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One thing I would be sure to research, is the price of replacement bulbs. Most projector bulbs have a rather short life, and some of them are extremely expensive and hard to find.
Jerry Mathel
Jerry Mathel Signs
Grants Pass, Oregon
signs@grantspass.com
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I bought mine from an office supply in Chicago and it has some interesting features for an inexpensive projector.
The top is hinged and the lense/mirror assembly comes off and fits to mounts inside the cabinet. This makes it easy to transport if you ever need to do that.
In addition, there are mountings inside to hold two lamps, with a switch on the front of the cabinet that toggles them. If you make sure there's always a lamp in both holders, you don't even have to stop working when one burns out. Lamps are about twenty dollars U.S., as I recall.
Even if you end up with something cheap, it sure beats working with an opaque projector. I spent many years working in the dark with a fuzzy image till I realized I didn't have to. I retired my old Artograph and never turned it on again.
It helps to have a plain paper copier for making transparencies. Or put vinyl lettering on clear acetate and project it, or, with 3M's vinyl that has the clear backing, just cut/weed/project.
Tip: for super sharp lines on clear transparencies, scribe them with a pin point or the tip of a knife blade. Such a scratch will project as a fine black line using an overhead projector.
Brad in Arkansas
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Brad Ferguson
4782 West Highway 22
Paris AR 72855
501-963-2642
signbrad@cswnet.com
I don't have it anymore but remember one important thing to keep in mind...ya gotta have a transparency for it to work. We had a copy machine that would make transparencies from our plotted line drawings. Without that copy machine it would have been very difficult. I also don't have a copy machine now but have an inkjet printer that could make a suitable transparency. Just make sure you have one or the other.
In parting, I was at a closeout warehouse for a major corporation (Polaroid) where 3 of these in working order were for sale for $20 apiece. That's less than the cost of a bulb! Since the bulb is the only working part of these simple devices keep used machines in mind. Heck, I think I'll go back there and get one just in case I need to project another midnight mural some day!
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Joe Rees
Cape Craft Signs
(Cape Cod, MA)
http://www.capecraft.com
http://www.dave-joe-show.com
e-mail: joerees@capecraft.com
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opaque and overhead.
over the light and under the light.
the thought came from joe, i just simplified it some what.
i worked with an overhead projector for many years in outdoor advertising.
my choice would be.... the overhead projector for line art on acetate.
opaque projector for photos to enlarge for enough info to say paint a pictorial.
(does require more darkness)
okay heads, is there such a thing as "more darkness?"
we live and learn....
terry teague, has that RatDog ate up yo' chair?
monkey (projector) boy
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Mark Fair
Mark Fair Signs
http://www.markfair.com
I Don't Work... I dis-PLAY
2162 Mt. Meigs Road
Montgomery, Alabama 36107
334-262-4449
"Mark Fair is a Proud Contributor to The Letterhead Site!"
Very true.
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Brad Ferguson
4782 West Highway 22
Paris AR 72855
501-963-2642
signbrad@cswnet.com
i would say as your gunna have your OHP for a very long time that you should really think about getting a good one to start with, it really is a one off buy that will save you many frustrating hours
regards
gail
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Gail & Dave
Those strange Ozies
who eat TimTams and Pavlova & have been seen loitering around letterhead meetings since 1996
Insanity is hereditory....you get it from your kids!
