Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
I understand the cleaning argument but at a third of the cost for used to me it makes no sense to buy new. Maybe I'm just cheap. Like eb said just flip the rollers an they are fine or just pry the channel back out. Knicks and burrs can easliy be cleaned up with a file and emory cloth.
Sometimes new doesn't work out either though. IE Pocono. In fact many times "used" means you knowit works.If you ding a channel, flip the whole frame around and stretch from the other side. Only one side has enoughtension on it to pop a screen from a burr.There's a reputable broker near me that has 30 - 23x31's for $25 each.I'm lucky in that the dude that sold me my presses has (or had, now) 300+ 25x36 with the MHM pinsalready on. I swear he used them once then stored them.
Brandt just cause you buy new don't mean you won't have problems, buying anything unseen is a problem new or used, I bought new stuff and then open the box and bang it's already broken right in the box. I got 4 reten frames and they as tight today as the day I got them, only knock on those are they can get odd size when you set them up with mesh unless your careful.Darryl
But I wont do used. I dont want someone else's problems, no matter the discount.
Quote from: GraphicDisorder on June 14, 2013, 01:45:53 PMBut I wont do used. I dont want someone else's problems, no matter the discount. I feel that way about many things, but with Newmans you can use ones that have been stripped of powder coating, dented, scratched, etc. Some of my favorite screens looked like they had been used for scaffolding. I was maybe 2nd or 3rd owner. They held tension perfectly. Those things are built like hammers.One note: avoid ones that have been permanently taped with that Polyken white tape, unless you want to invest a little time cleaning them up.
I got 24 used ones last year for my manual.I guess I got lucky. Paid around $21 each and they were almost as new. No issues. It took me around 2-3 hours to clean them.
Sometimes new doesn't work out either though. IE Pocono. In fact many times "used" means you knowit works.
Well the chance that something you buy used is not OK is much higher then for a new unused product. I think it has something to do with it being used I personally would not buy used ones either as I`m just not the second hand kind of person. And I totally agree with Brandt, 4-6 weeks delivery time for Roller Frames is almost ridicules. But then we had the positive experience of getting every order for Roller Frames shipped earlier. You just have to push push push.