Wanted: newman registration system

[Squeeky]

Want to upgrade my home engineered registration system for my BWM/Hopkins manual press shop.  Looking for reg board, Newman pins, Screen pin bar, Press rig for my press.  Thanks for any leads.

[screenxpress]

I've posted these pics before, but here's my little DIY.  I resisted having registration pins (carryer sheets, etc) off the press and still having to do registrations on the press.

I made this one just by making an oversize platen to tape down a master blank registration grid.  Platen is about 1/2 inch narrower than the Newman.  The tube sits on the platen but the outside of the tube can bump the stop without falling off the platen.  The near side (front by me) lets the tube sit on the platen.

It serves dual purpose.  Barely (extremely barely) tape film on top of master grid and put a small (maybe 1 in long) piece of double sided tape on top and bottom.

Slide a screen into the 3 stops and press down.  Lift the film and screen up and take to exposure unit

Since the stops are on the press and the films should all be the same lineup, the exposed/ready screens should hit the same marks.  Just slide the exposed/washed screen back into the stops and clamp down the head.  Move in the next head in and do the same for all screens. 

Ends up with very little to no registration adjustment needed.  All kept in sync using the press.

And the nifty thing is I still have some 20x24 frames and with this setup, I can mix and match between my old frames and newmans since the 3 stops keep it all synced up.

[Squeeky]

Thanks for the posting!
Your system is very similar to my current system.
I have a variety of screen sizes as well.  Works great on all.
Still trying to improve set up speed here.
Thanks again

[GKitson]

Want to upgrade my home engineered registration system for my BWM/Hopkins manual press shop.  Looking for reg board, Newman pins, Screen pin bar, Press rig for my press.  Thanks for any leads.

Welcome to the boards, I've got a bunch of extra Newman Pin System stuff.    E-mail me with your contact info at greg@mindseyeg.com and we can discuss further,

Happy New Year,

Greg Kitson
Mind's Eye Graphics, Inc.

[jsheridan]

Want to upgrade my home engineered registration system for my BWM/Hopkins manual press shop.  Looking for reg board, Newman pins, Screen pin bar, Press rig for my press.  Thanks for any leads.

Welcome to the boards, I've got a bunch of extra Newman Pin System stuff.    E-mail me with your contact info at greg@mindseyeg.com and we can discuss further,

Happy New Year,

Greg Kitson
Mind's Eye Graphics, Inc.

Greg.. do you have any of the M3 frame pin adapters. I need 12 sets.

[ericheartsu]

Want to upgrade my home engineered registration system for my BWM/Hopkins manual press shop.  Looking for reg board, Newman pins, Screen pin bar, Press rig for my press.  Thanks for any leads.

Welcome to the boards, I've got a bunch of extra Newman Pin System stuff.    E-mail me with your contact info at greg@mindseyeg.com and we can discuss further,

Happy New Year,

Greg Kitson
Mind's Eye Graphics, Inc.

Greg.. do you have any of the M3 frame pin adapters. I need 12 sets.

is this for MHMs? if not i have a bunch of them leftover

[jsheridan]

is this for MHMs? if not i have a bunch of them leftover

yes but i'm building a system that uses the pin adapters instead of those long mhm pins they make.

the ones i want look like this: