch to clean. Try to weld it with alumalloy rods (?). You can find it on ebay. You can use a plumber propane torch to melt it. I have used it before on my aluminum canoe to fix holes. Easy to work with.
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That would be brazing. (not welding, where as the parent metals would be melted together).
Much lower temp than welding and easy to put alum to alum. You need to scrub the metal clean with an abrasive, (wire brush, etc) then finish clean with MEK, then go to town on it. It would fill the seams and no rivets would be needed, only an clamp or vice to set it up.
blue moon:
--- Quote from: broadway on June 13, 2011, 12:22:21 PM ---That will be a bitch to clean. Try to weld it with alumalloy rods (?). You can find it on ebay. You can use a plumber propane torch to melt it. I have used it before on my aluminum canoe to fix holes. Easy to work with.
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yup, that sounds like a good idea for DIY!
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