This video was shot in the fall of 2023 and it's crazy to see how much things have grown since then. This felt like the turning point of when things started taking off for my shop at the time and I'm so glad I documented it. Let me know how you like the video!
Loved watching all of it. I had actually been wanting to get into doing one if not each of these type of production products. I am so glad I watched how complicated and knowledge intensive it really takes. Not to mention the money to get this far. Good job man. You're living my dream.
I've been following your channel since the basement days. I found it while searching for info on screen printing t-shirts. I've since abandoned that endeavor but never stopped following your channel. I don't watch it often but I tune in from time to time and I'm so impressed with the growth. Amazing job! I wish I had stuck with something I had created for myself instead of working for someone else, looks so rewarding no matter how hard or the hours you put in. I just wanted to congratulate you in all the success and can't wait to see when the shop and your orders get bigger.
Lee! You've got to give print grip a try on your platens. Our shop switched to it 6 months ago and I couldn't believe the change. No more glue on the floor, no more overheating issues. Game changer. Grab an orbital sander and a 50/50 spray container of plastisolv + water and you have fresh platens in like 30 seconds - 1 min tops. No more resurfacing or fussing with platen tape. Love to see the progress of your shop!
Been following you for about probably a little over 5 years, I remember watching your videos about learning how to screen print way back when. It's been awesome to see the growth over the years! Keep it up!
Follower from India. Getting really inspired from your work. Me and my wife working on a small scale like you are doing. Our next plan is to scale our business like your current shop. Wish you all the best for your business.
I so wished I lived in Canada.. 15 years of experience under my belt with screen printing and embroidery still doing it for work till this day .. I'll never leave it .. hoping one day I'll have my own shop... it would be an honor to work in your shop ..
Lee I live in the United States and have been printing for 6-7 years in mostly sports oriented shops, and man I would die to work in a shop like yours and continue learning and improving on what I do. That would be the dream.
Lee, you've been a huge motivation to our little shop that we started in 2019. Obviously the pandemic affected us in many ways, but we still have our shop up and running. Whenever I doubt myself if we should continue, the "PUT IN THE FUCKING WORK" comes to mind and boost my spirits. You are a legend in the screen printing world and a superstar. Thank you for continuing with providing content to us in your busy life. 👏🏻👏🏻
I’m new to screen printing still, and did my first halftone photo print this weekend. I love your videos which gives me inspiration and shows me there is so much more to learn.
There’s so much happening in this video! Super relatable and a solid roundup of what a week can look like. And even more important a good example of how hard it is to estimate how long work can take even if you are trying to push full steam ahead.
Awesome man, been following since the begining. Used to own a print shop and closed up. Now i run a video game company with employees refurbishing and selling consoles and business is booming. Even though im not in the print game anymore, youre still a giant motivation with your creativity and especially business views/processes. Keep up the dope work brotha
It is so awesome to see just how far you’ve come Lee. From the video quality to the printing. Absolutely awesome to see the progress you’ve made. The fact that you are always trying to learn new tricks and knowledge puts you so many steps ahead! Keep up the awesome work 👊
I love seeing shops in motion! Once again, Lee, can't say enough about the quality of your shots and video editing, production value is super high. Glad you were able to find some help for the shop, makes it so you can focus on other things. Keep up the hu$tle!
The anticipation was worth it! I'm still at the super small garage printer at this stage, but I always love watching you work and your processes. Thanks Lee!
Hell yeah brother. That was dope! I need to get on the sticker game. And those boxes came out really clean. The white boxes with black ink was a great idea. Keep it up and can't wait to see the weekly videos.
I bought the Gen 2 frames a couple years ago and decided they are over priced and sold them. The Tajima cap frames are so much better than the Melco that we were used to for years so we definitely noticed the difference and benefit between those. Finally got all 6 melco's sold and got a EZ 6 head to sit next to our KC 6 head we got in November arriving this week. As someone like you who trusted Melco and switched to Tajima I am sure you have the same conclusion as I do!
On the brown leatherette, you might also try adjusting your “scan gap” or “line interval” not sure what your software calls it. I run my speed at 400, with a 60 watt tube. Thanks for sharing all of your hard work, it keeps me inspired as I run two single head machines knocking out hats on a Sunday.
