machine refurbishment

[David Rogers]

Guess at minimum £300 for a service guy to turn up and change the dampers and other small parts…

£1500 to £2k to turn up, spend a day fitting a couple of heads, dampers, capping stations, encoder strip, pipes, pumps etc…a full rework of all parts.

If it ain’t working you need to get it for next to nothing as auctions carry NO warranty.

Dave

[josh morris]

thanks for the reply David, are those guide prices incl parts or is that just the labour costs? as i know the heads etc are pretty expensive

[David Rogers]

Our tech charges us £200 to turn up on the doorstep – paid up front, then £50 an hour plus parts.

To give you an idea, our last bill was about £700 for 8 dampers, a head cable (that had shorted out) and a tiny PCB fuse – also a realignment of all heads to return the machine to perfect order…about 3 hours work.
Quality dampers run at about £15-£20 each, capping stations a bit more…heads in the region of £400 each on a good day plus installation. The 540 has a pair.

Ask to see it running before parting with any cash.

[josh morris]

thanks David, so say around the £2000 mark then for a ball park figure of getting the machine fully functioning with what needs doing to it. so how much would you think is worth paying for the machine without the work done? i dont really know what these fetch second hand as ive never really looked for one.

it may not need much being done to but the guy running the auction doesnt know much about it so im sceptical of the condition

[Adrian Hewson]

recently bought a 2nd hand Roland sc 540for £2K get Andy Malcolm to help you, if machine is not broken £1k should bring it back

[josh morris]

wow wish i could find one for that price, where do you guys search for second hand printers? think im looking in the wrong places!

whos Andy Malcolm? 🙂

[Kevin Mahoney]

Will second the Andy Malcom recommendation. Top bloke who always gets you out of trouble & will only replace what’s needed.

[Adrian Hewson]

Mobile is 07921 380282

if its inkjet he can build it fix reprogram it, not too expensive (quite often able to find you the machine you want also) used him for about 12 years

[josh morris]

thanks guys!
sounds like a good guy to know! shame its quite late and wouldnt like to disturb him at this time, or is he an active member on here? if sou could somebody direct him to this thread for me? 🙂

if i won the auction total spend on the machine could be between £3k and £3.5k thought that was an okay price but if these machines dont fetch that much then maybe not. but then again id be safe in the knowledge that the machine is fully functioning 🙂

[Adrian Hewson]

I gave you his phone number text him and tell him what you want he may know where to get one

[Kevin Mahoney]

Be worth talking to Andy before bidding. There’s every chance he knows of somebody upgrading their kit & he’ll know the condition of the stuff they’re selling.
Got 3 sp540s myself, great machines. You’ll love it.

[josh morris]

thanks Adrian just sent him a text, hopefully it wont disturb him 🙂 eagerly awaiting his reply 🙂

[Adrian Hewson]

got two sc 540s an XJ 740 and an old grenadier 1900 they are used every day of the year and never miss a beat, Andy comes round once a year and gives them a tweak (my guys do know how to care for them though)

[Kevin Mahoney]

I still feel uncomfortable when any of my lads take the covers off.
There’s nothing like a repair bill that you have to pay yourself to make you take care of a machine!

[josh morris]

just speaking with Andy know, hes being very helpful 🙂

[josh morris]

i missed out on that machine as bidding went stupidly high for a machine with no details or background info or proof of it working. so left it alone. Andy’s on the lookout for me for a used machine 🙂 if anybody else knows of any for sale let me know 🙂

[Kevin Mahoney]

If you give a call to Harry at Eddie Mathias, he’s sure to have something suitable for good money

[Stafford Cox]

That sounds about the right sort of pricing but obviously, it depends what’s wrong with it. My customers always get free telephone support though which can often prove very useful.

Stafford