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Old April 29th, 2008 Apr 29, 2008 4:10:19 PM -   #1 (permalink)
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so, I just built this today.. it's kindof crappy but it works like it should.. I just used scrap pieces of wood and stole a spring and hinge off a door at my shop .. took me about a hour to build and I was kind of designing it as I was going along. I made it as simple as possible.
I'm going to use it for small 1 or 2 color signs where lining up both colors isn't a big deal and once I get everything figured out I will build a bigger one out of steel with tighter tolerances and a rotating center piece and registration pins for the arms and all that fun stuff. This one was basically just for testing purposes, and if it works (which it will) I'll use it.

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Old April 29th, 2008 Apr 29, 2008 4:59:01 PM -   #2 (permalink)
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Old April 29th, 2008 Apr 29, 2008 5:32:19 PM -   #3 (permalink)
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My homemade screen press didn't have the spring. I needed someone else to hold it up while I changed out garments. Yours would be considered "deluxe" ghetto comparitively.
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looks cool. hey whats the black object between the spring?
 
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looks cool. hey whats the black object between the spring?
it's just a tube, it was on the spring to protect it from rubbing on whatever it was installed on.. I guess it does protect it from hitting the hinge.. but it probably is useless, I just didn't remove it.
 
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Dude, thats sweeeeeeet!!!!!
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Looks good. Most of the time simple is the best.
 
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Now if you could just figure out a way to reverse the spring you would have a giant mouse trap

Looks good man hope it works well!
 
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I'm not seeing any pictures?
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