 Re: Vastex or Workhorse?
It really comes down to "whatever floats your boat". Going on 3 years ago at an ISS show we looked at all the manual presses on display. There were a few that found favor with us and some that didn't. I do own 1 piece of Vastex equipment. Their Universal Registration System. I think it's great. Between the two you seem to have settled on, I would also pick the Vastex. That doesn't mean there aren't a lot of screen printers out there that aren't doing just fine with the Workhorse. The press we bought, though, was an Antec Legend.
What ever you buy, my personal piece of advice would be to buy one with at least the same number of stations as colors. You're thinking of a 6c/4s press. In my mind, that means you're planning on possibly printing as many as 6 colors on a shirt. That likely means flashing unless everything you print will be wet-on-wet. If you have more stations (ie. 6 instead of 4), your shirts will have 2 more "prints" or opportunities to cool down before they get the second or third coat of ink. That means they will be less inclined to stick to the screen and the shirt tack (whatever method you use) will cool down and hold onto the shirt better. If your shirt lifts, your registration will be off. |