Kruzer?

[mimosatexas]

Fin pieces? Can you post pics? I have a kruzer and i dont understand what the issue is from your description.

[BLKRTS]

I won't be at the shop until later tonight, but I'll try to grab some pics of my press while I'm there.  I'm talking about the piece that lowers into the bearings.  There may be differences between my Kruzer and yours, mine looks a bit different than the pics you posted in your other thread.  They must have reengineered a few things.  On mine that piece that lowers into the bearings was way far over on all but one head.  So far over that the actual print arms were hitting the reg gate and not allowing it to seat fully.  I called M&R and they told me to loosen the bolts that hold the fin to the arm, lower the head into the gate, and retighten.  That fixed it.  I was just wondering if there was another adjustment I was missing that isn't in the manual because I can't get the pallets to level.  I had to lower them all the way and they're still not low enough.  I got one pallet to just barely level with head #1, but then if I move head #2 (or any of the others) to the same pallet it's way off.  And I can't get any of the other pallets to level to head #1.  Did your press ship with a video?

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Anyone know any info on M&R's new entry level manual? http://www.mrprint.com/en/Textile%20Screen%20Printing%20Equipment/Manual%20Screen%20Printing%20Presses/Manual%20Screen%20Printing%20Presses/KRUZER%20Manual%20Screen%20Printing%20Press

How is it different from the sidewinder? Price point? Micros? etc

The Kruzer sells for $2,995.00 and comes with micro and side clamps and ONLY one model which is 6 color ,4 station. Press comes with the standard rubber coated solid aluminum pallets. The press is Tri-Loc compatible but cannot be purchased with air locks. The press is shipped disassembled with a video on how to assemble which should take 2-3 hours. If you want the machine assembled by M&R add $500.00 to the purchase price.

Hey Rich, my Kruzer just got delivered today!  You mentioned above that it ships with a video?  I just got a manual with it.  I was able to get through the build easily enough with the manual, but I'm running into trouble trying to get the pallets leveled....I'm having to lower them all the way and it's still not enough.  I'm not sure if I did something wrong in assembly or if there's something going on with the press itself.  Should there have been a video with it?  I had to make a side-to-side adjustment to the registration fin pieces to get the heads to lower into the gates properly...that wasn't mentioned in the manual so I'm wondering if there are other setup steps that I'm missing.

We will eventually make a video but they are not available yet. The fin you speak of is the steel guide that goes between the registration bearings. ThAt is not usually moved during assembly. I will check with service and see what went wrong on assembly that made you move this.

[BLKRTS]

Thanks for the reply Rich.  Much appreciated.  Yeah, all but one of them needed to be adjusted.  All but one were coming down with the side of the print arm banging the top of the registration gate on one side.  After loosening the bolts that hold the steel guide to the arms, lowering the guide into the bearings, and re-tightening the bolts that problem is fixed.  The big concern I have right now is the pallet leveling....can only get one pallet leveled, but then the next print head won't be level with that pallet.  I've tried using another print head to level to and can't get any of the pallets to level with it....they all need to be adjusted lower than they'll go.  Is there some kind of adjustment that can be done to the side clamps or the side clamp mounting bar?  I took all the pallets off and measured from the bottom of the print arm to the top of the pallet arm on all the arms to make sure the distance was the same on all the heads/arms...it is.  So I feel like theres got to be something going on with the side clamp mounting bar.  I took the side clamps off of the one head that I was able to get a pallet leveled to (lets call it head #1) and moved them to another head, then put the side clamps from that head onto head #1.  Head #1 was still level.  That tells me it isn't the side clamps themselves, but might be the mounting bar....or the heads themselves (hopefully not).  Any help you can provide would be awesome.  Can't wait to get this thing up and running!

[AndyD]

Hello BLKRTS,
I spoke with you yesterday about the registration forks. Give me a call when you can and we can go over checking level on the heads and how to adjust them and level the pallets.
Regards,  Andy da Silva.