Wanted – T Shirt Heat Press

[Neil Speirs]

Try get your hands on an Adkins press, they also get re-badged for xpres and a few other companys

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Adkins-xpres- … 3a6ca7eca6

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Xpres-15-x-15 … 256945d335

[Billy Lawton]

Thank you Neil – that’s fantastic. That looks a good price too!

Billy

[Angelique Muller]

Stay away from the el-cheapo’s on ebay….
just got one myself (to go with my equally dodgy cutter) and had quite an ordeal with it..
They finally send me a replacement and this one is working… hurray.
If you have the time to figure it all out it is okay:
the ‘manual’ is quite a hillarious A4 sheet…… you get what you pay for 😀

[Billy Lawton]

Good advice! I certainly will – hope it all works for you now.

[Mo Gillis-Coates]

Just a note about el cheapo machines… I have a t shirt press that I bought 2 years ago off ebay for £150, still working just fine…. as long as you maintain stuff it’s ok. It’s paid for itself many times over.

[Billy Lawton]

I hear you Mo!

🙂

[Angelique Muller]

quote Mo Gillis-Coates:

Just a note about el cheapo machines… I have a t shirt press that I bought 2 years ago off ebay for £150, still working just fine…. as long as you maintain stuff it’s ok. It’s paid for itself many times over.

What kind of maintenance is involved?!? My ‘manual’ did not mention any…… 😮

[Neil Speirs]

quote Angelique Muller:

quote Mo Gillis-Coates:

Just a note about el cheapo machines… I have a t shirt press that I bought 2 years ago off ebay for £150, still working just fine…. as long as you maintain stuff it’s ok. It’s paid for itself many times over.

What kind of maintenance is involved?!? My ‘manual’ did not mention any…… 😮

a wee prayer that it doesn’t blow up just before you switch it on 😉

[John Thomson]

My ‘cheapo’ Chinese heat press has been faultless for over 3 years in daily use……..without any ‘maintenance’. 😀

John

[Mo Gillis-Coates]

Maintenance on mine, I make sure all the nuts and screws are tightened regular, also I grease or lubricate the height/pressure adjustment post now and then to keep the swing away moving freely, and when I first got it, I opened up the electrics just to check all the connections where good.

I clean the platen once a week too, as I press dye sub tshirts which can contaminate it. Other than that she’s good apart from the magnetic timer doesnt work, but just havent got round to fixing that yet, but I will

[John Thomson]

I use mine for dye-sub as well.

I have a stretch cotton cover for the lower platen , with a piece of scrap vinyl backing to cover that which keeps it clean and I use a silicon sheet over what I press to protect the upper platen.

Different solutions for the same problems.

John