Filbar Jr info wanted

[Shanarchy]

Anyone know anything about the Filbar Jr/S?
I believe this is a semi-automatic. I have the opportunity to pick one up. I'd be trading an old piece of equipment that i do not use so there would be no real investment. He has never used it. I'm looking to see if I could print 18x24 coroplast with this. Also, I would need a floodbar and squeegee. I am assuming the squeegee is the same squeegees that we already use for t-shirt printing. However, where can I find a floodbar? Action? GPI? What about a squeegee holder? Not sure if it needs one of those as well. Parts in general? Do these machines run pretty well and maintenance free?

Any info is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[ebscreen]

Pretty much the Radio Shack Junior King model of flatstock presses. Yes you can print 18x24 coroplast,
no it won't be fun and things like registration and smearing from off contact/squeegee pressure may be
an issue.

Squeegee material is the same as textile (for all intents and purposes) but the holder is different. Can't
recall what the Filbar uses. Floodbar might be just a piece of aluminum stock. aero-inc.com should have them.

[Shanarchy]

Pretty much the Radio Shack Junior King model of flatstock presses. Yes you can print 18x24 coroplast,
no it won't be fun and things like registration and smearing from off contact/squeegee pressure may be
an issue.

Squeegee material is the same as textile (for all intents and purposes) but the holder is different. Can't
recall what the Filbar uses. Floodbar might be just a piece of aluminum stock. aero-inc.com should have them.

Is it worth it to use or would it just be a waste of space? Would I be better off with a vacuum pallet on the manual press? I don't do much flat stock printing. The occasional event poster or record cover.

Thanks!

[Sbrem]

I started on a Filbar way back, and we still have one now. It runs once a year. If you don't go UV, the solvent inks will get to be a pain. We used to do lots of signage for local sign shops when their customers needed election signs, but that business dried up completely a few years ago when sign shops started inkjetting. Plus supercheapsigns.com sell for dealer cost to people off the street, so now it's just a table. It's smelly, you'll absolutely hate it when the humidity is high, etc., etc., etc. On the other hand, they are hard working machines. We made one print t-shirts 2 up back around 1980, it made us the money to buy our first real auto, a Precision Oval. They were built by Graphic Equipment Corp. in Boston, long gone now.

Steve

[RICK STEFANICK]

those old filbars are simple machines and in my opinion definatly worth picking up . the floodbars are just flat aluminum stock. i'm sure action could help you out.