What would you do to improve my layout?

Inkworks

How's the dryer search going?

Gilligan

He found one... probably best to continue that discussion here vs the classified ad where we were talking about it.

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Prosperi-Tees

Yup got one. Electrician coming tomorrow to hook it up. Lawson 36" 12ft 3 panel dryer with forced air. My shop is packed like no other with both dryers in there.

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musterdbom

Same dryer I have right now. Rewired the whole thing with solid state relays and newer temperature controller. Great dryer for plastisol, can do discharge reeeeeeeeeeally slowly. Draws 48amps at 240v according to my clamp meter readings.

Prosperi-Tees

I figure it could do better than 25 an hour discharge that I am currently running! lol

Gilligan

Hey, I can print that fast!

Musterdbom, why did you change over to solid state relays?

It was recommended I do the same on my dryer (I have the mercury switch)... I just don't know why.

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musterdbom

Yeah lol you'll be stepping it up a bit. Not sure what I can run per hour I just know that it was painfully slow compared to regular plastisol. Regular plastisol I run at 30-34 dz/hr. I haven't gone any faster because I can't load/unload faster than that for extended periods of time.

Inkworks

Looking good in that cramped shop! Rock it for a year or so and you'll appreciate a bigger shop all the more!

We've been busy all week moving, demolition some little rooms and setting up the new shop. It's amazing to think we had everything in 1/3 the space it is in now. We get tired walking from one end to the other. Finally moved the cast-iron 1-arm 24" Challenger guillotine and the 4' x 6' vacuum frame today... freaking heavy stuff.

The auto should be here by the end of the month!

musterdbom

The temperature controller was flaking out. The frequency at which it cycled the heating elements was ridiculously fast which at the time in the old shop would freak the fluorescent lights out. It had smaller relays in it that weren't mercury and smaller than SSR's, can't remember the type they were off the top of my head but their switching voltage was higher than my ebay temperature controller would do so I picked up some used SSR's and wired it up. The hardest part is programming the temperature controller to be consistent and not overshoot, hunt, under or over heat as you load shirts through it.

Prosperi-Tees

Thats awesome, hopefully you are taking pics!