Lee! I’m your guys for embroidery! I have 2 years of experience on Tajima machines, and about 7-9 months of digitizing. I also do screen printing, I’d love to fly and check your shop out, I’m always looking to move my small family somewhere new. Is there a way we can talk and I can reach out? Thanks!
Lee, you put out amazing products in every aspect. I noticed you have links to your gear. Do you have links to what you use for your sticker as far as equipment? Those were fantastic. Love watching you work. Straight shooting and to the point. Keep up the great work.
Congratulations man! You have come such a long way since I started watching the channel when you were still in the basement. Major inspiration for some many printers.
Appreciate this video. I am afforded an opportunity to buy a whole screen printing set up from a school who discontinued the class. I will be getting it for a fraction of the cost new. I also found a location I could set shop up in. I am just worried about the learning curve as well as running out of money during start up without closing enough deals. Your video was extremely motivating as well as informational. Thank you!
You are a Rock Star! i could't stop watching. Kept feeling like i was watching a West Coast Customs show with a professional video crew and production. The videography, the music and content were amazing. And you only swore a couple of times during the video. That must have been hard....lol
I haven't been in the screenprinting and embroidery game in a long time, but one thing I wasted to do, back in the day, was to work out a sort of dust collection system, much like they use in woodshops. Both with lint and adhesive overspray, it would be great to have something actively pulling floating lint and adhesive overspray, at the source. I could see having a whole shop dust vac system, with localized intakes near the automatic's load station and along the base of the embroidery's table. Something that could create negative pressure that sucks anything floating or falling from those area, could probably take care of 80% of the mess caused by those processes. Lint and adhesive overspray are insidious, over time.
Glad to see you back on the videos. Can only imagine how hard running the shop is plus videoing. Two full time jobs. Awesome job as always and. Keep putting in the fucking work. Best slogan out there.
Wish I lived there. Been following your journey for a few years now and hell, I'd even mop the floors for a job just to get in and learn more haha. Keep up the awesome work man
Great video! I just subscribed! I'm getting into apparel. I just bought a TransPro 1620 heat press. I own a small and large format printing company here in Las Vegas, and this seems like the next step in growing my business.
Nice! It's definitely a good addition to add to your business. You already have the clients looking to put their name onto things, it's an easy upsell to convince them to make some clothing. Good luck!
Congratulations Lee! Can you possibly tell me which mesh count you use and which technique? One hit or two printstroke T62.48 for Underbase than Stampinator than 2x Print T90.40 for Topcolour or T78.40 for Topcolours? Thank you very much!
Lee I’ll come work for you my guy I do the same thing and been waiting to work hands on with big machines. I have my own small setup but knowledge is power. Been watching your progress as motivation for a while now.
Very impressive! I couldn't stop watching from the beginning to the end even though the video is more than 50 minutes long (can't imagine how much time you spent editing 🤪). Congratulations on your achievements in such a short period of time 💪🏽
Loved it, I'd love to learn all that and do all that, i think the hardest part would be photoshop designing. I love how an idea can turn into an awesome design and look sick. you've progressed so far from your basement. I feel like in 5 years you'll end up doubling your shop size.
Great job and awesome to see the videos back. Would be great if you could go into detail of hiw much of your turnover is taken up by payments for all the machines you havebin the shop.
If i would not live in Switzerland, i would definitively want to work for you! Could bring in grahic design, as a trained graphic designer, i did screenprinting as part of my education and i teach myself everyday, since i'm kind of a nerd. So that's why i started a motrcycling wrapping shop, learning all the shit about wrapping, printing on vinyl and laminating. Keep on rocking! PS: did i mention that i LOVE your buildings and how clean they are - from outside and the inside.
I run scotch bright pads on the end of my drill to quickly remove lint between hoods and t’s. Changing the platens on an auto would be way quicker though, not so much on my manual.
Hey Lee, totally enjoyed this vlog. As a single person, very small shop (single head Tajima TMEZ -1501) it’s cool to see how much one person can actually do in the run of a day. Gives me some hope, and some tips to keep it going. So frustrating starting out, but knowing where you came from is good to know. Cheers bud.
