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Wings..........not the spicy kind
blue moon:
--- 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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very interesting. Did you get a chance to test it yet? Any thoughts?
Homer:
I did something similar with some sintra, the issue I ran into was the angle. if the wings are not angled right, the tips of the wings will be sticking up in the air, not touching the mesh, making them not work properly. also, if the angle is too great, you will tear the mesh. I couldn't get my flood bars to be completely vertical, so that may be my problem.
as far as cleaning, somebody needs to make a floodbar condom type thing, a quick removable color change device of some kind so we don't need to buy 20 flood bars. It takes too long to clean and dry them too, really not a fast and efficient way to do it. Like a thin plastic disposable sleeve, snaps on to the floodbar.
inkman996:
After testing out my home made versions for a bit I can say they work great. I have no problem with the angles since I left the flood bar edge slightly proud of the wings, that allows me to still put the blade in direct contact with the mesh and not sorry about the wings digging in. I set the wings up first to be perfectly level with the mesh then apply enough pressure to touch the flood bar adge with the mesh.
As for cleaning my screen guy has no problem at all. He scrapes all the ink off first then quick wipe with the rag to get the bulk out then he puts them in the wash out booth and pressure washes all the rest off takes no time at all.
The pay off is I can do hundreds and hundreds of more prints with out ever touching the ink, not to mention the money saved on buying OEM flood bars and wings.
Homer:
I have a full set of wings, absolutely love them. you only need maybe a cup of ink to print, no need to dump a whole gallon on the screen.
Northland:
--- Quote from: blue moon on June 12, 2011, 10:26:18 AM ---
--- 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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very interesting. Did you get a chance to test it yet? Any thoughts?
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... haven't been able to test the "hydra" yet (still waiting for delivery).
I'm going to have to poke Calibrated again.... the product was supposed to be drop shipped from Newman over two weeks ago.
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