Thanks guys… wow not enough hours in the day to enjoy this…
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It’s a whole new world (for me 
) and it’s overwhelming. Great work!
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Took a minute to adjust the thinking and then the possibilities started to develop…Wow!
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Really sharp. How’s the adhesion? Or do you not really have to worry about it since it will be enclosed?
You’re making me think more and more about getting one of these printers. 
Ok a look into my day, it starts at 3am 
(I am an early bird…)
I use THIN Super glue for the frame parts, except the top which ‘can’ be glued if desired,
but I keep it free so I can make bulk frames and then build as needed…
and the top frame part just pushes on and stays in place after hanging..
The design I did on the frame is 4mm spacing for the 3mm acrylic to just slide in and out
nicely..
Then there is my classic hanger on the back. I use MEDIUM superglue on this…
The bottom pic is the current 3 printers, the far right is new, it is A3 size
have not got it up and running yet
the printer to the LEFT of the monitor is also an A3 and he is the work horse for all the
12 x 12 printed sheets of wood and all the current Acrylic Plates
The printer with all the dog pics sitting on it does 16 x 30 size pics…
it also has camera recognition, ie. if you throw (as example) a handful of ‘say’
bottle caps on the print plate the software will scan the plate, then determine the print position and orient the ‘to be printed picture’ and find each cap, center the picture and print it…
kinda cool…
but the biggie is coming Mid Feb it will do 24 x 36 pics
Looking forward to some large ‘FUN’..
(excuse the mess, I work here )
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Nice! Sorry, I wasn’t clear. I was wondering if you had any issues with the UV paint/ink adhering to the clear acrylic. Do you have to pre-treat the surface or just peel off the protective film and print?
YES I only get the Acrylic with the plastic cover, never the paper… my preference…
but I only peal it when it is ready to go on the UV printer plate. moisture, dirt reduction of course.
UV ink is acrylic based so acrylic to acrylic stick GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD !
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I have a dumb question for you. Do you sell your work through a middle man? We had that experience. Do you and your son do the selling/advertising?
I understand somewhat the work involved and equipment required to manufacture product such as this. I know now, almost four years after retiring the problems involved with all the equipment we suddenly do not need and are too tired to use and the reality checks we have to go through when selling or giving away some part of our lives.
We enjoyed a glorious 45 years of making product the World Public desires.
Thank you for allowing us to enjoy your work.
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Just selling some local for now, they seem to be well recieved…
mostly having fun…
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…you are probably exaggerating a bit here, otherwise it is necessary to expand your warehouse, with this productivity you have 
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There are a few stacks
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Just a quick note on the UVPrinters..
There is a learning curve as with laser cutting …
Here are some ‘hot points’ of owning one…
Every day, whether you print or not, you should run a head clean to wake up the nossels.
We try to stick with F1080 Epson head, the XP600 are Epson types, but are usually sold
with all the chinese machines, if you ask they will put F1080 in at extra cost.
The XP600 does not follow the strick Epson manufacturing guidelines so the quality is lower
and they only last 6 months with normal every day use. tha F1080 will last a year or better.
White ink… this is the thickest of all the UV inks and the Epson head design, while it works good
with this ink, it is not designed for this thicker base, so it clogs easily. Hence the head clean.
So far I have replace the capping station, main board, print head cables.
I , being an engineer, had to tear out the water cooling uv lamp and install a fan cooled lamp with intensity control. why… I used a different white ink and the original lamp with water cooling was over curing an making the white dry yellowish. so the mfg wants you to only buy their ink.
with adjustable intensity you can at least adjust to match proper curing.
One thing I would not have guessed is the UVInks dont seem to dry out… they stay wet all the time even when exposed to the air… Not a chem guru, but found it intersting.
Also be prepared tohave constant ink fingers, unless you are religious about using rubber gloves.
Just dont think you can turn on the machine and print, the learning curve is typical, but some items require a bit of an engineering point of view when problems arrive, but YOUTUBE is a great source of info too.
hope this helps those a bit thinking of getting a unit, I wont put brand names here but I do have a preference if you want to know just msg me…l
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I trust it’s not intended as their “We can make you look like this!” display …
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Hall of (hair) fame 
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Amazing detail and quite flawless.
I’m wondering if the Happy Hounds is actually a representation of an oil painting.