If you dedicate your time and use it efficiently, one person can get a lot done in a single day. But it's definitely much better as a team. I'm up to 5 people now and I could use more
Agreed, my hope is to hire my two grandkids, mentor them and turn the business over to them. Lots learn and research though. Awesome videos, very helpful to me. Like you I had issues with my Tajima (mostly me), but they’re techs are great and got me going.
Looking good! Yeah white highlight is best to print last especially if no cooldown station due to flashtime and heat needed to dry it enough for the next color.
I usually print white last but I also mix it up depending on the print and the color coverage. That's the fun part of wet on wet, a lot of the basic rules go out the window
Hey Lee, I've been watching and following along from the start. I had my own print shop out of the spare bedroom for a while, but glad to see you've been ABSOLUTELY killing it🤘Keep putting in that fucking work bud🤙
Lee - Now I know why our printer hates to see our orders come in. We have the exact type of print locations and setup and we do about 2,000 shirts with them 6-8 designs. However, we just purchased a ROQ next XL 14 station that we are hoping to have installed in 45 days. So will now start feel the pain that our printer was enduring
To keep Ed, have you considered a day care "TYPE" of situation. Something catered and customized possibly? I'm trying to throw out a fix. Seems you really enjoyed him and vice versa. ❤
In snowboarding industry I know of “die cut” stickers that have transparent negative space and use a thin piece of…is it called transfer paper? They are the kind that needs weeding. I absolutely hate that step, is there a machine that does the weeding yet? Do you do stickers like that? If not, is the reason the time or equipment or demand? Edit: You guys prolly never have a shortage of tees,hoodies, and hats!
awesome work and awesome shop... I love watching your videos .. if I lived in Canada I would of applied .. question what kind of blank cap was that you were wearing on Saturday the olive color?
Lee. We have 100s of Camie 385 & Sprayway Fast Tack 383 aerosol cans we aren’t using. Let us know! Cheap cheap on a pallet, ready to ship from Florida!
Has the decal side of things just been slow? I don't see much on that side of the biz in the videos. Can a machine like that Roland pay for its self pretty quickly?
I just got the weirdest screen printer I’ve ever seen. It’s a green earth slide-a-print. From like the 90s I’ve been cleaning it up and I need to get the screens remeshed but I’m excited to learn on it
I saw a video where you said you changed the pallet tape for the first time in months, I was like, how??? Now I know, pretty smart having backups for hoodies.
Does your digitizer and designer take outside jobs? I have a super small business which offers custom embroidery, DTG & DTF, and engraving. I'm always using qdigitizing and fielding questions about designing, would be cool to support your business if they take outside jobs too.
So do the client send there ideas to your graphic designer and he sends you the print ready files? or do they just give you a rough sketch and the rest you have to come up yourself? Also was wondering do you use mainly waterbased ink for all your jobs?
*QUESTION* For those 3 shirts that got messed up, did you have to re-setup the screens to print replacements or do you just charge the client for 3 less garments? Chur from New Zealand!
From the looks of it, you are probably on septic at your location? If so, how do you go about handling your wash booth water with all the ink and chemicals in it? Are you using a filtration system or do you have some other method of taking care of those things? I know it's not something you can just put in a septic system as is. I ask because I eventually want to have a screen printing business in a location basically exactly like yours and that usually means septic. Thanks!
I'm using a filtration system, there's a link to it on the "my gear" page on my website. You can find a link there in the description. The filter catches most of the bad stuff, then it's just mainly grey water going into the septic.
Where are you located? I have experience in printing with rotary, 4 color press, hot stamp, heat transfer and continuous dying with CSS Industries / IG Design Group, a billion dollar company in this field.
This video was shot in the fall of 2023 and it's crazy to see how much things have grown since then. This felt like the turning point of when things started taking off for my shop at the time and I'm so glad I documented it. Let me know how you like the video!
wow taken a year to find the time to Edit. Thanks for not giving up and still publishing videos.
hopefully we can see a current video by winter lol
@@scott8193well there's one coming Sunday so this comment won't age well
Loved watching all of it. I had actually been wanting to get into doing one if not each of these type of production products. I am so glad I watched how complicated and knowledge intensive it really takes. Not to mention the money to get this far. Good job man. You're living my dream.
