New Cedar Product

[Abdul Baseer Hai]

I found this new executive gift with a supplier here in Canada.
It is cedar, as you can see and accomodates three golf balls.
I think if I can find an inexpensive pad printing process to customize the golf balls, it would add good value to the product.
Any suggestions are welcome

abdul

[Steve Clarkson]

Abdul,

Can't help you with the golf balls....but that's a nice box. How much is it?

[Abdul Baseer Hai]

Abdul,

Can't help you with the golf balls....but that's a nice box. How much is it?

The wholesale price is around $8.75 canadian.
A little steep but these are the hazards of buying a locally manufactured product.
Here is the website of the company

www.richwoodline.com

abdul

[Michael Kowalczyk]

Pad Printing is how I have seen it done. You could try lasering them and then color-fill but pad printing is far cheaper and faster. machines can run from $800.00 USD to 10's of thousands for fully automated multi color machines. If you have any trade shows way up there, you can usually get a deal at the show and see it in action. If there is a local vendor in your area get a demo of the complete operation so you can see what's involved from artwork to making the actual plates or having them made for you what kind of product you can print on, what shape of pad best suits your product, and very important, How big of a product can you print on and what is the maximum print area available for each pad printing machine. Don't look at it as a single purpose machine to do golf balls but what else can you do with it to enhance your laser. Just a thought and hope it helps.

[Martin Boekers]

Laser heat transfer material maybe a way to go also, les setup and cheaper for one ups than pad printing in color.


Marty

[James Stokes]

You can get an inexpensive pad printer starting at around $1500

[Michael Kowalczyk]

Laser heat transfer material maybe a way to go also, les setup and cheaper for one ups than pad printing in color.


Marty

Marty,
How does it work when doing a golf ball and getting into those dimples?

[Abdul Baseer Hai]

I will probably wait a while.
Pad printing involves plate making which I am not very keen on learning now.
There is this other printer while totally eliminates plate making but it is fairly expensive, $13000 cdn.
Here is the link
http://ags.allgraphicsupplies.com/Eq...=DURAGER-600SD

Abdul

[Michael Kowalczyk]

... but can it do golf balls???
I believe that was your original question. Stick with the pad printer and I know that an inexpensive turnkey one could be bought for around $800.00 USD as of last summer. I will try to find the link for them but they were at the NBM shows and the Awards show in Galveston, Texas.

Here's one for you though not the one i found last year but it seam OK http://www.imprintor.com/starterset.html

http://www.personalizegolfballs.com/

[George Brown]

"Pad printing involves plate making which I am not very keen on learning now."

I owned a printing shop in a previous reincarnation. Plate making is really not that difficult, especially small ones. If you're going that route, pm me and I'll describe how I made my plates. You can do it with some pretty basic equipment.

[Mike Welsch]

Try www.logojet.com . The guy that sold me my printer a few years back, came in last week to show me this. It looks cool, but expensive.

[Martin Boekers]

I was thinking more of transfering to the wood box.

I haven't used it on the golf balls, but I have done some non-flat objects,
I used a mug press with a fair amount of rubber padding and made a jig to spead the heat out.

It took some testing though.

I did waterslide decals on the balls for a couple tournaments which turned out ok. I made custom printed card stock sleeves for a three ball set which were a much bigger hit.

Take a cardboard sleeve set, unfold it scan it, outline it in corel.
Now your set to layout the design. Laser or inkjet print it to heavy card stock, then vector cut, fold and glue.

These worked out well and brought in a few new clients.


Marty

[Tim Bateson]

Ohhhh Mike I want one! That is so tempting! I'd like to know how well they ware. Maybe next year when the economy picks up.

[Doug Griffith]

I've seen the Imprintor at conventions and it looks like a fun little tool to have around. I also think I've read here on SMC that you can use your laser to make plates. Might be worth a search.

Cheers,
Doug