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    Which would you recommend swing press

    I am thinking about a new swing press. but have had a look at various suppliers at theirs but can't make my mind up. it needs to easy to operate and easy to judge pressure, any suggest out there.

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    I've always got on very well with the Adkins personally. If I was looking to buy at the moment and had the budget, I'd like to have a go with a Hotronix from Target Transfers.

    Coincidentally, I've heard of a 6 year old Adkins for sale locally to me which is unusually, I thought about getting it as a backup press but can't really justify it. Shipping from here is very expensive though so might not be an option for you.

    Which have you been looking at? Do you have a budget?
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    I'll take a look, but there is no budget, I've been looking at the magic touch ones

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    Magic Touch do stock the Adkins. If you speak to Target Transfers ask for Heather Robertson, tell her Justin says she'll do you a good deal :-)
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    Adkins, - resold by TMT and Xpress, accurate, reliable, and rock solid, I have one that is 20 yrs old!
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    We moved away from adkins at the start of the year to Hotronix Fusions and have not looked back since, either company makes great presses just really comes down to budget and what you need from a press.

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    The fusions look excellent. Heather often calls me to see if I'm going to buy one....not just yet I always say! I prefer the older Adkins as they were better built imo but the newer ones seem ok.
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    fusions are more high tech glitz where adkins are low tech but battle field ready. The fusion equipped with a caddie makes fast work when working with tees, the other nice feature is pre settings which can save a lot of time and makes it almost fool proof for a co worker to use when hes a little hung over from a sunday shandy.

    I'm going to try and get an air fusion ordered backend of May to show the bosses how much more productive we can be with one.

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    Hi Jenny, we've just got an Atkins and are really pleased with it - very sturdy beast! My only (little) gripe is there are no markings on the pressure knob and as a newbie it is taking a while to get used to the 'feel' of it. Also using a bit of sticky tape as a marking! Though, I guess after a while it'll be second nature

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    We've used Adkins, Instas and Jarins, and prefer PressMech. When the element went on the PressMech, ad I was waiting for the new one to come so I could fit it, I wasn't happy going back to a Jarin or Adkins/Insta

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