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Silk Screen Clothing Mini Frame: Printing The Image
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Silk Screen Clothing Mini Frame: Waterproofing
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| Silk Screen Clothing Mini Frame: Waterproofing |
Silk Screen Clothing Mini Frame: Stretching The Mesh
Silk Screen Clothing Mini Frame: Stretching The Mesh
Silk Screen Clothing Mini Frame: Construct The Frame
This project will consist of making a mini silk screen frame for printing clothing labels and tags. You can use this mini frame for printing the tags that are on the inside of the garments as well for small sleeve or small chest size logos and designs.
The materials that will be used for this process are as follow:
The materials that will be used for this process are as follow:
- Miter saw
- Staple gun
- 1x2 inch wood furring strips or 2x2 inch furring strips
- Staples
- Tape Measure
- Wood glue
The pieces will be cut at a 45 degree angle so that all corners have a miter to them. After all pieces are cut you can dry fit them together to see how accurately they fit(since the frame is so small it really doesn't matter). Now at the joint of the pieces where they join together you can uses wood glue to connect them together and then staple them along the seems. Actually you can do one or the other or you can do both. I recommend both because it gives these little frame SUPER strength.
After the glue has had time to dry then you are ready for the next step: Silk Screen Clothing Mini Frame: Stretching The Mesh.
Watch the video showing this first step of the process below.
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Best Homemade Silk Screen Mesh Stretcher
This is the best DIY homemade silk screen mesh stretcher you can make at yourself. Below is are the steps involved in making the silk screen stretching machine.
Step 1. I used an old silk screen frame as a donor so that I didn't have as much cutting to do. The left side and top of the silk screen frame was kept in tact but the bottom and right side were both removed so that they could be used to adjust the silk screen tension. The top and left pieces will be screwed permanently to the table top.
Step 2. Afterwards I cut a piece of 2x2" wood the same length of both the pieces on the right and the bottom. Next I drilled 3 holes in each of the (4) pieces of wood.
Here you see an image of the bottom piece with the hex screws inserted. The hex nuts are then placed on the screws. They will later be used for tightening the tension of the screen mesh.
Step 3. The non moving pieces of the stretcher were then secured with screws to the base of the table so that there is no movement when tension is put to the mesh and the frame of the stretcher.
Step 4. A test frame was added to the center of the silk screen frame stretching machine to ensure proper spacing between the tensioning pull bars and the frame. This allows maximum stretching of the screen based on the length of the hex screws used. It also affirms whether you frame fits properly within the diameter of the screen stretcher.
Step 5. Finally 4 pieces of 1x2" wood was cut to length similar to the four pieces for the stretcher. Mesh was placed across the frame and then the 1x2's were screwed down securely to the frame pieces locking the mesh in place.
After the mesh was secured the hex nuts were tightened one at a time to pull on the pull bars and create tension on the screen mesh.
If you have problems where your hex screws spin when you try to tighten them down then use some hot glue to stick the head of the hex bolt to the wood that it goes into. This will stop the spining and allow the proper tightening of the hex nuts.
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| Best Homemade Silk Screen Mesh Stretcher |
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| Best Homemade Silk Screen Mesh Stretcher |
Here you see an image of the bottom piece with the hex screws inserted. The hex nuts are then placed on the screws. They will later be used for tightening the tension of the screen mesh.
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| Best Homemade Silk Screen Mesh Stretcher |
Step 3. The non moving pieces of the stretcher were then secured with screws to the base of the table so that there is no movement when tension is put to the mesh and the frame of the stretcher.
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| Best Homemade Silk Screen Mesh Stretcher |
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| Best Homemade Silk Screen Mesh Stretcher |
After the mesh was secured the hex nuts were tightened one at a time to pull on the pull bars and create tension on the screen mesh.
If you have problems where your hex screws spin when you try to tighten them down then use some hot glue to stick the head of the hex bolt to the wood that it goes into. This will stop the spining and allow the proper tightening of the hex nuts.
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