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Offline screenxpress

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Red Neck DIY Screen Coater - Purely Mechanical
« on: June 01, 2015, 11:49:16 PM »
I been seeing the posts with them fancy, automated, screen coaters and I've been thinking about this design for quite some time. 

The only thing missing is some Dueling Banjos playing in the background and some chickens running around. 

99% wood so should be a target for a Mooseberg rating, even if only 1 Moose Head.

And yes, I know the coating wasn't straight.  But to be honest, it was the very first screen on the device. I did 3 more after that.

I might just remake it in aluminum tubing so it won't be so flimsy.

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http://s129.photobucket.com/user/screenxpress/media/MySreenCoatingRig_zpssyyimyeo.mp4.html?o=0

« Last Edit: June 01, 2015, 11:53:05 PM by screenxpress »
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Re: Red Neck DIY Screen Coater - Purely Mechanical
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2015, 12:24:32 AM »
Well I'll be dam if that ain't F'ing cool, I might have to ask you for some instruction's on how to build one of those...not bad at all

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Re: Red Neck DIY Screen Coater - Purely Mechanical
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2015, 12:56:56 AM »
Ha!  Thats awesome!  Nothing like it in the industry. You outta patented that. LOL.
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Re: Red Neck DIY Screen Coater - Purely Mechanical
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2015, 02:31:31 AM »
When I first saw it I laughed. Then I watched the video. You have a nice feature on there to rotate and flip the screen. It is rough but its a prototype, right. You put some thought into that. Good job.
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Re: Red Neck DIY Screen Coater - Purely Mechanical
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2015, 04:33:47 AM »
Hey Screen......
That is pretty cool, it took a bunch thinkin' and most likely a little bit of corn squeezins to come up with that.
Definitely hit the charts on the moosegoldberg scale, I give it 4 up. To get to five you are going to have to add some new-matics and
 lek-tronics to do the spinnin' and tippin' stuff ;)
I have engine-eared the hardware for the spinnin & tippin , simple sketch below but otherwise pretty darn cool.   

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Re: Red Neck DIY Screen Coater - Purely Mechanical
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2015, 06:12:14 AM »
AMAZINGLY simple prototype.  Figure out how to get rid of the wobble and keep the rotation mechanism from getting sloppy and you have a real tool.

Reminds me of the first 4/c I built.  Beat it self to death over a 3000 shirt run but made me enough money to buy something stronger.

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Re: Red Neck DIY Screen Coater - Purely Mechanical
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2015, 08:13:10 AM »
AWESOME!!!

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Re: Red Neck DIY Screen Coater - Purely Mechanical
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2015, 09:05:59 AM »
That is some damn fine engineering!
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Re: Red Neck DIY Screen Coater - Purely Mechanical
« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2015, 10:17:56 AM »
We got to make this... fit in to this.
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Re: Red Neck DIY Screen Coater - Purely Mechanical
« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2015, 10:29:34 AM »
I'm surprised you didn't get your zipper caught in it! great job pops....mighty fine redneck'n... :P
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Re: Red Neck DIY Screen Coater - Purely Mechanical
« Reply #10 on: June 02, 2015, 10:31:27 AM »
Wow, that's badass... When you turned/flipped the screen I just about fell out of my chair. 
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Re: Red Neck DIY Screen Coater - Purely Mechanical
« Reply #11 on: June 02, 2015, 11:33:17 AM »
I think Moose is a little stingy with only 4 antlers.

VERY nice job!
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Re: Red Neck DIY Screen Coater - Purely Mechanical
« Reply #12 on: June 02, 2015, 11:39:36 AM »
I had to take one more peek, I can this getting in more shops
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Re: Red Neck DIY Screen Coater - Purely Mechanical
« Reply #13 on: June 02, 2015, 11:43:19 AM »
Awesome!
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Re: Red Neck DIY Screen Coater - Purely Mechanical
« Reply #14 on: June 02, 2015, 05:30:29 PM »
It's pretty cool, though I wonder if I'm the only one who doesn't rotate north to south when coating... nice work guy...

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