anyone ever built a screen holder for emulsioning?

[ericheartsu]

Are there any plans available for something like? Or anything that i should try and do while building one?

[tonypep]

I have one. We call it the semi-automatic screen coater. Uses stainless l-bar and some knobs and uses a hydraulic cylinder from a hatchback found at auto supply store. It is awesome. I can't stand to see the "one hand on the screen the other on the coater" technique. Makes me nuts. Camera charging but I think Dave has seen it.

[jvanick]

I just have 2 pieces of 3/4" x 3/4" wood screwed into a table and use that to lean the screens up against the wall in the screen room... has worked fine for the 4+ years that I've been using it.

never got used to doing a one-handed coat either.

[Orion]

For those who require higher tolerance and consistency with the two handed method consider this: Picture an artists easel with aluminium construction. The top is wall mounted with a piece of aluminium angle iron that grips the top of the screen. The bottom has the same piece to catch the bottom of the screen. Attached to this piece is a hydraulic shock from an auto supply store. This holds the screen firmly in place and accommodates different frame sizes. Downward motion applied to the screen releases it. A quick flip and you now coat the other side.
These have been made. Some even have a swivel so you don't even have to release the screen to coat the other side.

click link for pic...


http://www.theshirtboard.com/index.php/topic,3570.msg55528.html#msg55528

[blue moon]

I just have 2 pieces of 3/4" x 3/4" wood screwed into a table and use that to lean the screens up against the wall in the screen room... has worked fine for the 4+ years that I've been using it.

never got used to doing a one-handed coat either.

similar to this, 2x4 on the table with stops (screws) on the side and a block on the wall for the screen to rest against. . .

pierre

[KevWilso]

http://www.vastex.com/Literature/C-100%20Flyer-NP.pdf

Vastex just came out with a new one like a week ago.  I haven't seen it in person yet though.  Looks pretty nice.

[ebscreen]

We have a Saati one. It's nice, adjustable, I'll try and get  a pic later. Not much to it in terms of fabrication.

[Denis Kolar]

Just build yours, do not buy it

[tonypep]

Thanks Orion there it is. Hydraulic shock is mounted to bottom screen holder. Do not need to adjust for screen frame sizes. Just height of person coating.

[jvanick]

Here's ours... I personally don't like the ones that only hold the screen at the bottom.. too much flex in the screen and you don't get a consistent coating.





please no comments on the emulsion drips all over the place... we've gotten a LOT cleaner than we were when we started...

[mimosatexas]

I'll post mine soon, it uses a spring loaded bottom with a top stop.  Fits anything from 20x24 to 48x56, wall mounted.

edit:  It's kind of similar to the Vastex unit, or maybe like a hybrid of the vastex one and the one tony linked.

[ericheartsu]

wow thanks all! I need to build one next week!

I thought i had this one handed screen coating method mastered....but i'm very quickly finding out that it's all just make believe!

[jsheridan]

just a couple pieces of 2x4 I had laying around

[tonypep]

All good. I prefer the shock version on mine or the Vastex spring load but anything that gets you to two handed coating is better. Especially for those concerned with EOM

[Prosperi-Tees]

http://www.vastex.com/Literature/C-100%20Flyer-NP.pdf

Vastex just came out with a new one like a week ago.  I haven't seen it in person yet though.  Looks pretty nice.

What does one of these cost? I am actually going to be enclosing our "dark room" and want to get more efficient in there and not break my back coating.