"Clown Shoe Pilot" (csp)
08/07/2018 at 01:00 • Filed to: None
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"Clown Shoe Pilot" (csp)
08/07/2018 at 01:00 • Filed to: None | 2
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It’s a rack for holding rolls of printed vinyl as they feed into a laminating machine. The machine has a way to do this on its own, but we use that feed position for a kraft paper backing. Also, loading the workpiece from the included roll is a total PITA. The manufacturer makes a machine that has this built in, but it was way more expensive than the steel and casters.
It’s pretty beefy. The rectangular tubing is 2x3x3/16 and the round pipe is 1.5" ID schedule 40 . It’s 66" wide so that it’ll accept a 64" roll of vinyl. It weighs a bit over 100 pounds. It’s overbuilt but it matches the other stuff in the print shop. I finished the welding this evening. Some of the welds are ... not awesome. I’ll be running the angle grinder tomorrow night to make it presentable under a coat of rattle can matte black.
DipodomysDeserti
> Clown Shoe Pilot
08/07/2018 at 01:32 |
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Why don’t they just lay the stock down flat? Will is stick together? Never seen a laminating shop hang stock like that. I would think vinyl would bend making it a PIA to feed through a laminator.
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Clown Shoe Pilot
> DipodomysDeserti
08/07/2018 at 03:09 |
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the workpieces will be 30-40 feet long and all rolled up on a 3" diameter cardboard tube as they come out of the p rinter. this rack just holds the big roll. not shown are the cardboard tube and the “axle” that’ll be placed through the whole thing
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Clown Shoe Pilot
08/07/2018 at 15:52 |
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A grinder and paint, because a welder I ain’t!
Looks good.