Shop pics.....

[Printhouse]

I would love to see us share pics of our shops and share how we have things set up.  I always see something that sparks my interest and later implement it in my shop.  I have only been in my space about 3 months but have totally redone everything.  I will take some pics when I get back from the ISS tomorrow afternoon.   

[Dottonedan]

In would, but alas, I'm merely an artist. 

[DraginInk]

A little tour of my (somewhat)controlled chaos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=O0fl6K6KwOk

Yea, it's messy.
Office is on the second floor and the magic screen room is on the third.

[Printhouse]

OK... My turn.  I just moved into this space in Jan of this year.  When I moved in it was in horrible disrepair.  Ceilings were dropping, no lighting, old pitted concrete floors and EVERYTHING was painting dark blue! I have been taking my time redoing each room one by one.  

My main press room.....







My washout room.  Washout booth on the right is for reclaiming screens and the one on the left is for washing out my new screens....




Ink mixing station....



Emulsing station....



Registration table and my old Harco exposure unit...



This room is a supply room right now but will be my heat press and numbering room after this week...




My office.  This room was all painted ugly yellow...  We did the paint and floors and built a wrap around desk system.  I still draw a lot by hand so my drawing table is in this room....

[Donnie]

That's not a screen shop, that's a fricking hospital.

[blue moon]

that looks great!
would you care to come and build some stuff around my place?

pierre

[Printhouse]

I am a neat freak.  I cannot work if it is messing around me.  This space is coming along slowly but surely.  I want to clean the supply room up this week, hang some squeegee holders and some vinyl racks.  I run a large motorcycle forum and a guy just made me a neon sign with my websites logo for my shop. It is 4 foot long and I am going to hang it over my drawing station.  And everyone has to have s pinball machine!

[Dottonedan]

BANG!  That is an awesome print shop. Very clean. Don't know if it should stay that way 100% tho.  You know what they say, "a cluttered desk represent a cluttered mind....but what then does an empty desks represent?  LOL.  You need to get some lint on those presses and floors. letter fly.

[Denis Kolar]

If you told me that you have a pinball machine there, I would stick around a bit more. I do not know how I have missed that.
BTW, very nice place you got there. I was pleasantly surprised when I stopped by. You are missing some shirts on the walls and some ink splatter on the floors and you will be good to go.

[tpitman]

Very nice, but needs a coffee pot to "get going" and a dorm fridge to "unwind" . . .

[Printhouse]

Check the last pic....  Fridge is between the drawing table and the pinball machine.... Coffe machine is on top of it!  Always goodies in the friedge for late night print sessions!

[alan802]

My desk


10K blowtorch and FPU


Screen drying area, real official I know


Part of the workflow area




Darkroom


Washout Booth


We park the van inside at the end of the day


Press Area


Manual


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[Printhouse]

WOW!  Very nice shop. 

[blue moon]

WOW Alan,

I knew you were AR with numbers, but the shop too?

Did you clean it for the pix or does it look like that every day?

pierre

[alan802]

WOW Alan,

I knew you were AR with numbers, but the shop too?

Did you clean it for the pix or does it look like that every day?

pierre

This is a typical day, I shot these pics yesterday afternoon.  We try and sweep it down on Friday afternoons but sometimes we're printing till 5 so it might get a bit dirtier than this.  I will try and take some more pics today.