Hi there,
Looking for a heat press for a youth project, can anyone help me out? Based in Scotland.
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Hi there,
Looking for a heat press for a youth project, can anyone help me out? Based in Scotland.
Hi there
would help to know what your planning to use it for t shirts etc
Sorry - Yeh its for Tshirts mostly
have you got a budget ? or you looking for free one? or hire one...?
Looking for one to buy - something of decent quality but low price - does that exist?
Depends on how low is the price! You can spend £500-£600 on a good second hand press or spend less money on a new one. I guess if your doing tshirts you'll need a press around 15" square. You may be able to pick something up for £150 on the 'cheap, but reasonable quality' requirement.
Do you supply the cheap but reasonable quality?
Try ebay - loads on there, cheap n cheerful to the expensive.
Ebay is a great place to find a bargain on a high quality press - you can get top end (£1000+) presses for the price you would get a new cheap-Chinese one.
The only thing I would add is purchase new if you can.
Think of a heat press like a bloomin great big iron. If the item has been used extensively then (unless it is something like an Adkins or Geo) it is likely that it will not last you that long. Many ebayers will say "hardly used" but treat statements like that with caution.
A cheap one is likely to do you fine, but as a newbie you may want to have the back up from a reputable supplier. I am not saying there are no reputable suppliers on ebay, in fact there are some of the sellers on there also on here. Just do your homework.
A list of suppliers can be found in the suppliers section of this forum. Once you have found the list of suppliers and narrowed it down to two or three, do a search on here to see what others have said about their service.
Thanks appreciate that
I'm surprised in these days of Health & Safety mania you could expose children to such great dangers :mad:
Excuse me for my rant :)
Think im going to petition to get the name of this forum changed to, I like to moan!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stitch Up
Did you ask who would be operating it? Did you think the kids might be designing? The definition of youth doesnt just meAn 11-16 year olds, many youth actually work from 16+ in dangerous apprenticeships under supervision
finding for every positive helpful comment, there is always the posts Which dont actually answer the question or advise. I came on here looking for help, not criticism.
Sorry for rant... Like that excuses anything!
i dont know if youve seen this one on ebay -
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/?ssPageNam...84.m1555.l2649
but i can say for certain it hasnt had a lot of wear and tear.. i bought it and used for friends n family and a couple of xmas parties i organised..now i dont have time to do the stuff anymore.
The link isnt workingQuote:
Originally Posted by fredster
John
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1110289102...84.m1555.l2649
try that or item number search it.. item no - 111028910206
Hey, you misunderstood me. H&S is the bairn of my life & it's that which I was having a moan about! It has a place for sure but it's just gone miles to far. Kids can't play games in the playground these days without wearing fully protective gear - drives me nuts and costs us a bl**dy fortune.Quote:
Originally Posted by jgd100
I'm with you all the way and I hope you get your heatpress and that no 'good dooer' spoils the party.
Good luck and I hope all the kids really enjoy producing stuff with it :) Good luck, just be prepared for someone to have a moan, it certainly wouldn't be me :)
Ah ok - sorry for snappy response! Thanks for the encouragement - It is crazy!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stitch Up
Still looking!
John
someone put one forsale on here the other day, looked like it could be a good buy esp with everything else included.
budget then look at if you can get new or if you need to get 2nd hand remembering that shipping will be the hardest part of 2nd hand, unless one comes up local to you, so check gumtree etc as well as ebay