screen printing > DIY - From master engineered marvels to cobbled together jury-rigged or Jerry-built junk!
Our latest DIY project-a screen coating stand.
mimosatexas:
I have almost always coated using one hand to hold the frame at the top in the center, and do the same thing with the coater, just one hand centered. I tip the screen very slightly away from the coater while coating, and at the top tip it slightly toward the coater while always changing the coater angle like you see in that video. quick, easy, no mess or drips, even coating. I kind of can't imagine using both hands on the coater any more.
For a time I had an angled catch like you see lots of people using, something to hold the base and resting the top against something, though the bottom of mine was spring loaded and there was a stop on the top. It worked well enough, but it resulted in more drips and was slower than just doing it completely by hand. The only one of my screens I use both hands on the coater is for my 58x46 inch frame, but honestly I could probably even coat that with one hand without that much trouble. The frame is heavy enough that I just lean it against a wall and it doesnt move.
kingscreen:
Wow! This looks great. Can you post a photo of the hinge/spring mechanism?
tonypep:
That looks familiar. Had this for more than 15 ys
ZooCity:
Where is this semi-auto version of the Vastex? That's a pretty slick idea but I think if you automated the screen moving up/down isn't that just a couple steps away from fully automating?
I like the wall mount C-100 from Vastex, it looks simple, cheap and adjustable. I was going to build one but for $300 and having adjustable height for different bodies coating I'm going to grab the vastex so long as it works with M3 rollers.
Gilligan:
--- Quote from: ZooCity on March 23, 2015, 02:15:31 PM ---Where is this semi-auto version of the Vastex? That's a pretty slick idea but I think if you automated the screen moving up/down isn't that just a couple steps away from fully automating?
I like the wall mount C-100 from Vastex, it looks simple, cheap and adjustable. I was going to build one but for $300 and having adjustable height for different bodies coating I'm going to grab the vastex so long as it works with M3 rollers.
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I'm kind of with you there... but as you see it's pretty darn simple.
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