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I have spoke to customer service and also emailed pictures. It appears I have the Titan 3 SE model and for whatever reason the board is different than the regular Titan 3. They are sending me the correct board. Awesome experience with customer service!

That doesn't sound out of line. If they baulk at the price or ask about it just tell them you have a $50 minimum charge for any install. If I am there doing other work like several windows or a sign plus the door or window I usually give them a break but you should always allow for the potential screw up you'll have once in a while where you have to do it twice.

I have the low end Eastwood gun. It's not bad for hobbiest type stuff. It's a good intro gun till you get serious and setup to the high end guns. To bake the stuff I bought a used oven for like $20 and then spend about $80 putting in a 220 line in the garage to plug the oven into. You can also use a large toaster oven, did that for awhile, the problem with the toaster oven is I had to stand it on it's side in order to put a cup in there and when you do that the temp. sensors are not in the right place so controlling the temperature is not very accurate. I have also seen small 110 ovens that can be used for doing cups but that about all that would fit in one, and they were pretty pricey. Used oven and a 220 line in the garage was the cheapest option I found. To start with I used a large cardboard box as my powder cabinet, but that got annoying real quick so I eventually built a cabinet, put a fan in it to pull the powder away from me as I sprayed, added a hook to hang parts from and built some metal stands to hold the cups. All in all it was a pretty fun project. As for the design, I just use standard vinyl, put it on and spray the powder, then throw it in the oven for about 2 minutes, just long enough to get the powder to flow. Pull it out and carefully remove the vinyl then stick it back in and finish the baking process.

personally I cut vinyl products for when that product is appropriate - both decals and apparel, if large enough apparel order I order plastisol transfers which reduce cost on most orders where the same image is used 30+ times (wildgoose is our apparel expert) for decals I have owned 3 solvent printers and you need enough business to keep that very expensive unit busy every couple of days or the maint will eat you alive if you don't clog heads - the printers I had were $700 per head (my first one had 4 heads and last 2 only had 2 heads) but I found as my wife and I travel more and the printer sat for 3 week vacations I could plan on replacing at least one head a trip. solvent printers are sexy but there are so many people doing them now the profit has deteriorated. you can get away from the solvent with a latex printer which doesn't clog heads but requires a special 220 dedicated line and cost more to print. I am unfamiliar how the latex does with apparel. banners you can outsource much cheaper than you can make them inhouse. I quit trying to compete with products so many people already produce and the few printed decals I still offer are done by stickermule like Haumana. trade shows area a great way to learn but are hard to come by until the virus subsides - maybe start with a good plotter to do cut decals and move into a decent heat press for small one off apparel - which you will have to charge much more than the screen printers can do them for. get your tax license so you can order from sanmar for your shirts. - you won't be sorry. Do you have any experience working with vector graphics will be another learning curve as it is quite different than pixel based photos you are used to manipulating - either download signblazer or inkscape just to see what you are getting into and when you order you plotter I suggest the vinylmaster option - it is powerful, the base software that comes with the plotter can be upgraded (there is a discount code for 50 percent off upgrades in the vinylmaster section). Get your plotter and start learning - each one is different - I am a hard core graphtec user and have had almost no issues since I worked up to my first one 8+ years ago but the one I got this week and a quirk I need to contact graphtec support about either monday or after I return from a short trip next week. this is a brand new model and probably one of the first ones produced - - - there will be a learning curve involved in your new venture -