Screen Printing Machine

A screen printing press is a machine used by professional printers to print multiple copies of the screen design on garments in an efficient manner. The machine will be based on the following design: Four Color Screen Printing Press Plans

Screen printing machine built by Emily Owen

Progress

• [01/09/12] Paul Brown purchased the following "B. Full Hardware Kit" from: Hardware Kit Store
• [2014] The MakerSpace purchased a 4 station press.

To-Do

• Purchase lumber
• Cut lumber
• Assemble machine
• Obtain inks, photo-sensitive emulsion, squeegee, and screens
• Obtain blank T-Shirts

Questions

• How will we be getting screens and ink?
  • "I've got multiple screens and a fair bit of ink at home, used to manage a screening shop back in the day." -Dillon S
  • A company called Speedball sells fairly inexpensive kits.
• Why do we want a screen printing press with more than one color?
• How will we fund for this project?
  • Selling T-Shirts to DMS members?
• Can we 3d print any of the parts of the printing press?
• Can we utilize the lasercutter to easily cut designs?
  • Maybe we can cut stencils with the lasercutter and not need to worry about the photo-sensitive emulsion?
• Where will we put it?
• Where will we get the lumber?
• Where is the best place to get blank T-Shirts?

Shirt Ideas

• Something with the makerspace logo
• Pepper Spray Cop
• Banksy Flowerthrower