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    I want to make a outline around it so the centre will be the tshirt colour.

    I used the outline tool and it looked great but when i sent it to cutter I seperated by color  But it did not just cut the  black outline it seemed not to see the outline and cut the elephant shape as a solid colour?

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    I bought some flexifoil tshirt HTV from a dealer in the UK.

    I bought 5 m of black and 5m of white.

    I tried some of the black and it worked great.

    Then I tried some of the white it looked a little different if you caught the light on the back of the black HTV it had a dull mottled sort of texture where the adhesive was the white was a satin sort of finish.

    I carried on and cut a design out and weeded it and noticed the clear backing did not have any tac to it....then I tried to heat press it and it did not stick at all?

    Not sure if it's a faulty batch or they sent the wrong stuff?

    It's the first time I've used this company and I placed 2 orders for a trial to see what they were like both orders were wrong, missing items, wrong widths sent, wrong colours etc and then this? They are blaiming the lockdown and been short staffed etc

    I have emailed them telling them about the latest mistake on the faulty /wrong HTV but seems I'm getting ignored now!

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    Had a look before work this morning and it seems the white plasticky cover is wrapped around the plate, seems its tucked behind It and then the plate is fixed in place?

    Seems no screws holding the plate on unless the 4 screws holding the top grab handles hold the plate on?

    It seems bit of a job removing the plate to he able to remove the plastic cover?

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    I bought a infrared temp gun.

    I set the press at 170c let it warm up, aimed and it reads 108 C ? The bottom of the heat press has a plastic cover and when in open position it hangs down a little so the temp gun is reading the sagging plastic, which i assume affects the temperture? Any ideas thanks

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    I saw someone on YouTube using heat strips, they stuck them on pieces of paper one in each corner and one in the middle and then shut the press and then read the temps on each one. The only ones I can find on ebay in the UK are forehead ones for measuring body temp so do not go high enough for the temps on a heat press.

    The £40 infrared heat guns on ebay are all chinese made cheap ones so not calibrated so not sure how accurate they are?

    Calibrated Fluke ones are £200 

    I've emailed the supplier to see if hes had any feedback on how accurate the temp gauge on press is

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    Thanks I recieved it and it was at its maximum setting with a gap between both plates?

    I did see a video on you tube that shows you putting half a sheet of A4 paper in between both plates and adjusting until it grips it not letting you pull it out so have done that and will see how it goes thanks

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    I bought one of these swing presses :

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281918980519

    It has a temp gauge but without spending £40 on a digital infrared thermometer has anybody got one of these models  and verify how accurate the temperature is?

    Also how do I know if the pressure is correct? It has a big plastic screw on the pivot which you tighten up or down for more or less pressure but how do you know if its correct? Many thanks

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    I spent ages on the step and repeat and finally through the towel in!

    Then found the tile function, made one 10mm circle, aligned it in top left corner. Clicked 32 x 32 amount in tile function with a 20mm spacing and in 5 seconds I had a page full of beautiful circles.

    Then set nudge to 10mm and selected every other line and nudged the pre set 10mm with arrow key.

    After spending a couple of hours going round in circles on the step and repeat it took 3 mins in the tile function

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    I actually did my first cuts on vinyl today, a little bit of setting up and it cut really good.

    I think some of the test pieces were a little fine but it cut delicate piece down to 1mm lines.

    The fun started in the weeding knowing which pieces to remove! Any tips on actually seeing the cuts? when the vinyl is gloss and a lot of shine its hard to catch the light to see the cuts and my older eyes....

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