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    The WF7110 from Cobra, with the sublimation CISS installed has been awesome for us!  I have the same setup in pigment, and have struggled to find uses.  We are still messing with the transfers, works great on a white shirt - dark colors have been the bane of my existence.  I would highly recommend Cobra - Richard and his staff have been amazing to work with.  Sublimation is a rabbit hole however - so many things to play with.

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    Sometimes you gotta just stick your neck out and take a shot at it. My first batch of hats was a 500 hat order. I did them way too cheap. WAY too cheap. I survived and now have a real good idea where I need to be on hat pricing to make it worth doing. Your price doesn't sound way too cheap so assuming they actually have you do them then you are probably fine. One way or the other you will learn something which in itself is pretty valuable info. 

     

    I agree wholeheartedly.  I did a sample for the guy - he loved it.  He is going to give it to his salesman to show the client.  They want samples of baseballs, footballs, and basketballs too.  Who would of thought.  They had them stickered in vinyl last year, and the client was not pleased.  This being engraved and permanent is what they are wanting.  I am hoping this turns out - this would lead to a lot of business, as they want me to sublimate for them too.  

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    If you are talking a few, it can be ok to shoot from the cuff. Is it really alright to quote a monstrous job on a guess?

     

    Well since there are so few people doing that, or at least showing their pricing, it is pretty much a guess.  I know I can get at least 3 dozen in an hour - and that is being conservative.  I figured $144 an hour isn't bad money.  

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    look at what others are charging for that same surface- gold plating a lambo will make if worth far more than painted to the right people.  I would think there would be a limited market for them to get the work done by and then quality of work comes into play.   if you feel your equipment and time are not worth anything just do them for free and get all the thanks you want - it's your call

     

    I agree with you there - I may shoot them $4 a ball and see how it flies.  

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    Here are some guys selling the whole ball engraved for a little over $9 in large quantities. 

     

    http://www.lazerdesigns.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=SPSOFTBL

     

    I called those guys - just to figure out what balls they use.  It appears they buy the cheaper leather balls, so spending about $55 a dozen.  That would be charging nearly $5 a ball to engrave it - that seems wild to me.  Of course when you see the price on 1 at 22 a ball, that is some profit.  I think $5 is too high.  Am I wrong to think that?

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    Not owning a laser I have to ask, how is the durability of the laser mechanics? Do you have to replace the tube ever so often, is this a big enough cast to warrant a second one for speed and to cover if one goes down?

     

    This is an old Epilog I purchased used, the tube is replaceable - and the customer would be big enough to make me want to replace the parts if it failed, or buy a new laser.  I would say durability is pretty awesome on it, since I purchased it used, and it is several years old.  Of course, for the price - it better be.  

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    Figure out what your time and your machine time are worth.

     

    I guess that is basically my question.  I planned to build a jig to do a dozen at a time.  I could do more, but figured since the balls came in a dozen box, would be uniform that way.  I am just trying to get an idea what I should charge.  I really have no idea.  If I was doing a single ball, I obviously would charge more, most likely a premium price of $10.  That however is a single ball.  This is a different story.  Would I be out of line to charge $3 a ball - or should it be less?  I don't want to overcharge - but I don't want to undercharge either.  I really need some help on this.

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    Just a follow-up, I discovered that with the language changed to hpgl the graphtec didn't "advance after cut" properly in vinylmaster (worked in signblazer), it actually went the opposite way. After a few ... long... hours I tried different languages and found hpgl_rel fixed this and still cuts properly.

     

    hpgl-rel where, in the Graphtec or VM?

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    Sorry to bring up an old post, but I thought giving Richard the kudos he needs made it worth it.  I recently bought 2 printers from Richard.  He spent a lot of time with me, before I was a paying customer.  His installation of the CISS is top notch, and his support after can't be beat.  His ink makes some damn fine mugs and socks - I love the output.  I would definitely buy my sub printer from him again.  I only wish he had something that would take rolls of paper - like 24" wide, but that's not his problem.  Those printers are just so damned expensive.

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    :thumbsup:  That looks great, if you don't mind what was your time and temperature, I am getting there but not that nice

     

    We went as high as 400 and as low as 350.  Time was from 60 secs to 4 mins.  It seemed when we went high and hot the images would ghost, and appear like there were two paws etc.  We settled down to 350 and 120-180 and it seems to have quit.  I have this press:

     

    http://forum.uscutter.com/index.php?/topic/50066-new-mug-press/

     

    In some ways I wish I didn't have it.  It seems that setting the pressure is not easy, and just not really able to get what I would call enough.  It's close I suppose.  It just doesn't have a lot of play in the only way I can find to adjust it.  The pneumatic adjustment is just for the speed opening and closing.  All of the videos I watched in Chinese on this one were using 180C and 180 seconds.  That is where we are going to try next.