Hey guys, this is my first post. So I'll just say hello, and tell you a little about myself. I am a professional firefighter with the city of Huntsville, Alabama. The short version of a long story is, I started out airbrushing a few years ago and wound up with old beat up screen printing equipment, vinyl cutting equipment and a bucket truck. I sold everything due to a family emergency. I bought all new (used) stuff the first of this year (2011) and am ready to go at it. So, I have some experience (a couple of years), but really feel like I have had nothing more than an introduction to screen printing. I currently have an Antec Legend 6/6 manual press, a M&R Economax II dryer, vastex flash, a Nuarc 3140 exposure unit and a homemade screen drying cabinet. I use corel draw, Smart Designer, Accurip, oh yeah and an old version of photoshop (9). The bulk of what I do is 1, 2, and 3 color jobs. Business is starting to pick up some and I am 51 years old so, I am pretty sure that a used automatic is somewhere in my future. I am printing a 3000 shirt order now. That seems like a lot to me, for a middle aged fat guy, with a manual press. Anyway if you guys are still reading this after all my rambling, I am glad to be with y'all. I have a bucket load of questions but I will try to space them out so as not to be too much of a pest. And if I stumble across something (learn from mistake) that I think might help, I'll be glad to share.
Thanks,
Steve