We have a polar at work I have been learning to use. Im not usually in the bindery department, I handle design and printing (digital) but I love playing around with it and doing jobs start to finish every chance I get. It has a fancy computer on it that my boss says cost like $20k when the former owners had it installed 30+ years ago.
FWIW... Polar is distributed and serviced by Heidelberg - the people who made your windmill. They have a full inventory of parts, but you can find replacement parts for both on the aftermarket. I owned a new 36" Polar (1994) and it never missed a beat. When I needed another (bigger) cutter, I bought a 45" at auction. To learn how to change the blade, I got a local cutter operator to come over and teach me how to do it. Took about an hour. Self-teaching is great, but there are a lot of great tips floating around in other operator's heads. Just sayin'
Polar is the best you can get and it doesn't matter if they are old. I used to work with the other good German brand called Perfecta. That brand has been on the market for over a century also. I used it to cut everything from paper to board and even plastics. If you treat her well, the Polar will serve you for many many years.
Congrats on getting everything working. I have the same challenge cutter as you... The electrical was glitchy when it first came in. Paid some experts a fair bit of money to look at it with no result. After further inspection we discovered the issue was a loose ribbon cable connector on the main board. It’s been running fine ever since.
What you could have done is take off and put back the old blade a couple of times, so you get the hang to it and install the new blade only when you are sure you are doing it right. That video is interesting. I have to check, every day, going to work, I walk in front of a print shop and there is a cuter close to the street, there is this motor protruding of the long tray, it looks very much the one I could see on your Polar. Nothing exceptional except it is in the suburbs of Bangkok...
@@afinepress oh no ! You misunderstand, I mean in response to you falling out of the shooting editing routine. Have you ever thought of partnering with an editor so that you can just offload footage, and move on to focus on your work ? I wasn’t being rude aha
@@Ash_Marshall Ah, no worries! No offense taken :D I've thought about it but worry it would add so much work to planning that it would defeat the purpose.
@@afinepress I can understand that worry, but that’s only really a “get the process in place” kind of issue at the beginning. Once that working relationship is in place, it should have the intended effect of unburdening you
We have a polar at work I have been learning to use. Im not usually in the bindery department, I handle design and printing (digital) but I love playing around with it and doing jobs start to finish every chance I get. It has a fancy computer on it that my boss says cost like $20k when the former owners had it installed 30+ years ago.
So glad you are back!
I am glad you are still around, and have enough business to keep going.
FWIW... Polar is distributed and serviced by Heidelberg - the people who made your windmill. They have a full inventory of parts, but you can find replacement parts for both on the aftermarket. I owned a new 36" Polar (1994) and it never missed a beat. When I needed another (bigger) cutter, I bought a 45" at auction. To learn how to change the blade, I got a local cutter operator to come over and teach me how to do it. Took about an hour. Self-teaching is great, but there are a lot of great tips floating around in other operator's heads. Just sayin'
Polar is the best you can get and it doesn't matter if they are old. I used to work with the other good German brand called Perfecta. That brand has been on the market for over a century also. I used it to cut everything from paper to board and even plastics. If you treat her well, the Polar will serve you for many many years.
Yeah buddy. Keep printing
The best way to deal with a lack of 3 phase power is a rotory phase converter. Double or triple the hp on the equipment and you be good to go.
Best, but not most economical (or quietest) 🤣🤣
Congrats on getting everything working. I have the same challenge cutter as you... The electrical was glitchy when it first came in. Paid some experts a fair bit of money to look at it with no result. After further inspection we discovered the issue was a loose ribbon cable connector on the main board. It’s been running fine ever since.
Wild!
What you could have done is take off and put back the old blade a couple of times, so you get the hang to it and install the new blade only when you are sure you are doing it right.
That video is interesting. I have to check, every day, going to work, I walk in front of a print shop and there is a cuter close to the street, there is this motor protruding of the long tray, it looks very much the one I could see on your Polar. Nothing exceptional except it is in the suburbs of Bangkok...
Smart!
Hey sorry but where get you the obey picture
Have you thought about hiring an editor ?
What are you tryin'a say? 🤣 🤣
@@afinepress oh no ! You misunderstand, I mean in response to you falling out of the shooting editing routine. Have you ever thought of partnering with an editor so that you can just offload footage, and move on to focus on your work ? I wasn’t being rude aha
@@Ash_Marshall Ah, no worries! No offense taken :D I've thought about it but worry it would add so much work to planning that it would defeat the purpose.
@@afinepress I can understand that worry, but that’s only really a “get the process in place” kind of issue at the beginning. Once that working relationship is in place, it should have the intended effect of unburdening you