Tabletop laminator?

[Kim Stevenson]

Hi all,

We have a 61" Royal Sovereign roll laminator, but for small jobs it chews a lot of lamination with in/outfeed. A flatbed laminator, (Rollsroller type) would be useful, but too much for our needs. What about a smaller table top type unit? Something to use with cut sheets and capable of maybe 24" - 36"? Any recommendations?

Thanks!

Kim.

 

[Notarealsignguy]

You can do sheets with a regular laminator the same as you can with manual crank ones

 

[GB2]

You can try looking at the Highway Handyman
https://www.highwayhandyman.com/

 

[ikarasu]

The highway handyman has a metal roller on the bottom. It's great for applying faces to signs, but I don't think it'd work for laminating prints.

I'd get a small roll laminator and just use that. You can get a Chinese one on Amazon...

https://www.amazon.com/INTBUYING-29...s=manual+laminator+roll&qid=1614552506&sr=8-4 $125 for a 29.5" (why the dumbasses didn't make it 30.5 is beyond me!) I've heard mixed reviews on it. They have. Large 50" one for $600 as well... But again, I'm sure the quality control that goes into these are almost zero.


https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nk...2334524.m4084.l1313&_odkw=hand+roll+laminator many more options. Laminating isn't rocket science... So this may work for short runs. Im sure the build quality sucks.. But so long as it's a consistent equal pressure they should.do what you want. We use the handymans and had a few like this... They were brand name expensive ones though. But a few in here have bought these.

 

[The Big Squeegee]

The Big Squeegee works good for lamination at far less cost than a roll laminator.