Maybe my comment is to late😂 love the videos
I've been following your channel since the basement days. I found it while searching for info on screen printing t-shirts. I've since abandoned that endeavor but never stopped following your channel. I don't watch it often but I tune in from time to time and I'm so impressed with the growth. Amazing job! I wish I had stuck with something I had created for myself instead of working for someone else, looks so rewarding no matter how hard or the hours you put in. I just wanted to congratulate you in all the success and can't wait to see when the shop and your orders get bigger.
Lee! You've got to give print grip a try on your platens. Our shop switched to it 6 months ago and I couldn't believe the change. No more glue on the floor, no more overheating issues. Game changer. Grab an orbital sander and a 50/50 spray container of plastisolv + water and you have fresh platens in like 30 seconds - 1 min tops. No more resurfacing or fussing with platen tape. Love to see the progress of your shop!
Been following you for about probably a little over 5 years, I remember watching your videos about learning how to screen print way back when. It's been awesome to see the growth over the years! Keep it up!
Follower from India. Getting really inspired from your work. Me and my wife working on a small scale like you are doing. Our next plan is to scale our business like your current shop. Wish you all the best for your business.
I so wished I lived in Canada.. 15 years of experience under my belt with screen printing and embroidery still doing it for work till this day .. I'll never leave it .. hoping one day I'll have my own shop... it would be an honor to work in your shop ..
Lee I live in the United States and have been printing for 6-7 years in mostly sports oriented shops, and man I would die to work in a shop like yours and continue learning and improving on what I do. That would be the dream.
Lee, you've been a huge motivation to our little shop that we started in 2019. Obviously the pandemic affected us in many ways, but we still have our shop up and running. Whenever I doubt myself if we should continue, the "PUT IN THE FUCKING WORK" comes to mind and boost my spirits. You are a legend in the screen printing world and a superstar. Thank you for continuing with providing content to us in your busy life. 👏🏻👏🏻
I’m new to screen printing still, and did my first halftone photo print this weekend. I love your videos which gives me inspiration and shows me there is so much more to learn.
Been following your journey for a minute, inspiring to see your growth. Makes me want to quit the day job and go all in!🙌🏼
There’s so much happening in this video! Super relatable and a solid roundup of what a week can look like. And even more important a good example of how hard it is to estimate how long work can take even if you are trying to push full steam ahead.
Definitely was an eye opener to see how much longer things took by myself vs. with help. I hire fast and fire faster now 😂
Boss level hustle without compromise of your craft is a joy to watch 👏👊 mad respect Lee!
I appreciate that 👊🏻, thank you
so glad to see you back dude , Let's Go !!
Glad to be back 🙌🏻
Awesome man, been following since the begining. Used to own a print shop and closed up. Now i run a video game company with employees refurbishing and selling consoles and business is booming. Even though im not in the print game anymore, youre still a giant motivation with your creativity and especially business views/processes. Keep up the dope work brotha
It is so awesome to see just how far you’ve come Lee. From the video quality to the printing. Absolutely awesome to see the progress you’ve made. The fact that you are always trying to learn new tricks and knowledge puts you so many steps ahead! Keep up the awesome work 👊
I love seeing shops in motion! Once again, Lee, can't say enough about the quality of your shots and video editing, production value is super high. Glad you were able to find some help for the shop, makes it so you can focus on other things. Keep up the hu$tle!
The anticipation was worth it! I'm still at the super small garage printer at this stage, but I always love watching you work and your processes. Thanks Lee!
long time fan... been watching since you were in your basement putting in the drying cabinet and setting up shelving... great video brother.
So great to see a video from you! The shop has grown so much. Look forward to the next video. Keep killing it!!
Videos weekly now! Thanks 👊🏻
Hell yeah brother. That was dope! I need to get on the sticker game. And those boxes came out really clean. The white boxes with black ink was a great idea. Keep it up and can't wait to see the weekly videos.
I bought the Gen 2 frames a couple years ago and decided they are over priced and sold them. The Tajima cap frames are so much better than the Melco that we were used to for years so we definitely noticed the difference and benefit between those. Finally got all 6 melco's sold and got a EZ 6 head to sit next to our KC 6 head we got in November arriving this week. As someone like you who trusted Melco and switched to Tajima I am sure you have the same conclusion as I do!
