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Unique Projects on Your Versacamm
!n 1988, I invented and patented a training basketball called Rite-Flite which is still being sold today. several years later, I designed it's Hi tech brother called the SpectraBall which the red & blue stripes turn purple with rotation. the downside to the ball is HS's, colleges, pro's love the ball but up until now they all were made overseas and rubber only. The versacamm and extremely thin materials now for the first time ever allow us to produce it in composite synthetic leather which opened up the biggest part of the market share we were missing!
I am confident no one else uses their Camm to make basketballs customized. We are also adding pad printing in the process for the small printing (inflate to, made in USA, etc) currently we are striping them on whatever ball type the school is using but are in the process of ordering in our Leader Sports brand.
Any other unique ways yours are being used. would love to see them.
Rick
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Permalink Reply by Richard Ledenican on -
This one was done with lexjet high adheasive 3 ml. You need to use a cast that when heated up to over 200 degrees it bakes in and holds its shape.
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Permalink Reply by Richard Ledenican on
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Also make sure it is a synthetic leather indoor-outdoor ball as they are made out of polyurathane. Break down the topcoat lightly but not with asatone because it will remove color on ball
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Permalink Reply by Lorri Schmidt on -
So after you apply the graphic it needs to be heat set?? I assume you must have a belt dryer used in screenprinting. Any other options if you don't have that?
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Permalink Reply by Richard Ledenican on
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Hi,
We use a heat gun with a temp gauge. Our conveyor dryer is not high enough for a basketball to go through, they are about 9".
Rick
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Permalink Reply by irving donaldson on -
All great info Rick - I am taking notes again - just got in from very cold Michigan - but it was a lovely snowy place. I got to try the basketball and will hope to order the plates by tomorrow - I have a small job to try them on.
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Permalink Reply by Richard Ledenican on
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Good luck with the plates. InkCups will log onto your computer and take over your laser to help you get to know the process if needed. We use the 6" x 14" plates in our pad printer and have made some awesome things. Pad printing is also great for tee shirt fronts and hats if you have a large enough image area capability. Ours makes 5' x 5" images. What is your max?
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Permalink Reply by Ken Wagner on -
What type of media is out there that will work on a ball or other non flat objects?
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Permalink Reply by Richard Ledenican on
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It's a material that you use for bricks, stucco, block walls, etc. We use that material for a short term promotion for a radio station. I'll try to get a photo through.
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