"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
When I first started in the early 70's, the company had a homemade process camera. The film back was reinforced glass with artists' wax smeared all over it to stick the film to, in place of a vacuum... I can just hear "What's a process camera?" or "What's a film back?" from some of the younger guys...Steve
My squeeze sharpener. Three pieces of wood and sandpaper.
"What's a process camera?"
Quote from: Homer on January 12, 2012, 11:55:20 AM"What's a process camera?"Didn't they use elmers glue and diazo for emulsion back then? Film was a oiled paper.
i grew up with a stat camera. I hated the million steps, the chemical bath, the negative paper.the shops that started with digital should be thankful. They are cheaper and faster to operate. It was like pulling teeth to get my dad to abandon the old camera. They finally stopped making the paper for them.
Quote from: screenxpress on January 11, 2012, 10:24:27 PMOh, my 2c.I have a DIY pin registration system going, a DIY Newman Roller stretching table (but going to redo ala Northland), and a DIY hood over the dryer to exhaust out heat from inflow and outflow.Everything else is (now) normal screen printing purchased equipment.That system sounds not bad compared to what I have done. I have 1 platen with marks on it. I put the positive on the platen and line it up on the marks. Then install 2 sided scotch tape to the positive and clamp the screen in place. Pull the screen down and the positive is now in place. Now thats ghetto. But it works really well
Oh, my 2c.I have a DIY pin registration system going, a DIY Newman Roller stretching table (but going to redo ala Northland), and a DIY hood over the dryer to exhaust out heat from inflow and outflow.Everything else is (now) normal screen printing purchased equipment.
I wouldn't call any of our stuff ghetto but we have a lot of DIY. I think all shops have something DIY just to make the job easier.Some of our stuff is our reg system, squeegee tree, vac pallet, ink dispensing guns, spot gun station, ear muff pallet, laser alignment, etc.
That ink gun looks rad. Plans?