Getting back in the groove with the Javelin

[garagewear]

The last year has been a bit of a set back at the shop. My Dad was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer last Feb and passed in December. Just now getting back into the swing of things. One of those things is finishing the Javelin. I had got all the plumbing finished and two of the heads rebuilt but haven't taken any big jobs or really used it much. Now I am trying to get things back together and see where we are. Will try and get two more heads completed this weekend and get the flash disassembled for sand blasting. I checked into the new chopper assembly and I can do it on my press but also have to replace the squeegee carriage track. That is another $75 per head so I am looking at $760 per head for chopper head, squeegee, floodbar and track. I think I may do one and see how I like the difference. If I like it I can work my way around about one a month. Any thoughts or suggestions? Anyone try the new chopper yet?

Bill

[aauusa]

I looked at it but the cost as you have said is high,  I like the v squeege so i am not sure if I would care for the chopper and for that cost not a chance i want to take.   the same thing goes for the  quick release attachment  for the platens way to high for cost effective.   

[ScreenPrinter123]

We got the job done on our Javelin when we had it, but when we moved to a chopper machine it made life easier and allowed us to do things we could not do with the v-squeegee.  I say put the chopper on head one (for whites) and see how you like it.  If we were going to keep the javelin I would have at least changed out the first head and possibly all because being able to print with little to no angle is something we do quite often and is unfortunately not possible with the v-sqeegee.

[Gabe]

We got the job done on our Javelin when we had it, but when we moved to a chopper machine it made life easier and allowed us to do things we could not do with the v-squeegee.  I say put the chopper on head one (for whites) and see how you like it.  If we were going to keep the javelin I would have at least changed out the first head and possibly all because being able to print with little to no angle is something we do quite often and is unfortunately not possible with the v-sqeegee.

after you change to the chopper style did your maximum print area got reduced
if so how much?

[ScreenPrinter123]

We never made the change and have since sold our press.  I would imagine it would reduce the vertical size slightly.