This was amazing to watch. Super inspirational man. Glad to see how far you’ve come! 🙌🏼
On the brown leatherette, you might also try adjusting your “scan gap” or “line interval” not sure what your software calls it. I run my speed at 400, with a 60 watt tube.
Thanks for sharing all of your hard work, it keeps me inspired as I run two single head machines knocking out hats on a Sunday.
Watching your growth and expansion of the business has been fcking amazing. Super happy for your success keep growing Lee💯💪🏿
Lee! I’m your guys for embroidery! I have 2 years of experience on Tajima machines, and about 7-9 months of digitizing. I also do screen printing, I’d love to fly and check your shop out, I’m always looking to move my small family somewhere new. Is there a way we can talk and I can reach out? Thanks!
Lee, you put out amazing products in every aspect. I noticed you have links to your gear. Do you have links to what you use for your sticker as far as equipment? Those were fantastic. Love watching you work. Straight shooting and to the point. Keep up the great work.
Congratulations man! You have come such a long way since I started watching the channel when you were still in the basement. Major inspiration for some many printers.
Appreciate this video. I am afforded an opportunity to buy a whole screen printing set up from a school who discontinued the class. I will be getting it for a fraction of the cost new. I also found a location I could set shop up in. I am just worried about the learning curve as well as running out of money during start up without closing enough deals. Your video was extremely motivating as well as informational. Thank you!
Man I been here since the very beginning and to see what’s your doing now is truly amazing! Keep putting in the fuckn work champ!
The king of Screen Printing. Welcome back bro!!!
Thanks man 👊🏻
Congrats on the success! Your shirt is one of my favourite daily wears.
52 minutes of 🔥 It's so awesome to see how you are just killing it.
phenomenal. so thankful that you take the time and do all this right. Details on everything is greatly appreciated.
You are a Rock Star! i could't stop watching. Kept feeling like i was watching a West Coast Customs show with a professional video crew and production. The videography, the music and content were amazing. And you only swore a couple of times during the video. That must have been hard....lol
I haven't been in the screenprinting and embroidery game in a long time, but one thing I wasted to do, back in the day, was to work out a sort of dust collection system, much like they use in woodshops. Both with lint and adhesive overspray, it would be great to have something actively pulling floating lint and adhesive overspray, at the source. I could see having a whole shop dust vac system, with localized intakes near the automatic's load station and along the base of the embroidery's table. Something that could create negative pressure that sucks anything floating or falling from those area, could probably take care of 80% of the mess caused by those processes. Lint and adhesive overspray are insidious, over time.
HAVEN!
you had a long way from rotary to enormous machines. been always waiting for your new uploads just to see your upgrades.
man i met you in transcona back in like 2017, (my friends and i were skating and Bmxing around the area) pretty cool to see you doing big things now !
Glad to see you back on the videos. Can only imagine how hard running the shop is plus videoing. Two full time jobs. Awesome job as always and. Keep putting in the fucking work. Best slogan out there.
Wish I lived there. Been following your journey for a few years now and hell, I'd even mop the floors for a job just to get in and learn more haha. Keep up the awesome work man
Good job, you're killing it. Keep growing.
Thanks! 🤘🏻
Great video! I just subscribed!
I'm getting into apparel. I just bought a TransPro 1620 heat press. I own a small and large format printing company here in Las Vegas, and this seems like the next step in growing my business.
Nice! It's definitely a good addition to add to your business. You already have the clients looking to put their name onto things, it's an easy upsell to convince them to make some clothing. Good luck!
Congratulations Lee!
Can you possibly tell me which mesh count you use and which technique?
One hit or two printstroke T62.48 for Underbase than Stampinator than 2x Print T90.40 for Topcolour or T78.40 for Topcolours?
Thank you very much!
Lee I’ll come work for you my guy I do the same thing and been waiting to work hands on with big machines. I have my own small setup but knowledge is power. Been watching your progress as motivation for a while now.
so fkn stoked for you man ! so deserved. the grind was real !
