Second auto

[tancehughes]

Well, we have pulled the trigger and purchased our second auto. 10/12 Gauntlet II, used. We weren't ready to pay full price on a new one but we had to get something going. I've been searching for a while and finally found a good deal. Had convinced myself that DTS was the way to go (and still believe so) but I adjusted my thought process and figured that a second auto would help more with production right now.

The press comes with one omni flash but I'm thinking I'm going to get another one. Any one ever used one Quartz one infrared on the same press before? Can you do that and still work efficiently?

[Gilligan]

No DTS and a second press?!

That just means twice the tape!

[GraphicDisorder]

No DTS and a second press?!

That just means twice the tape!

Imagine the film costs!

[tancehughes]

LOL I hear ya, and we really need to upgrade our dryer too before we get a DTS. Since our family has started another business, our funds have mostly been funneled into that so investments in new equipment for our printing business have been pushed back. Luckily, our other branch of our business has really kicked off and is doing very well. CNC machines are fun to play with!!!

[Gilligan]

I wish you were closer... but at the same time, I'm glad you aren't.

[DannyGruninger]

LOL I hear ya, and we really need to upgrade our dryer too before we get a DTS. Since our family has started another business, our funds have mostly been funneled into that so investments in new equipment for our printing business have been pushed back. Luckily, our other branch of our business has really kicked off and is doing very well. CNC machines are fun to play with!!!

CNC machines are awesome.... I started running a desktop cnc machine when I was 13 years old, and began doing programming shortly after. By the time I was 16 I was running a 5 axis vertical mill cnc and auto fed lathe. I had the chance to make some pretty important machined parts for some military issued machine guns which was awesome.... People still think I look really young, you should have seen the look on the clients faces when my boss at the time introduced them to me when I was that age LOL.... I can only imagine what those clients were thinking, wtf is this little boy doing making my precision parts 

[TCT]

CNC machines are awesome.... I started running a desktop cnc machine when I was 13 years old, and began doing programming shortly after. By the time I was 16 I was running a 5 axis vertical mill cnc and auto fed lathe. I had the chance to make some pretty important machined parts for some military issued machine guns which was awesome.... People still think I look really young, you should have seen the look on the clients faces when my boss at the time introduced them to me when I was that age LOL.... I can only imagine what those clients were thinking, wtf is this little boy doing making my precision parts 

Ummmmm, I'm guessing they were thinking "I really hope this machine gun made by a 16yr old doesn't backfire..."

[GraphicDisorder]

LOL I hear ya, and we really need to upgrade our dryer too before we get a DTS. Since our family has started another business, our funds have mostly been funneled into that so investments in new equipment for our printing business have been pushed back. Luckily, our other branch of our business has really kicked off and is doing very well. CNC machines are fun to play with!!!

CNC machines are awesome.... I started running a desktop cnc machine when I was 13 years old, and began doing programming shortly after. By the time I was 16 I was running a 5 axis vertical mill cnc and auto fed lathe. I had the chance to make some pretty important machined parts for some military issued machine guns which was awesome.... People still think I look really young, you should have seen the look on the clients faces when my boss at the time introduced them to me when I was that age LOL.... I can only imagine what those clients were thinking, wtf is this little boy doing making my precision parts 

CNC machines rock!  My buddy has 23 of them, plus a few lathes, laser, water jet and some press breaks.  So fun to go to his shop, they can build anything there.

[Underbase37]

The press comes with one omni flash but I'm thinking I'm going to get another one. Any one ever used one Quartz one infrared on the same press before? Can you do that and still work efficiently?

We do this all the time. We have a few flashes that bounce between presses depending on what garment is on what press, so this might put us with one of each on the same press. Our big press only runs so fast so its never really a problem, but on our mid size press it can slow things a bit, but once the press is up to temp its minimal. 



Murphy37