screen printing > DIY - From master engineered marvels to cobbled together jury-rigged or Jerry-built junk!
Our latest DIY project-a screen coating stand.
ZooCity:
Thanks for the link, I like it. Reduces fatigue, eliminates the speed of the coating trough as a variable. Price needs to be right though or it would make more sense to just pony up for an actual auto coater.
Gilligan:
--- Quote from: ZooCity on March 23, 2015, 04:16:54 PM ---Thanks for the link, I like it. Reduces fatigue, eliminates the speed of the coating trough as a variable. Price needs to be right though or it would make more sense to just pony up for an actual auto coater.
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Or build one... can't be much to it. Foot pedals to trigger motor up and one for down and a couple of knobs for speed of said motors. Basically could be built with an arduino and some drivers for the motors and Bob's your uncle!
Gilligan:
And probably a small transmission to get the torque right and all.
Shanarchy:
Gilly beat me with the link.
Yeah, so for the less mechanically inclined people who are drooling, the Vastex one is $365 (need to be mounted to something, such as a wall) and an additional $125 for the stand.
The semi-automatic is amazing. I saw it in AC and if I wasn't a cap film user would have bought it on site. Being able to easily hold the scoop coater with consistent pressure, while the screen drops towards you is great. No wrist curling, no accidental increase in pressure against the screen. It was somewhere between $1000-1500. I really want to say it was $1300. Give Vastex a call to confirm. If I ever go back to emulsion, this will be an immediate purchase for me.
Gilligan:
That's not a bad price at all.
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