I appreciate it 👊🏻. Not done yet
@@leestuart38 you should make a banana hat for the og's who remember
Very impressive! I couldn't stop watching from the beginning to the end even though the video is more than 50 minutes long (can't imagine how much time you spent editing 🤪). Congratulations on your achievements in such a short period of time 💪🏽
Thanks! This video too me an outrageous amount of time to edit, definitely not doing another one like this for a long time 😂
Loved it, I'd love to learn all that and do all that, i think the hardest part would be photoshop designing. I love how an idea can turn into an awesome design and look sick. you've progressed so far from your basement. I feel like in 5 years you'll end up doubling your shop size.
Thank you for bringing the videos back! I would apply with you, but the commute from Sioux Falls, SD would kill me.
Great job and awesome to see the videos back. Would be great if you could go into detail of hiw much of your turnover is taken up by payments for all the machines you havebin the shop.
If i would not live in Switzerland, i would definitively want to work for you! Could bring in grahic design, as a trained graphic designer, i did screenprinting as part of my education and i teach myself everyday, since i'm kind of a nerd. So that's why i started a motrcycling wrapping shop, learning all the shit about wrapping, printing on vinyl and laminating. Keep on rocking! PS: did i mention that i LOVE your buildings and how clean they are - from outside and the inside.
Great video Lee. Especially for those of us just starting printing. I definitely feel your pain with the leatherette
I run scotch bright pads on the end of my drill to quickly remove lint between hoods and t’s. Changing the platens on an auto would be way quicker though, not so much on my manual.
Hell yeah!!!! Glad to see you back. Where does the sewing thread come from? I use to work at a textile plant that made industrial sewing thread.
Thanks man. I use isocord embroidery thread.
@@leestuart38 no problem. You’re going to have a huge shop soon
I love the price breakdown. More of those would be awesome. I always wonder how much is each job.
Glad you’re back! Got me fired up to film at the Roq shop I work at.
Thanks man! They're cool machines to film
I would work for triple te rate. I do embroidery, wide format printing, offset printing, laser engraving, etc.
God watching this made me miss screen printing so much. Love the video style.
Nice video, thanks for the insight. Now I know the work that goes into a shirt when I buy one. Great setup too.
Hey Lee, totally enjoyed this vlog. As a single person, very small shop (single head Tajima TMEZ -1501) it’s cool to see how much one person can actually do in the run of a day. Gives me some hope, and some tips to keep it going. So frustrating starting out, but knowing where you came from is good to know. Cheers bud.
If you dedicate your time and use it efficiently, one person can get a lot done in a single day. But it's definitely much better as a team. I'm up to 5 people now and I could use more
Agreed, my hope is to hire my two grandkids, mentor them and turn the business over to them. Lots learn and research though. Awesome videos, very helpful to me. Like you I had issues with my Tajima (mostly me), but they’re techs are great and got me going.
Looking good! Yeah white highlight is best to print last especially if no cooldown station due to flashtime and heat needed to dry it enough for the next color.
I usually print white last but I also mix it up depending on the print and the color coverage. That's the fun part of wet on wet, a lot of the basic rules go out the window
Hey Lee, I've been watching and following along from the start. I had my own print shop out of the spare bedroom for a while, but glad to see you've been ABSOLUTELY killing it🤘Keep putting in that fucking work bud🤙
So stoked to see how much you have grown. You put in the fucking work, and it is paying off. Congrats!
You are still our hero.
Lee - Now I know why our printer hates to see our orders come in. We have the exact type of print locations and setup and we do about 2,000 shirts with them 6-8 designs. However, we just purchased a ROQ next XL 14 station that we are hoping to have installed in 45 days. So will now start feel the pain that our printer was enduring
That Roq next will change your life. I absolutely love mine 👏🏻
I’m loving the sound tracks !! Love the content also!!
Thanks!
Looking forward for more embroidery videos. Nice cut and great B-roll 😉
To keep Ed, have you considered a day care "TYPE" of situation. Something catered and customized possibly? I'm trying to throw out a fix. Seems you really enjoyed him and vice versa. ❤
Fuck. Yes. Lee videos are back! Hell of a start to the new chapter my dude! Now if you'll excuse me, I have some printing to attend to!
This is fascinating stuff, finally RUclips recommends something cool and different for me.
Glad to hear it 🙌🏻
In snowboarding industry I know of “die cut” stickers that have transparent negative space and use a thin piece of…is it called transfer paper? They are the kind that needs weeding. I absolutely hate that step, is there a machine that does the weeding yet? Do you do stickers like that? If not, is the reason the time or equipment or demand?
