There are some photos from a DYIDTGer shared in the homemade_dtg forums but no details were provided. You'll have to search for them there. Get the basic plans found in the t-shirt forums and the concept is the same. I'm building one but I don't know if I will take the time to do a write. I'll let you know if I do.
Bob ?;O)
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in my opinion there is far to much weight with that platen setup, i cant imagine the pf motor will last very long with regular - heavy use.
when a pf motor starts to fry you get alot of slippage on the prints, it will start off with the occasional .5mm misreg, then gradually get worse, swap the pf motor and voila your good to go.
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in my opinion there is far to much weight with that platen setup, i cant imagine the pf motor will last very long with regular - heavy use.
when a pf motor starts to fry you get alot of slippage on the prints, it will start off with the occasional .5mm misreg, then gradually get worse, swap the pf motor and voila your good to go.
Steve,
you bring up an interesting point... How about switching out the motor with something with a little more punch... It would out live the heads. I'll look around and see what might be available.
Anyone done this already?
Bob
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i thought along the same lines initially but from the research i have done it would seem the pf motors used by epson were developed by them specifically for the task, i cant see an off the shelf component by someone else working correctly, although im all ears if someone does know. anyway the pf motor on the c88 must be about a third of the size of those found in the a3 printers, i have just redesigned my platen to use polycarbonate so im saving more weight, it will be interesting to see how long the latest motor that has only been used with the new platen lasts for.
Hello everybody, i think that the weight of your table is to mutch for the little motor. Your construction for adjusting tablehight is i think to heavy, better is to use a ball baring leadscrew. I've seen your movie (nice) and i have seen that is difficult to place a t-shirt, is'nt not eaysier to use a spray glue for holding down the shirt? (also with screen printing)
Greetings, Pierke
i thought along the same lines initially but from the research i have done it would seem the pf motors used by epson were developed by them specifically for the task, i cant see an off the shelf component by someone else working correctly, although im all ears if someone does know. anyway the pf motor on the c88 must be about a third of the size of those found in the a3 printers, i have just redesigned my platen to use polycarbonate so im saving more weight, it will be interesting to see how long the latest motor that has only been used with the new platen lasts for.
Well Steve is the guy who's been doing this for some time so I believe he is correct that the motor will burn up. He has replaced many of them.
I'll do diligent research non this to see if there is a viable alternative to replacing the motor and will let everyone know what I find.
I work for a company that creates carbon fiber parts. I'm thinking of using this for it is ridged and lightweight.
Bob
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Well an electronics technician and I discussed this to some length this evening. What we came up with is a circuit that would attach to the leads of the original motor. The circuit will take the signal and turn on either a series of small motors or one large one which would have their own power supply. This should be doable. There may be some ratio issues to work out but I think it could be done. Even if we added an identical single motor of similar capacity it would significantly reduce the load on the original motor. More to follow as we pull this idea into fruition.
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You know, the original DIY plans have it all wrong. Driving on top of the paper feed shaft is a poor idea and would cause the motor to burn up...
I am inclined to think that it would be easier to drive the whole printer on top of gantry rails and have the whole printer move... The paper feed roller gear would rest right on top of the gantry rail gear strip and drive the printer forward. Then the weight of the platen, T-shirt and adjustment assembly would not be an issue...
There is another benefit to this design... You could create a setup to print multiple shirts along the same gantry... Just make it longer...
If there is a will... There is a way...
Bob
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they arent that wrong and i still thank the lord i found them in in the first place, its just the weight involved for longer term regular use, im going for a aluminium tray rather than chipboard on my next setup, with the platen weight adjustments i have already made im very hopeful, the current 1160 is printing like a dream at 360 fine resolution for cmyk. I have a 1900 arriveing next week as i have two tshirt projects that need white and thats the excuse i need especially as i already paid for the rip last year, the main problem i had with the 1800 useing the c88 plan as a base was rattling about at anything under 1440 resolution, i need to focus on that as i think thats my main hurdle as long as long as the aluminium tray works of course, but each to his own its a very organic process that cant really be appreciated until you get a big ol A3 printer working.
Sorry to sound so absolute... This usually comes with the wack I get on the side of the head. On the other hand, going forward I believe that a gantry based system that drives the printer instead will be more stable and solve a myriad of problems while creating useful solutions.
Bob ?;O)
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