Rich Gonzales (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} lithiumboy) wrote,@ 2009-08-26 08:14:00 |
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Do It Yo-self
Ive been messing about with screenprinting, laying the screen directly onto the fabric. That works, but tends to smear. You get a better result using a press to maintain a little standoff betweeen the screen and the fabric.
I did a little looking around the internet, but even the smaller presses are pretty pricy considering their simple construction. I could easily make one using scrapwood I had laying about.
For mats I took the bits from a busted wallocker. Particleboard with wood veneer.
My parts, numbered by layer from lowest. I tried to cut so I could keep the faux-wood edging exposed.
And theres everything screwed together. I picked up some actual hinge clamps from the store rather than try to improvise something.
Looking back, I probably should have driven the screws for the pad up from the bottom, so as to leave the working surface unmarred. Oh well, i'll keep that in mind for Screenpress Ver. 2.
Ive been messing about with screenprinting, laying the screen directly onto the fabric. That works, but tends to smear. You get a better result using a press to maintain a little standoff betweeen the screen and the fabric.
I did a little looking around the internet, but even the smaller presses are pretty pricy considering their simple construction. I could easily make one using scrapwood I had laying about.
For mats I took the bits from a busted wallocker. Particleboard with wood veneer.
My parts, numbered by layer from lowest. I tried to cut so I could keep the faux-wood edging exposed.
And theres everything screwed together. I picked up some actual hinge clamps from the store rather than try to improvise something.
Looking back, I probably should have driven the screws for the pad up from the bottom, so as to leave the working surface unmarred. Oh well, i'll keep that in mind for Screenpress Ver. 2.