Edit: You guys prolly never have a shortage of tees,hoodies, and hats!
Man. Your work is ... top, just top level quality! Very nice.
awesome work and awesome shop... I love watching your videos .. if I lived in Canada I would of applied .. question what kind of blank cap was that you were wearing on Saturday the olive color?
Most likely the FlexFit 6277. That's what I wear 95% of the time
Amazing home business!! How much electricity power require you need for all that machine?
I have 600 amps in here and a solid state 3ph converter. I did a shop tour video that covers a bit of that stuff
Lee. We have 100s of Camie 385 & Sprayway Fast Tack 383 aerosol cans we aren’t using. Let us know! Cheap cheap on a pallet, ready to ship from Florida!
We don't use any of that in my shop
Has the decal side of things just been slow? I don't see much on that side of the biz in the videos. Can a machine like that Roland pay for its self pretty quickly?
Hey Bro are you ever going to do a video on how you make your videos, always great photography and videography
I just got the weirdest screen printer I’ve ever seen. It’s a green earth slide-a-print. From like the 90s I’ve been cleaning it up and I need to get the screens remeshed but I’m excited to learn on it
Lee is his own biggest fan
My mom always said I'm special 🤷🏻♂️
False. I’m his biggest fan
I saw a video where you said you changed the pallet tape for the first time in months, I was like, how??? Now I know, pretty smart having backups for hoodies.
Having 2 sets makes a massive difference in time and material savings
You're killing it.! Congrats and continued success. Incredible..!
Thanks! 👊🏻
your print shop is the cleanest ive ever seen btw
Does your digitizer and designer take outside jobs? I have a super small business which offers custom embroidery, DTG & DTF, and engraving. I'm always using qdigitizing and fielding questions about designing, would be cool to support your business if they take outside jobs too.
Open up a shop in South Australia and ill run it for you. I love this shit. Always fascinates me and I love how prints can turn out 😎
So do the client send there ideas to your graphic designer and he sends you the print ready files? or do they just give you a rough sketch and the rest you have to come up yourself? Also was wondering do you use mainly waterbased ink for all your jobs?
I like your style for your shop and the people you want to hire
*QUESTION*
For those 3 shirts that got messed up, did you have to re-setup the screens to print replacements or do you just charge the client for 3 less garments?
Chur from New Zealand!
Worth the wait. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
From the looks of it, you are probably on septic at your location? If so, how do you go about handling your wash booth water with all the ink and chemicals in it? Are you using a filtration system or do you have some other method of taking care of those things? I know it's not something you can just put in a septic system as is.
I ask because I eventually want to have a screen printing business in a location basically exactly like yours and that usually means septic.
Thanks!
I'm using a filtration system, there's a link to it on the "my gear" page on my website. You can find a link there in the description. The filter catches most of the bad stuff, then it's just mainly grey water going into the septic.
Amazing video. Adding sales and everything was a great touch
Are the hat clamps for the Tajima much better than other embroidery machines? We have so much difficulty with hats!
Wow! Mucha inspiración en el momento adecuado! Gracias por compartir! Saludos desde Ecuador!
You make my favorite content! Good to see all that your'e up to! Man I'd work for you if I was in Canada lol Keep it up!!
Thanks! Glad to be back with weekly stuff!
Amazing! a rogue lab weekly vlog would be cool. Although i know it wouldnt likely happen due to the time it takes to edit, film etc.
Except that's exactly what's coming weekly 🙌🏻. We're filming 2-3 days per week and releasing videos every Sunday now!
is it hard to juggle a full time print shop and producing a youtube channel?
Love the F.O.G. vest you got on.
Glad to see you back.
Thank you 🤘🏻
Where are you located? I have experience in printing with rotary, 4 color press, hot stamp, heat transfer and continuous dying with CSS Industries / IG Design Group, a billion dollar company in this field.
WoW! My question is how do you answer all your email for the client order? It is almost a full time job for us
killer work as always, do you offer contract printing?
We just started offering it this year to select shops
What shirt brand do you use? On your website you have 100% cotton and a other one 50/50 will they fit the same or one size is bigger ?
@leestuart38 you talked about reading screen printing books. What books do you recommend?