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Small font for longer distances but the grain from the ink jet can be seen more...

Plus if it get a little hot you are able to see the cracks that the heat does to the film...
 
I just e-mailed the owner, Steve...

...at goboman and asked him to respond to the above concerns regarding wattage and smoking. I told him I'd post his response... stand by.
 
Thanks Tyrone,

Way to step up and do the adult thing by going to the source...

Let see what, if anything, comes of it...

Like they said in my state:

"I'll Be Back"


:)
 
By that I meant...

I should of call myself but didn't...

I just put the light aside
after trying everything I could think of to get it to work
the way others shown they would doing it...

The Adult thing in my case would been to call and ask the big question myself...

Now that Tyrone has taken those step I think it is better to wait and see what answers he gets before I call myself...
 
Jon wrote:
IT smokes initially slightly but then stops.
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Do you inhale?


I did the adult thing in a professional manner on the show room floor at Vegas. I don't think he like it too much. My post says it all but I made sure he was alone, no other customers were around. Again, I know what the machine is, I know it's a cheap unit but I also just like to know exactly what I'm dealing with. After all I am the consumer, I have the right.

And by the way she was both nice and hot!:sqlaugh:
 
AAAAaaaaa......

You looked...

Ya, she was and I guess you can say...

She was smoking... :)
 
Interesting thread all...seeing that I ordered a Goboman 100W version in December. Haven't used it yet other than testing to make sure it wasn't DOA. Did anyone ever pick up a 75W bulb at Home Depot?

As for the melting, the folks at Goboman told me this in October 2007...

We use slides in the 100W unit often. Make sure that the slides are affixed to the front of the first lens, not behind it. The glass will help deflect some heat. you can also move the first lens a bit farther out, leaving a gap beween it and the body of the unit. This further allows heat to dissipate. Have an extra slide on hand for longer projection times, just in case.

Booch
 
Dang I found my way setting it up without that valuable info and on a 56 dollar replica of the Gobo man bought at Ikea and yes after seeing it this yr my unit is more durable. IT is Silver almost a brushed look. I stopped by the booth and even told him the 56 Dollar Ikea model was very similiar and basically the same units. Mentioned Scottie and all his free adverting for the goboman. The guy seemed like a real Tool. But who am I to judge.
 
Booch said:
Interesting thread all...seeing that I ordered a Goboman 100W version in December. Haven't used it yet other than testing to make sure it wasn't DOA. Did anyone ever pick up a 75W bulb at Home Depot?

As for the melting, the folks at Goboman told me this in October 2007...

We use slides in the 100W unit often. Make sure that the slides are affixed to the front of the first lens, not behind it. The glass will help deflect some heat. you can also move the first lens a bit farther out, leaving a gap beween it and the body of the unit. This further allows heat to dissipate. Have an extra slide on hand for longer projection times, just in case.

Booch
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I did all of this and even created a metal shield like part to go between the first len to help reduce the heat but after a few minutes my film began to show it's age... ha ha

Bottom line here is:

Ya, you can create your own gobo as a few said here but
no one claimed that they were only to be as nice looking as Scottie's pictures showed...

I worked from very angle I could think of but
at the end the heat WON.

Now I have a 100 watts Gobo light with I could upsale
and order a steel gobo for any client who pays the price...

Did I loose anything...???
Ya, just little trust in a few people...
No problem because that doesn't kill me only makes be stonger...
I also learned who are my real friends and who I can really trust...

Gobo Light = $85
Film to create my own designs = $33
Finding out who I can really trust and call my friends = priceless

:sqcool:
 
mine worked flawlessly and brilliant same as Scotties unfortunately I didnt have time to snap any pictures since I was head cook and bottle washer plus a detailed MC. I too used a shield to keep the wash from spraying over. It did the trick.
 
I haven't posted in this thread for sometime now since it turned into a goboman and a DIY thread.

But I thought I would post another quick shot of the last bridal show that Sandy and I did. It was very bright in the room and my little 150watt light still did very well. My transparent gobo was still in fine shape even after the 5 hour show. No smoking, No melting.

Just thought I would also share what a great marketing tool it is to have this at a show. A couple from the last show could not remember our company name or find our card but they remembered our monogram and were able to look us up on the net that way..
 

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Thanks for coming back to check out what has gone on since you were here last...

Sorry, I didn't your post better about some dj in Las Vegas not being happy with the Goboman light. I have couple there that also tolk me that they got them last year and
while they didn't last long they were able to upsale for a while...

Note to self...
"Take your time and read others post"

hee hee...
 
CatDog,

That may have been me, but I didn't say I wasn't happy with the light. I said I wasn't happy with getting taken for an extra $30 for a $3 bulb. The light is exactly what it is, a cheap low cost toy. But it works fine. Even the goboman said the same thing. I just stunned him when I questioned the difference between the 75w and the 100w units. He was putting stickers over the 75w boxes to make them appear to be 100w units. Slimmy little trick.
 
Will I hope you got 100watts bulb...

Where do you get $30...???

They were selling the units for

$75 for the 75 watts units
$85 for the 100 watts units

I think the bulbs are about $10 for 3 bulbs at home depot...

I too said that at the end I got a gobo light but
That wasn't what I thought I was getting.
 
Wow, I just read the whole thread and am ready to jump on the bandwagen! I've got 3 sweet 16s comming up, and the option of projecting the girls' names is great. From what I've read, the Goboman 75watt looks like the all around best choice, but just to clarify, did anybody have any problems with the 100 watt version over the 75 watt version? Someone said cracking of the ink and a halo of light, others said it was fine.
 
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