My Homemade Silkscreen Press Pt 1

I built a 4-color, 1-station t-shirt press from the plans at http://www.printingplans.com/

I've used it a few times so far and it works great. It's sturdy, and the registration is remarkably accurate. I did a run of 3-color shirts this past weekend with a 3 pixel trap on all the layers that look immaculate.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• homemade
• silkscreen
• screenprinting
• the shallow end press

[hbe770]

hey flame i just finish building mine it took about maybe 9 hours from start to finish i post pic later but the plans this press is pricise on point every squere inch of it

[flameswithin]

Awesome man!!! Congrats! Have you tried it out yet? You should post some videos of you working on it!

[claymandan]

Hey man nice job on the build, looks like you stayed faithful to the plans. I know because I helped design the original that the plans were made from. Thanks for the link by the way.

Just thought that I would let you know that I am working on a micro registration retrofit for this press, if you would be interested you can check out my prototype video.

It is a real thrill and it warms my hart to see others enjoying something that I helped with thanks for sharing.

Dan

[flameswithin]

Hey there Dan! No, man, thank YOU for designing that thing and sharing the plans with the rest of us who love printing but can't afford (and don't have the space for) a big steel press.

I have to say the thing works better than I honestly expected. I can register a 3 pixel trap perfectly every time :)

Er, more to say, but my character count is running low, I'll send you a message.

[FeeldahVibe001]

@hbe770 can you teach me how to do it?

[XshadowXize]

can i get one made and how much donmega

[vinicio77777]

i also make it to the way you can rotated the arms, or hold it on one place, and where you place the colors, also it can be move, so the hold thing can be moved on two shafts, again thank you

[vinicio77777]

I just want to said T H A N K Y O U !!!!!!!!!!!! a lot. My dream it been to own one of this for years, but been here in Guatemala everything cost so much, when i find this video and then the blue prints i start to make my self one, i started with one just like the one you show, but i start to change few things i finish with one 8 x 8, ( 8 arms and 8 colors it is awesone and it works like clock againg THANK YOU and the soones i can i will show you on a video how it work My God Bless You.

[rockdro]

if youre thinking about building one its gonna be mainly for cost theres really not much diffrence in quality if youre good .... i was lucky i live in the border so i just went to mexico and got a used one for 200 bucks ... 6 st

[rockdro]

@fastr1337 not really thats as small as you can get i have a steel one and its more or less about the same size ...

[7777truman]

I built one of these with a few add ons. I made mine a two station. Mounted the whole thing on rollers for portability . Added a flash dryer to the base, it swings into place for a quick flash.  Works great