That's correct in that you won't find PSI conversion info on the Stahls' or Hotronix site.I just received an order of custom transfers from F&M Expressions that has a pressure recommendation of 60 PSI. I went to their website and the transfers are recommended to be pressed at 50-60 PSI (firm). Can someone translate what that means for a Hotronix press? Mine has numbers like 1, 2, 3, etc. I looked at the Hotronix and Stahl's websites and couldn't find a translation of PSI to numbers.
I actually was having this issue with my AutoClam after I first bought it. And while this sounds quite simple, I found that I simply needed to press down on the handle with much more pressure and then it would lock in. It actually had me laughing when I figured it out, but yeah, it seems the higher the pressure setting then the harder you need to press down on the handle for it to lock into place. Hope that helps!Hey, I just bought a Stahls hottronix press and am finding if I press a shirt with more than 6 pressure it automattically pops back up by itself. Do get a high pressure pressing of 8 or 9, is it normal to have to hold the press down? Making sure its not my press, I assumed you could walk away while its pressing without having it pop back up. Thanks
How accurate is this post. i have not seen this anywhere else.hey guys,
on hotronix heat presses (or others) numbers represent 14.5 psi
so if you need 60 psi , you gotto set your heat press to around 4
That's correct in that you won't find PSI conversion info on the Stahls' or Hotronix site.
Assuming you have a standard Hotronix press (i.e., 16x20 auto clam), you pressure settings are found on page 9 of the machine manual (which is page 10 of the PDF file):
- 1-3 = Light Pressure
- 4-7 = Medium Pressure
If you do not have the Hotronix model mentioned, check the manual for your model and find the Firm setting to use.
- 8-9 = Heavy (or, Firm) Pressure
AB
I agree the conversion has to be possible. Sad thing is I have my undergrad and masters in mathematics but id to do some serious googling on how to really measure it properly then convert to PSI. One idea would be to fill some sort of bag with air that you press down on with the heatpress and use a air pressure guage/tire guage. Seems like a lot of work but this might be really useful info to folks.Stahls contacted me on this a few weeks ago.
And this is what they told me on the pressure numbers--
- 1-3 = Light Pressure
- 4-6 = Medium Pressure
??
- 7-9 = Heavy (or, Firm) Pressure
I am curious on conversion numbers also. I was going to order some material and it was using psi for pressure and not like what the hotronix Fusion uses, So i didnt go with it .. There has to be some sort of table for it ,Or someone needs to be Einstein and figure it our for us all who need these numbers lol.
