You are right but you are working for the entire 60 minutes, non-stop, and are getting nothing else done in the mean time. I, on the other hand, have the whole time the mugs are cooking to work on other projects. I can make twice as much money in the same amount of time.

And, if I had 4 sets of wraps and two ovens I could do a gazillion times more mugs than you could with your press.

Best of all, my 4 sets of wraps and two ovens only cost me $360 - how much was your satellite again? :)

This is a great discussion, that every person who is considering doing mugs should see.

There are definite pros and cons to both presses and wraps, depending on what your business model is, but you need to be informed before you purchase.

I personally like the wraps for the following reason. It allows someone to test the mug market for a very reasonable entry amount, and then increase your equipment as your production requirements increase.

The bottom line is that you need a production mode that matches your business model. For some people, that may be presses, others it is wraps, and some may do both. One thing I know is that generally one's business is fluid and ever changing, and it is good to know the options available.

JPKevin gave me a great lead on a convection oven at Wal-Mart, it's less than $80 and they usually offer free delivery. It will hold at least 5 wraps, maybe more.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4012129

Jim,
You are going to have SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo much fun once you get it set up....it's so easy a cav.....er you won't have ANY problems.....well maybe one or two during your learning curve. The sublijet IQ driver works almost by it's self.

After doing this for a year, outside of challenges I have created my self because of my time in the learning curve I have had only ONE time that I had a color correction problem.....and that was with the EE logo in David's shadow box.

I know there are a lot of more experienced folks that will help you, but I am happy to help you in anyway I can. Good luck. Have fun.

My next adventure begins in about a month with the arrival of *my* new toy...er I mean tool, the Vision Max Pro. Now you wanna talk about questions?????? ( insert laugh here).

Have fun

Thanks for all your help at the show, Chuck. Matt was a really decent guy, and didn't sell me anything I didn't need (...let's face it, the guy actually talked me out of spending even more money on the 4800!)

Can't wait to dig in on Saturday!

Jim

Jim,
My pleasure. Matt IS a great guy and honest to boot. Add to that the he knows his stuff......you are in good hands.....

Hi Jim,

Here's a good tip. Go to a fabric store and buy a couple of yards of 100% white polyester fabric. You can get it for a few dollars a yard. It works great to practice on to get up you confidence before you start on real products. It is also good to try the different Powerdriver settings on it and see the difference in the images for each setting.

That color correction problem was not even Chuck's fault. The blue in the logo that I sent him is different than the blue that we see. The original blue was darker than what shows, when converted for web viewing it lightened horribly. It was altered to get what you see, but is still much darker in the vector format that on the screen.

Of course I sent him the original and he was trying to achieve what he saw on the screen. It was so long ago that we chose the winner I did not remember the problems until he started having problems. You could say that the correction problems were caused by me, not the PowerDriver.

Philadelphia, PA (Really Bensalem)

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